Apple 1800428-001B manuale d’uso

QM S magi col or CX Reference Gu ide ® ®[...]

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Typo graph ic Co nven tions The f ollowing typographic c onventions are used in this ma nual: » Note: Not es contain ti ps, e xtra infor mat ion, or impo r tant infor m ati on that deserves emphasis or reite ra tion . ▲ Caution : Cau tions present inform ation th at y ou need to know to av oid equipmen t damage, process f a ilure, or e xtreme an[...]

Pro ducts Covered by this Manual This manual describ es t he f ollowing v ersions of the magicolor CX printe r : a v ersion with 8 M B RA M, a v ersion with 20 MB R AM , a ver- sion with 32 MB RAM , and a v e r sion with 40 MB RAM . The 32 MB and 40 MB v ersions come st andard with an in ter na l hard di sk, a SCSI interface, and an E ther n e t or[...]

Contents 1 Printer Configu ration Config urati on M etho ds .......... ............ ....... ............ .............. ..... .... 1-2 The Co nfi gu ratio n Menu .......... ..... ..... ....... ..... ....... ...... ..... .. ..... ..... 1 -4 Ab ou t t he C o nt ro l Pa ne l .. .. .. ... .. ... .... ... .. .... . .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .[...]

Admi nistrati on M enu .......... .......... ............ ....... ............ .............. 1 -2 0 Communica tions 1-20 This menu contains s everal options that allow you to configure the printer's communi catio n parameters to match the host and a pplication parameters 1-20 Emulations 1-34 Special Page s 1-4 9 Printer Start-Up Options 1-52 [...]

Instal ling an Inter nal IDE Ha rd Dis k . ................... ................... .. 2-34 Attaching Extern al Hard Disks ................................................ .. 2 -3 7 Form attin g a Hard Disk ... ....... ..... ......... ....... ....... ......... ....... ...... .. 2-39 Instal ling F onts . ....... ........ ....... ..... ....... .......[...]

FCC Statement 3-35 Canadian Users Notice 3-35 Laser Safety 3-36 Warra nty Cons iderations 3-36 A QMS Cu stomer Suppo rt Sour ces of Su pp ort ........ .... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... . 2 Your QMS Vendo r 2 Your Applicati o n Vendor 2 Q-FAX 2 The QMS Corp orate Bulletin Board System 3 Compu Serve 3 Interne[...]

1 Pr inter Conf iguratio n In This C hapter . . . “Configurati on M ethods” on p age 2 “The Configurat ion Me nu” on page 4 “About t he Control Panel” on page 5 “About t he Confi g uratio n Menu” on pa ge 10 “Operator Control M enu” on page 17 “Admin istrati on Menu” on page 20[...]

Configuratio n Meth ods Y ou ca n configu re the prin ter in the following w ays: Through a n ap plicat ion or a dr i ver Through the pr inte r control panel Through P S Executive Ser ies Util ities Through p rint er commands Through a rem ote consol e (for net work users) The best wa y t o control the print er is through y our applicati on and a p[...]

the utili tie s disk f or inf or m at ion on inst alli ng the ut ilit ies, and see the utilities on-line hel p for d etai ls on usin g the soft ware. Print er comm ands ( such as P o stS crip t operators, QMS Document Option Com m ands [ DO C s], and HP PCL and HP -GL com ma nds) allow adv anced users to enab le features o n a per-job basis . Ref e[...]

The Configuratio n Men u Copies Collation Orientation Inputbin Chain Inputs Manual Feed Size Color Separation Color Model Media Operator Control Administration Timeouts LocalTalk Serial Parallel Communications Print Status Calibration Pa g e Header Pa g e Header Inputbin Trailer Pa g e Trailer Inputbin Status Pa g e Type Service Pa g e Special Pa g[...]

About the Control Panel The control panel, locat ed on the fron t of the printer , allo ws you to direct the printe r’s operation. In addition, it di splays the curre nt status of the printer , including any condition that needs your att enti on. The control panel consist s of the following par t s: A 2-li ne, 32- character m essage wind ow displ[...]

The Message Window The contro l panel message wind ow provides stat us a nd configu ration inf or mat ion. S t atus messages are listed in chapter 4, “T roubleshoot- ing,” of the user’ s gui de. Sta tus m essages display in order of prior ity if the pr int er is on line; they don't display i f the pri nte r is off line. When y ou're[...]

