Congratulations on your purchase of the world's most
comprehensive remote printer maintenance application.
PrintNet Enterprise (PNE Auto ID) is written in JAVA
to provide superior cross-platform compatibility. With
PNE Auto ID you will be able to customize and configure
your printers to an extent that until now was unimaginable.
PNE Auto ID also allows you to set two levels of system
security, providing both a user and a supervisor password.

Features include:

      * View the printer's "front panel" display, and
        press virtual front panel keys.
      * Capture configuration printouts & error logs
        in text format.
      * Upload, download, edit and save entire sets
        of configuration data on your host computer.
        Edit operations include adding, and removing
        options from the front panel's menu tree in
        addition to being able to change the values
        of any printer parameter.
      * Download a saved set of configuration data to
        any number of printers, providing a simple
        method for ensuring a homogenous printing
        environment.
      * Download fonts, data files, or EVFU's to the
        printer's file system.  Update the printer's
        firmware.
      * Print test files or configurable test macro
        strings using the Macro Utility.
      * Capture a job from the host computer in 
        electronic format, eliminating the need for
        printing data in hex dump format. The captured
        data can then be edited and reprinted using
        the Macro Utility.
      * Edit Character Substitution Tables (CSTs) and
        download them into printers.
      * View a printer's status.
      * Reboot a printer.
      * Install a printer password to prevent
        unauthorized access.
      * Enhanced data validation support that 
        provides label based validation reports.
      * Provides capture of RFID data in real time.
      * Allows export of telemetry data to 3rd party
        database using JDBC/ODBC.
      * Allows export of telemetry data to file, in comma 
        separated format.
      * Allows report generation. A default report
        format is provided, so users don't have to design 
        their own report format.
      * Supports persistent connection for data validation.
      * Web based remote printer manager access with
        printer status and configuration data viewing.
      * Operation Panel accessibility from a browser.
      * GPIO Manager allows detailed configuration control
        of your GPIO card.

All of the applications and features are launched using
the printer database interface. The printer database
allows you to create a graphical representation of the
printer on your network in the familiar tree structure.
The database can contain printers, configurations, and
software upgrades organized hierarchically within
folders in the order that makes the most sense to you.
Features like upgrading software, propagating
configuration data, and viewing the status of a printer
can be done either on an individual printer, or on an
entire group of printers simultaneously. The database
also provides cut, copy, and paste functionality to
make creating your database as simple as possible.

Please visit our web site at http://www.PrintronixAutoID.com
for more information about solving all your printing
needs.


INSTALLATION FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS
Supported operating systems (32 bit and 64 bit):  
Windows XP, Server 2003, Win7, Server 2008, Win8/10, Server 2012 

An automatic installation program is provided that
usually is sufficient for most Microsoft Windows
platforms.

Instructions
      * You will need to install a Java 1.5 (or later)
        virtual machine.
      * You can download the JRE from Sun's Java web
        site, http://java.sun.com/j2se, or ask your
        systems administrator for assistance.
      * Select and download the PNE Auto ID for your Windows OS.
      * After downloading, double-click autoidwin.exe 
      * After the program is installed you can start 
        PNE Auto ID program by using the shortcut
        created during the install under the PrintNet Enterprise Auto ID
        menu by clicking Start\Programs\PrintNet Enterprise Auto ID.
      * If you chose not to use shortcuts during the 
        installation, you can start PNE Auto ID by double
        clicking on Auto ID.exe under the Auto ID directory.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNIX BASED OS MACHINES

Solaris and Linux OS Instructions

Instructions
      * You will need to install a Java 1.5 (or later)
        virtual machine.
      * You can download the JRE from Sun's Java web
        site http://java.sun.com/j2se
        If you cannot find your particular OS then you can
        also try
        http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/java-ports.cgi,
        or ask your systems administrator for assistance.
      * Select and download the PNE Auto ID installation
        program for your Unix OS.
      * After downloading open a shell and, cd to the 
        directory where you downloaded the installer.
      * At the prompt type: sh autoidunix.bin
      * Follow the installation instructions. The 
        installation program searches for all JVMs on your
        current system. Please select JAVA version 1.5, 
        you downloaded in the previous steps, for your
        JVM.
      * After the program is installed you can start the
        PNE Auto ID program by using the link created during the
        install under the directory chosen during installation
        <Your Path To Your Link>/autoid
      * If you chose not to use links during the
        installation, you can start the PNE Auto ID program by
        typing the following at the prompt:
        %cd $HOME/Auto ID ->
        to enter the installation directory
        %Auto ID -> to run the PNE Auto ID program.
  
These are simple tasks for a Unix systems
administrator, so see your systems administrator
if you have any problems.



INSTALLING THE JAVA COMMUNICATIONS API

<JDK Root> = the root directory of your JDK installation.
<PNE Auto ID Root> = the root directory of your PNE Auto ID installation.

1. If you are using a Windows OS, copy the file
win32com.dll from the 
<PNE Auto ID Root>\autoid to <JDK Root>\jre\bin.
If you are using a Unix OS, append 
libSolarisSerialParallel.so to the environment
variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
2. If you are using a Windows OS, copy the file
comm.jar from <PNE Auto ID Root>\autoid\lib to 
<JDK Root>\jre\lib\ext.
If you are using a Unix OS, copy the file
comm.jar from <PNE Auto ID Root>/autoid/lib to
<JDK Root>/jre/lib/ext.
3. If you are using a Windows OS, copy the file 
w32_javax.comm.properties from
<PNE Auto ID Root>\autoid\lib to
<JDK Root>\jre\lib\javax.comm.properties.
If you are using a Unix OS, copy the file 
sol_javax.comm.properties from
<PNE Auto ID Root>/autoid/lib to
<JDK Root>/jre/lib/javax.comm.properties.

Note: The steps listed above for the installation of the 
Java Communications API should be already completed
during the installation of the PNE Auto ID. If you 
experienced trouble during the installation or when
you tried to perform the above steps manually,
contact your System Administrator for assistance.

CAVEATS AND WORKAROUNDS

1. This product is a Java application and should run
well on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that is fully
1.5 compliant.  In reality, many of the JVM
implementations are not bug-free. Also, since Java
is platform independent, each platform will have one
or more JVMs designed specifically for that platform.
JVMs differ in speed, resource usage and invocation
methods. It is impossible for Printronix to test
this product on all JVMs, and it is also impossible
to provide an automatic installation method that
will work with all JVMs.

2. Java programs generally require large amounts of
memory, and minimum system usually operate faster
when more memory is provided. For the PNE Auto ID we are
recommending a system that has a 450MHz CPU and above
with a minimum of 128 MB and preferably 256 MB of RAM.

3. If you are having problems running this product,
first try turning off the JVM's Just In Time
Compiler (JIT). See your JVM documentation.

4. The installation program searches for all JVMs on
your current system. Please select version 1.5 for
your JVM not 'jview'. This product is not compatible
with any version of Microsoft's 'jview' JVM.

5. On Windows 8, the uninstall shortcut may not be pinned
to the Start page. To uninstall PrintNet Enterprise off
the Windows 8 PC, right click on the Auto ID shortcut and
select Uninstall on the bottom menu.

6. The installation program will always create a shortcut
for all users regardless of the shortcut selection.
