Product

• Kodak^® ThermoFlex^® Mid platesetters
• ThermoFlex^® Mid II
• ThermoFlex^® Mid II Hybrid
• ThermoFlex^® Narrow
• ThermoFlex^® Narrow Hybrid

Operating system

Background

This procedure describes how to create a BIOS disk and how to upload the BIOS.

• Lotem BIOS V 1.2 disk (501V1R085)—(.exe)
  Valid for Lotem 400/800/ThermoFlex/Quantum Image CD (510V51689A)
• For ThermoFlex Narrow Hybrid
  (651-00663A) BIOS for SBC-715 XP (.zip)

Requirements

Formatted disk

Procedure

Creating a BIOS disk:

Note: The BIOS disk can also be downloaded from the Lotem 400 Downloads page.

1. From the relevant Download page on TechPlanet, download the BIOS .exe file to a folder on your desktop.
   • Mid Downloads
   • Narrow Downloads
2. Insert a formatted disk into the disk drive.
   Note: To be able to write on the disk, you may need to close the window tab on the disk.
3. On the desktop, select the BIOS folder and double-click the BIOS .zip file.
4. In the WinZip dialog box, click Extract.
   
   
   
5. In the Extract dialog box, select the disk drive and click Extract to save the BIOS files to the disk.
   
   
   
6. Remove the BIOS disk from the disk drive.

Uploading the BIOS:

1. Access the E-box and insert the BIOS disk that you created.
2. Turn on the platesetter.
   The BIOS uploads automatically.
3. When the BIOS is uploaded, a message appears.
   Remove the BIOS disk from the disk drive, and press the F1 key.

Technical contact(s)

Content owner: Viki Arviv
See the Escalation page for escalation contacts.

Date submitted

17 Sep 2006