The Control Panel Indicato rs Lights when the printer is o n line and ready t o acce pt and process ne w pr int j obs. Lights when the printer is rece i vin g data from one or more o f the simultaneo us interf aces . This indicator is us ually accompan ied b y a status m e ssage in the mess age window . Lights when the printer require s operator in[...]

The Control Panel Keys The printer control panel has eight funct ion k eys. The top row of k e ys (Online/ Of fli ne, T ray Se lect, Med ia, Cancel ) is f or frequ entl y used operatio ns. The bot tom row of ke ys is used to n avigate m enus, sele ct options, and ente r values. » Note: W hen you're in configurati on m ode (t hat is, i f you h[...]

The Media ke y i s used to tell the pr inter wh ether paper or transparencies are in th e currently selected cassette. The factory default for both upper and lower cassettes is paper . Press the Cancel ke y to cancel the “oldest” p ri nt job currentl y print ing, int er pret ing, or spooling; or t o send an end-of-j o b indicator to pri nt jobs[...]

About the Configu ration Menu The pr inter’ s con figuration m enu allows y ou change the default prin ter configuration set ting s. An y changes made to the configuration will reside as new default settings and affect all subsequent print jobs. The option s in the configuration m enu are organized under these main menus: Operator Control Menu Us[...]

Accessing th e Con fig uration Me nu T o access the confi g uration m enu, make sure the pr inter is idle ( IDLE displa ys in the me ssage wind ow), then press the On line/ Of fline ke y to take the p r int er of f line (t he O nline /Offline indi ca tor is not lighted), and finally press the Menu key . F or example, t he following table shows how [...]

F or e xample, the instr ucti ons below show how to change the default printe r emu lat ion from ES P to P o stS cript : Press this k ey to... The me ssage window r eads... Onli ne/ Offline T ur n off the Online/Of fline indicator and re ady th e printer f or c onfiguration. ID LE Menu Access the co nf igura tion menu. CO NF IG UR ATI ON OP ER AT O[...]

Changing Char acter Info rmation Some time s, r ather than selecting an opt ion, y ou need to enter char- acter informa tio n, lik e a n umbe r or a word. Enter ing character inf o r mation through the control pane l is similar to setting the tim e and date on a digit al watch. Use the following k e ys to change th e current input characte r : When[...]

Ne xt Advance to the A dministrati o n m e nu. CO NF IG UR ATI ON AD MI NI ST RAT IO N Selec t Acce ss the Administrat ion menu AD MI NI ST RAT IO N CO MM UN IC ATI ON S Ne xt Advance to the C ommunications/ Emulatio n menu. CO MM UN IC ATI ON S EM UL AT IO NS Selec t Acces s th e Emu lations menu. EM UL AT IO NS ES P DE FA ULT E MU L Ne xt Advance[...]

Saving Con figurat ion Ch ang e s Before the printer can accept print jobs with configurat ion changes, the chang es mu st be sav ed. F or e xample, to sav e configurat ion changes after exiting a menu, press the cont rol pa nel keys in the o rder shown in the following t a ble. The printe r responds by displa ying a s tatus message in the message [...]

Canceli ng Configu ration Changes If y ou change a configu ration opt ion and th en decide to cancel that change, you can do so when exiting the configuration me nu. F or e xample, to cancel y o ur configurat ion changes, press the control panel k eys in the order shown in the f oll owing ta ble. The pri nter responds by displa ying a status messag[...]

Operat or Con trol M enu The Ope rator Contro l menu co nsists of the following submenus: » Note: The pr inter must be tur ned o ff and on again before c hanges to this menu take eff ect (except changes to the Copie s menu). The Media key on the pri nter's contro l panel provides a f ast er means of changing this sett ing, but does not contai[...]

Ori entati on Speci fies whet her te xt and gr ap hics are placed on the page in a po rt rait o r landscape ori entation. Menu Ope rato r C o ntro l Orien tation Ch o ic e s Landsc ape , P or trait ( d efault) Inp utbin All ows y ou to select the default cassette (inputbin) from which me di a i s dr awn int o t he p r int er . Menu Ope rato r C o n[...]

