System Software Installation

The imagePASS-D1 System Software CD contains the system software. Use the System Software CD in the
following situations:
- When replacing hard disks
- When upgrading system software

1.1 Note
If the system software is reinstalled, all downloaded files, additional fonts, job logs, and other such files will be
deleted from the hard drive. Be sure to explain this to the user’s administrator and take all necessary measures
such as backups first.

1.2 Items to Prepare

When installing system software, prepare the following items:
- The PC (Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP) on which the downloading tool (PDL Downloader) is installed.
Use version 3.1.4.1 or newer of the PDL Downloader
- A Centronics cable that supports the IEEE 1284 standard (a cable displaying “IEEE 1284 Std
Compliant”) or a Canon USB-Parallel cable (part number FY9-4154-000, Windows 98/2000/XP only).
Windows 2000/XP does not allow for high-speed parallel communication. As such, when using
Windows 2000/XP, the Canon USB-Parallel cable is preferred in order to allow for higher speed data
transfer.
- The System Software CD-ROM

1.3 Preparations
Since the system software installation will clear the setting information, print out the “Configuration Page” first.
1) Press the copier control panel’s “Printer” tab, and then select the “Printer Status/Settings” button.
2) Select “Functions.”
3) Select “Print Pages.”

4) Select “Configuration.”

5) The configuration page showing the imagePASS-D1 setting information will be printed. Save this page for
use after installation.

1.4 Preparing the PC

Install the downloading tool (PDL Downloader) first.
The system software is supplied on CD-ROM. When installing onto a PC that lacks an internal CD-ROM drive,
an external CD-ROM drive will need to be available. A connection can also be made to a service center over the
network, or an external CD-ROM drive at the service center, and the system files can be copied from the system
software CD-ROM to the PC’s hard disk.
1.5 Connecting the imagePASS-D1 to the PC
1) After obtaining permission from the user’s administrator, shut down the imagePASS-D1, turn its power off,
and then turn the copier’s power off.

Shutdown Procedure
The imagePASS-D1 has a shutdown function that protects the hard disk from damage. Be sure to shut the
imagePASS-D1 down before turning its power off.
a) If the copier is in copy mode, press the “Printer” tab.
b) Press the “Printer Status/Settings” button.
c) Verify that the LCD shows “Idle.”

d) Select “Functions” from the LCD.

e) Select “Shut Down” from the Functions menu.

f) Select “Shut Down System” from the Shut Down menu.

The LCD will show “Shut down in progress” then “Shut down printer…”
 g) Turn the imagePASS-D1’s power switch off when the following message is displayed: “Print Server
(with network connection) shut down. Turn off the main power switch for the main unit and print server
behind the main unit.”
Note: After turning the imagePASS-D1’s power off, wait at least 10 seconds before turning it back on
again.
h) Turn the copier’s power off.

2) Remove the cable connecting the user’s PC to the network.

3) Use the Centronics cable or USB-Parallel cable to connect the imagePASS-D1’s parallel port with the printer
port of the PC with the downloading tool installed. Remember to select the appropriate cable type in PDL
Downloader.
4) Turn the PC’s power on.

1.6 System Installation

1) Use the prepared PC’s PDL Downloader shortcut, or select PDL Downloader from the Start menu’s Programs
to launch the downloading tool.

2) Click the “Select” button.

Select “iRD1_Vxxxbot.efi” from the System CD (“xxx” indicates the version) and click the “Open” button.

