ProcedureSoftwareInstallation

Perform the SW 2.0.0_C1 upgrade via CF card (regular path)

Upgrade a DryStar 5300 from SW Release 1.8X (or 1.9X) to SW 2.0.0_C1 by walking the printer's own key-operator menu through a CF-card install — the CF-card path Agfa itself recommends, an approximately 24-minute, largely unattended process that cannot be reversed once started.

Applies to
DryStar 5300 — this section's own document footer labels the printer "(Type 5365)" (no "/100" suffix) — source Chapter 7, §3 / §3.1, Field Modifications (DD+DIS350.05E), Edition 1, Revision 9 (2006-01-20), document p.469-470. Other atoms in this corpus, sourced from a different document (DD+DIS346.05E), label the same printer "Type 5365/100" — both refer to the DryStar 5300 dry film imager; not reconciled here.
Personnel
1 technician · Service-level technician or key-operator, comfortable navigating the local keypad's key-operator menu, swapping CF cards (backup card, then the SW 2.00_C1 card), and letting the printer run its unattended self test/reset through to "Ready." No PC, browser, or disassembly involved — contrast the browser-based alternative (agfa-dry-drystar5300-sw-upgrade-install-via-browser, Appendix 6.3). Source assigns no formal skill-level label to this section (derived).
Steps
11 steps
Source
DD+DIS350.05E — Drystar 5300, Field Modifications, Chapter 7, §3 "Software Upgrade Rel. 1.8X to 2.0.0_C1" and §3.1 "Regular Software Upgrade via CF Card" (chapter-footer "Chapter 7/7" through "Chapter 7/8"), Edition 1, Revision 9 (2006-01-20), document p.469-470.

Safety

NOTICE

Hazard: Some of the printer's boards are programmed during the software installation.

Consequence: If that reprogramming is interrupted by switching the printer off mid-install, the board involved can be left in an inconsistent state; the parallel emergency-upgrade section of this corpus documents such a board becoming unusable. This section does not itself spell out the failure mode. (consequence derived)

Avoidance: Do not switch off the printer during the software installation; let it run through to the automatic reset and "Ready."

Full step-by-step for Perform the SW 2.0.0_C1 upgrade via CF card (regular path)

All 11 steps are documented in the FSELIB DryStar 5300 service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.

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Source: DD+DIS350.05E — Drystar 5300, Field Modifications, Chapter 7, §3 "Software Upgrade Rel. 1.8X to 2.0.0_C1" and §3.1 "Regular Software Upgrade via CF Card" (chapter-footer "Chapter 7/7" through "Chapter 7/8"), Edition 1, Revision 9 (2006-01-20), document p.469-470.. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.