Co lo r Mo del Use this option t o select between full -color or mo nochrome printing. Menu Ope rato r C o ntro l Col or M o de l Ch o ic e s M onochrome , Full Color (default) Manu a l Fee d Siz e Use this optio n to select the size of t h e print medi um to be fed manuall y . Menu Ope rato r C o ntro l Ma nual Fe ed Si z e Ch o ic e s Let ter (de[...]

Adminis tration Menu The Adm inist ration menu consi sts of the f o llowing submenus: Commu nications This menu contain s sev e ral options th at allow y ou to configure the printe r's communicat ion param eters to match t he host and appli cation par ameters The Time outs opt ions lim it the am ount of ti m e the print er waits on transmi ssi[...]

Use the Admin istrati on/ Com munications/ S eri al menu to set th e seria l interface communicati on values used for printer-host com municat ion. Pr in t Jo b Ti meout The pri nt job tim eout is the maximu m numb er of secon ds the print er processes a print job before it ends the job . Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Ti me ou t s Jo b[...]

Emu lati on Set s the seria l i nte rface emulat ion . Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Ser ial Emu la tio n Ch o ic e s ESP (def ault ), Hex dump , P o stScrip t, PCL5 , H PGL, Linepr inter Other optional emulations also appea r , if in stalled. M i n K S p ool Set s the minimum numbe r of kilobytes of system m emor y a llocat ed to the [...]

End J ob Mode Enables (and i dent ifies a n en d-of-job sequ ence) o r disables d ata stream sensing for the end-of -docum ent (E OD) co mmand. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Ser ial En d Jo b Mo de Ch o ic e s N one (default)—The printer re cogniz es only the Po stScript ^D command. Q MS EOD— T he pr inter recognizes only the QMS %[...]

Ign ore Pari t y Speci fies how the pri nter should handle par ity errors . Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Ser ial I gnore Pari t y Ch o ic e s O ff (default)—Ignore par ity e rrors. The p rinter pri nts its b e s t int er pretation of the character(s) affected b y the error. On— Don’t igno re parity errors. The printer replaces t[...]

Stop B its Set s the nu mber of s t op bits transmitted per character . Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Ser ial Stop Bits Ch o ic e s 1 Bit (default), 2 Bit s Ha rdw are Flow Contro l Co ntrol s the flow of data between the print er and the host. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Ser ial H dwe Flow Ctl Ch o ic e s D SR POL: Norm[...]

PS P ro toco l Set s the bi n ar y com muni cati ons prot ocol (B CP ) f o r co m municat ing over a serial interf ace to a P o stS cript printer . See chapt er 3, “T echnical Specif icat ions,” of this manual f or more information on PS Prot ocol. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Ser ial P S Pro toco l Ch o ic e s B inar y —Enables[...]

Mode The parallel interf ace s uppor ts Centronics parallel co mmunication as well as IEEE 1284 bidir ectio nal parallel communication. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Paralle l Mo de Ch o ic e s Interactive—Estab lish two-way communication bet ween the host and the printer. N onint eractiv e (def ault )— Esta blish one-wa y communic[...]

M i n K S p ool Set s the minimum numbe r of kilobytes of system m emor y a llocat ed to the paral lel int erface. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Paralle l Min K Sp ool Ch o ic e s 00000-9999 9 00015 (def ault) Note s: This v alue must be less than K Mem For Spool. A 00000 v alue does no t turn of f the s pooling bu ff er f or the paral[...]

End J ob Mode Enables (and i dent ifies a n en d-of-job sequ ence) o r disables d ata stream sensing for the end-of -docum ent (E OD) co mmand. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Paralle l En d Jo b Mo de Ch o ic e s N one (default)—The printer re cogniz es only the Po stScript ^D command. Q MS EOD— T he pr inter recognizes only the QMS[...]

PS P ro toco l Set s the bi n ar y com muni cati ons prot ocol (B CP ) f o r co m municat ing over a parallel interface to a P ostScr ipt p rint er . See chapt er 3, “T echnical Specif icat ions,” of this manual for more inform ati on on PS Prot ocol. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Paralle l P S Pro toco l Ch o ic e s B inar y —En[...]