3) Set both of the imagePASS-D1’s download switches (DL) to face “downward” (the direction closest to the
motherboard).
4) Make sure that the imagePASS-D1’s power switch is in the on position.
5) Turn on the copier’s main power switch (which will turn on both the copier and the imagePASS-D1), and
immediately click PDL Downloader’s “Download” button. After a moment, the download will begin, and
after the download, the Boot sequence will begin.
If the LCD’s status line finishes after the power is turned on without this operation, a timeout will occur, and
the system will not be installable. If this happens, turn the power off on the imagePASS-D1 and the copier,
and follow the procedures in “1.6 System Installation” to redo the download.
6) Approximately 20 seconds after the PDL Downloader completes, once the message “Config Mode settings
ready” appears in the copier’s status line (the bottom of the LCD), press the “Printer” tab and select “Printer
Status/Settings.”
7) The Config Mode Settings screen will appear. Select Yes to enter Config Mode. If Yes is not clicked within
approximately 30 seconds of when “Config Mode settings ready.” is displayed, Config Mode will end.
If this happens, turn the power off on the imagePASS-D1 and the copier, and follow the procedures in “1.6
System Installation” to redo the download.

8) Click the “Select” button on the PC’s PDL Downloader. Select “iRD1_Vxxxsys_R.efi” (“xxx” indicates the
version) from the System CD and click the “Open” button.
9) Select Installation from the Choose Function screen.

10) “Flushing parallel port. Please wait.” will be displayed, followed approximately 10 seconds later by “Copy
software to parallel port.” Select OK and follow step 11 below immediately. If step 11 is not performed
immediately, the message will change from “Installation is in progress” to “Installation failed Time Out [4],”
and the system will not be installable due to the time out. If this happens, select OK in the “Installation failed
Time Out [4]” screen, and redo the procedure from step 9.

11) Click PDL Downloader’s “Download” button. After the hard disk is formatted, the system installation will
begin. System installation takes approximately 15 minutes.
If the download occurs normally, the item currently being processed will appear on the copier’s LCD, along
with that process’ progress ratio on the status line.
 When the “Download” button is clicked and the download is begun, the “Cancel” button will be enabled. If
this button is clicked and the download is cancelled, clicking the Download button again will not transfer the
files normally, and the process will be aborted.
For this reason, once the download has begun, do not cancel the installation before the system software is
installed normally.
If the download is cancelled for some reason, follow the steps in “1.6 System Installation” to redo the
download. Until the system software download completes, the imagePASS-D1 will not function as a PDL
board. Since the copier’s LCD will revert to the copy screen every 2 minutes during the download, press the
“Printer” tab, and select the “Printer Status/Settings” button to verify the progress state on the status line.

1.7 Operation After Download Is Complete

1) Once the download is complete, the message “Installation was successful.” will appear on the LCD. Click
OK. Turn the power of the copier and imagePASS-D1 off.

2) Click the download tool’s “End” button and exit the download tool.

3) After turning the PC’s power off, disconnect the Centronics cable or USB-Parallel cable connecting the
imagePASS-D1 with the PC.
4) Return the imagePASS-D1’s Download switches to the original position (the direction far away from the
motherboard).
5) Reconnect all cables that you disconnected before downloading.
6) Turn the power of the copier and imagePASS-D1 on.
7) The Setup Menu will be entered automatically when selecting the “Printer” tab and the “Print Status/Settings”
button is pressed after the imagePASS-D1 launch completes successfully. Use the settings page printed before
installation to set up the imagePASS-D1. (At a minimum, set the settings in the order “Server Setup”,
“Network Setup”, and “Printer Setup” and save all item changes, or the “Done” button will not be enabled. If
a mistake is made in the order of the settings, the message “Please set XXX before setting XXX” will be
displayed, and the settings can not be made).

Once the settings are complete, select the “Done” button. The message “Restarting printer… Wait a moment…”
will appear, and the imagePASS-D1 will restart.
1.8 Operation Check
1) After the imagePASS-D1 finishes launching, press the copier LCD’s “Printer” tab. The “Printer
Status/Settings” button will be enabled.
2) Press the “Printer Status/Settings” button.
3) Select ”Functions.”

4) Select “Print Pages.”

5) Select “PS Test.”

5) Verify that the test page has printed out normally.

6) Print the “Configuration” in the same way, and verify that that imagePASS-D1 is set correctly.