» Note: The LocalT alk me nu appears only if the optiona l LocalT a lk interface board is instal led in the print er . Use the Adm i nist rat i on/Com muni cati ons/Local T al k menu to set the Local T al k i nterf a ce val ue s u sed f or pri n t er-host c o mmuni cati on. Mode Enable s or disabl e s the com munication int erface. Menu Adm inistr[...]

Conn ecti on A ll ows you to enabl e or disabl e pri nt spool ing. Menu Adm inistrati on Com mu ni ca ti on s Local T al k Co nnecti on Ch o ic e s C onv entional (def ault )—Al low on e L ocalT a lk connec tion and accept o nly on e print jo b a t a time. If two users sen d print jo bs t o the printer , the workstation belongin g to the fi rst u[...]

This option all ows you to configure a networ k interface, if installed. See the QM S CrownNet docum ent at ion t hat cam e wit h th e pri nter for inf or mation on the opti ons av a ilable in this m enu. PS P ro toco l Sets the bi n ary c ommunic ations prot ocol (BCP) for c ommuni cati ng over a Local T al k interf a ce to a Po stScri pt pri nter[...]

Emulations Optiona l e mulat ion s appe ar onl y if i nstalled. » Note: T o choose an emula tion or ESP f or a p ar ticula r in t erface, use the appropr iate int erf ace menu in the Adm ini stratio n/Commu nicat ions menu. ESP Defa ul t Emulatio n The emul atio n sensing pro cessor (E SP) f eature o f t h e printer a nalyzes incoming print jobs a[...]

Ha lfton e Typ e This men u a llows y ou to c hoose a printe r def ault scre e ning o ption. Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s P ostScr ipt Hal fto ne T y p e Ch o ic e s Enhanc ed (def ault) ColorSmooth See “Abou t Printer De fa ult Sc reening and CRD O ptions” in ch apter 2, “Pr inting,” of the user’s guide for information on these o[...]

Scal ing Perce nt Ident ifies the percent age t o reduce or enlarge an image. Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HPGL Scali ng Percent Ch o ic e s 001-150 (1-150%) 100 (1 00%) (de fault) Note s: T o scale plots , selec t t he pa per siz e ori ginally use d f or the plot in th e P aper T ype menu, and then enter the re ductio n or enlar g ement ne[...]

En han ced M od e Increases the resolut ion of a downloaded ch aracter . Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HPGL En ha n ce d M o de Ch o ic e s On— Uses an increas ed re solution for the grid O ff (default)—U ses standard re solution f or t he grid Note s: The HP- GL us e r -defi ned character (UC) command d o wnloads and dra ws characters w[...]

Pe n 1 - P en 8 (Pen x/W id t h) Set s t he widt h for the ei ght pl otter pens. A widt h opt ion is av ailable for each pen . Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HPGL Pe n x /W id th Ch o ic e s 00- 60 (0.1- 6.0 mm ) D efa ul ts: Pe n 1—7 ( 0.7 mm) Pe n 2—3 ( 0.3 mm) Pe n 3—3 ( 0.3 mm) Pe n 4—3 ( 0.3 mm) Pe n 5—3 ( 0.3 mm) Pe n 6—3 ( [...]

D e fa ul t F o n t Set s the default font f or th is emulat ion. Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HP PCL 5C Defau lt Fon t Ch o ic e s C ouri er1 2 (def ault), Cour ier12Bold, C ouri er1 2Italic, Courier10, C ouri er1 0Bold, C our i er1 0Itali c, Line printer , Times *, Times *Itali c , Tim es*Bold, Times*Bl dItali c, Univ*, Univ*Itali c, U ni[...]

Sy mbo l Set Set s the character set used by the HP PCL5 emul ation. Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HP PCL 5C Symbo l Set Ch o ic e s R oman-8 (default), PC-850, PC8-US , PC8-DN, EC MA-94, Legal, HPGerm an, HPSpanish , ISO- 2, ISO-4, ISO- 6, ISO-10, ISO- 11, ISO-14, ISO- 15, ISO- 16, I SO-17, ISO- 21, I SO-25, ISO- 57, ISO-60, ISO- 61, I SO-6[...]

Lin e Term i na tion Adds an indicat or which control s the wa y the prin ter int er pret s CR (carriage retu r n) and LF ( line f eed) char acte rs. Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HP PCL 5C Li ne T e r m in at i on Ch o ic e s C R=CR, LF=LF ( default) CR =CR+LF , LF=LF CR =CR, LF=CR+LF CR or LF=CR+LF Po int Size x100 Specifie s the point s i[...]

Re tain T empo rary All ows y ou to choose whet her to retain tem porar y HP PC L5 fonts and macros at the end of each print job . Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HP PCL 5C Ret ain T e mporar y Ch o ic e s O ff (def ault)—R eset PCL t o its def ault state at the end of eac h PC L print j ob , e x ecute an implicit <ESC>E at the star t [...]

Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HP PCL 5C Scal able Fonts Ch o ic e s Enab le (default)—Al low selection of s calab le fon ts. When y ou pr int PCL4 documents, PCL5 may s ubstitute scalable fo nts that could c ause your PCL 4 documents to pr int i n correctly . D i sab le—Pr int using bitm ap fonts only . Note s: This fea ture ma y be usef[...]

Mon oc hro m e HP -GL / 2 Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HP PCL 5C Mon ochro me H P-GL/ 2 Ch o ic e s O ff (default)— HP-GL 2 documen ts are p rinted in color . On— HP- GL 2 documents are printed in s hades of gra y . P en Co lor Defa ult s: P en 0 = Whi te P en 1 = Black P en 2 = Red P en 3 = Gr een P en 4 = Y ello w P en 5 = Blue P en 6[...]

Down lo ad Locati on Co ntrol s the def ault storage location of P CL objects (fonts, macros, and patterns). Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s HP PCL 5C Downl d Loca tio n Ch o ic e s D i s k (def ault)—Al l downloaded PCL objects are stored in the default disk resou rce, i f prese nt . These objec ts r emain on the disk ev en if the pri nter [...]

Po in t Size (in 100ths of an i nch ) Set s point siz e (in .01 point in cremen ts) of the f ont f or the current p rint job . Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s Li ne prin ter P oi nt S z 10 0t hs Ch o ic e s 00400-2560 0 (4-256 points) 00880 (8.8 points) (default) Charac ter Map Speci fies the type of character map to be used. Menu Adm inistrat[...]

Lin e Feed i s Carriage Return-L ine Feed Speci fies whet her each line f eed (LF) in the prin t job is translated to a carriage ret ur n/line feed (CRLF) combinatio n. Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s Li ne prin ter LF i s CRLF Ch o ic e s O n (def ault)—T ranslate all line f eeds to carri age retur n/ line feed combinations. O ff—U se lin[...]

Autow rap Speci fies whet her long lin es are to be wrapped to the next line instead of being truncat ed. Menu Adm inistrati on Em ul at ion s Li ne prin ter Autowrap Ch o ic e s O n (default)—Wrap long l ines. Off—T runcate long l ines. Li ne s P er Pa ge Speci fies th e number of lines printed on a page before an a utomat ic p age eject . Men[...]

If y ou hav e an optional emula tion instal led, such as LN03 Plus, see the document at ion t hat c am e with it for a description of the options under the Admini stratio n/ Emulat ion s menu. Speci al Pages Print ing a status page is a two-step procedure: Ident ify the type of status p age you want to print, a nd then print it. Status Pag e T ype [...]

Re gistratio n Page Pr int s a registration page. Th is page allows y ou to chec k color reg istrati on (placement of each of t he process colors on the page). Menu Adm inistrati on Special Page s Reg istra tion P age Ch o ic e s Y es—Prints registr ation page. N o (default)—Registration page wil l not b e pri nted. Notes: Color mar k s going a[...]

He ader I np utbin Y o u can select the input bin (tray or c asset te) from which the p rint er pulls me dia when pr inti ng the header page. Menu Adm inistrati on Special Page s H e ader In putb in Ch o ic e s U pper (default)—Pull header page media f rom the upp er input bin. Lower—Pull h eader page media f rom the (optional) lower input bin.[...]

Printer St art-Up Op tions Tr a il e r Page Inpu t bi n Y ou can se lect the inpu t bin (t ra y or cas sette) from which the pri nter pulls m edi a wh en pr inting t h e trailer pag e. Menu Adm inistrati on Special Page s T rai ler In pu tbi n Ch o ic e s U pper (def ault)— P ull trailer page media from th e upper inpu t bin. Lower—Pull trail e[...]

Mem ory This submenu allows you t o allocate the prin ter’ s memo r y (RAM and, if a hard disk i s present and disk sw apping is tu r ned on, hard disk space) amo ng the var ious m em or y client s. This flexibility allows e xpe- rienced use rs to optimize the pri nter's perform ance according to a given set of condition s. ▲ Caution: Misa[...]

This is t he b est place for it for m ost users , b ut it can be r e allocated to other m em o r y cli ent s. The value f o r each memor y client must be e venly divisible by 4 KB : i f a v alue is entered t hat is not e v enly divisible by 4 KB, i t is aut om ati - cally converted to t he nex t lower v a lue tha t is divisib le by 4 KB. F or ex am[...]

Po stScrip t Hea p Memo ry This is the amount of m emor y ( KB) dedicated t o the P ostScr ipt emulation interpr eter . This memor y holds do wnloaded P o stScript emulati o n f onts , operators, and fo r m s. The size range and def ault varies depending upo n the amou nt o f memory av ai lable on y our s ystem. This mem ory cli ent is also kno wn [...]

Em u lati on M em o ry This is the amount of m em or y ( KB) dedicated t o no n-P o stScr ipt emulations f or temporary storage and f or load ing option al emulations. The size range and def ault varies depe nding upon the amount of memor y av ailable on your system. In creasing this client's memor y allows more complicated non-P ostScript job[...]

Dis p lay L ist Me mory This is the amount of m emor y ( KB) dedicated t o the displa y list s. The displa y list cli e nt holds t he inter m ediate repr esentatio n of pages to be pri nted in compresse d blocks of data. The size range and def ault varie s depen ding u pon the amou nt of memory av ai lable on y our s ystem. Displ a y List sha re s [...]

Disk Cach e Mem o ry This is the amount of m emor y (KB) dedicated t o the disk cache, the area in which fre q u entl y used data is stored so it does not have to be continually re ad from a n d written t o disk, i f present (either an inter nal or an e xternal dr ive). The size range and def ault v ar i es d epend in g on the amount of memory av a[...]

En abl e D isk S wap If the pri nter has a h ard disk, then En ab le Disk Swap s hould be enab led to ta ke full a dvant age of it. Disk s wapping giv e s yo ur p rinter vi r t ual memor y capab ili ty f or all memor y cl ie nts thro ugh the creation of a “swap file” on a hard disk. The def ault size of th e s w ap fi le depen ds on th e amount[...]

Printer En gin e Featu res Clear Wa rning Use this option t o clear a status message that doesn 't automat ically clear after the rel ated corrective ac tion is taken. Menu Adm inistrati on Eng in e Cl ear War ni ng Ch o ic e s Options in this menu include all status messages that don't automat ically clear . Select th e message that you [...]

This opti on al lows you to adj u st t he h orizontal and ver tical p lacem ent of printed ima ges. T o check image ali gnm ent , print a s tanda rd status page (Ad ministrat ion/ Sp ecial Pages/Pr int St at us ). When the pr inter is placing images properl y , the alignment angle bar i n the lower-left cor- ner o f the sta tus page is 0. 5"/ [...]

In p ut bin x Na me These opt ions are used to name input bin s 1 and 2 (upper and (op tional) lower cassette). Menu Adm inistrati on Eng in e Inpu tbin x Nam e Ch o ic e s Up to 1 6 a lphanu m eric ch aracters In putbin 1 “ upper” / I nputbin 2 “ lower” (default) Ou tpu tbin x Name Use this optio n to assign a name t o the out put bin. Men[...]

Miscel laneo us Manu al Fe ed Ti m eou t This opti on allows you t o set the amount of time the prin ter wai ts for paper t o be inser t ed into the m anual feed slot bef ore it cancels the job. Menu Adm inistrati on Eng in e Ma n. Fe ed Ti m eout Ch o ic e s 000 - 300 sec onds 060 seco nds (defa ult) Note s: A v al ue of 000 sets the timeout to in[...]

Ne w Flash Im age The s ystem sof tware i n your print er i s sto red on f lash me mor y . This al low s you to upd ate the system software wit hout op ening the p rint er and insta lling new PROMs. Menu Adm inistrati on Mi sc el la ne ou s New F lash Im a ge Ch o ic e s Y es, No ( d efau lt) Note s: The procedures f or downloa di ng a ne w flas h [...]

Disk Operatio ns » Note: This menu appears only if the printer ha s a hard disk. ▲ Cauti on : I f you connect to t his printer an exter nal hard disk you prev i ously used with an ear lier QM S Crown printer , this QMS magicolor CX software re lease will autom at ically reorganize the files on the hard disk when the print er is tur ned back on a[...]

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2 Printer Opti ons In This C hapter . . . “A v ail able Opti ons and A ccessorie s” o n page 2 “The Sheet Feeder” on page 4 “The E nv elope Ca sse t te” on page 8 “Font Cards” on page 12 “Security Cards” on page 14 “Rem o v ing and Replacing the Controll er Board” on page 20 “S ingl e I n -Line M e mory M o dule s (S IMM s[...]

Available Opti ons and Access ories The f ollowing opt ions, ac cessor ies, and s p are par t s are a vailable for your prin ter . Con tact you r QMS vendor for in form ati on on o bta ining them. Documentatio n QMS Crown Document Option Co mm ands QMS Crown Network Notes Cro wnCop y Color copier that atta ches dire ctly to a printer SCSI por t. Se[...]

Fonts HP ProCollection card Courier , Pre stige El ite, Letter Gothic, Tm s-Rmn, Helv , an d LinePrinter Int elli font SI MM Clarendon, Co ur i er , Garamond ( Stempel), Times Roman, Alber tus, A ntique Olive, Letter Gothic, Line Printer, Omega, Unive rs, ITC Zapf Dingbats , Coronet, and Marigold Kanji Font SI MM Ryumin Light-KL, Gothic BBB- Me diu[...]

The Sheet Feeder Unpac k the sheet f eeder and make s ure y ou receiv ed the following: Sheet feeder unit T wo s mall metal brackets F our large plastic corn e r brac k ets » Note: There may be se v eral other pieces w ith the sh eet f ee de r , bu t they are not require d for t his procedure. WARNING! Your printer weigh s approximately 106 lbs (4[...]

2 Wi th the hel p of ano ther pe rson, p ick up the prin ter by the four corn ers and al ig n it above the sheet feeder . K eeping the pr inter lev el, lo wer it onto the sheet f eeder . T he bot- tom side edges of the prin ter rest inside the sides of the sheet f eeder .[...]

3 Instal l the tw o small metal brackets usi ng the f ollowing pro- cedure: a Align one of t he me tal brac kets with the outside of the metal post on the fro nt r ight si de of t he sheet feeder . Make sure t he holes on the post and b rac ket are centered and that t he flange on the bo t tom of the b racke t goes into t he slot on the post. b Att[...]

4 Snap the plasti c brackets on to the ap propriate co rn ers of the sheet feeder . The inside cor ner of each bracke t is labeled to in dicat e which cor- ner of t he sheet f eeder i t fits i n. These brac ke ts also hav e small rims on the botto m that fit inside the edges of the sheet f eeder . The sheet feeder is no w installed . See chapter 2,[...]

The Envelope Cas sette Y ou ca n purcha se an env elope cass ette from y our QMS v endor . The env elope casset te hol ds up to 3 0 24 -lb (90 g/ m 2) DL and Com 10 env elop es. Th ey s h ould be the top-flap type wit h pre-folded sealing flap s. The leading edge (the edge that f eeds into the pri nter) must be thin a nd well creased. End-fla p env[...]

2 On the en velop e cassette, open the stac k er arm and set the side and rear en v elo pe stac k ers t o the correct envelop e siz e .[...]

3 Set the en velop e-si ze k ey to the correct en vel ope siz e . 4 Lif t the stacker arm and load 30 or fewer en velop es printi ng - side up , so that the flap sid e will be on the left when the en vel ope is pull ed into the printer . 5 Lowe r th e sta cker arm .[...]

6 Slide the envelope cassette in to the printer . 7 Ma ke sure you sel ect the co rrect envelo pe si ze th ro u gh your software dri ver wh en prin ting .[...]

Font Cards Y ou ca n purcha se cards c o ntai ning fonts not resident on the pr inte r . The p rint er can suppor t two cards at once. Fonts cards m ay go in either of the two slots located on the front of the printe r , below the control pa nel. Co ntact your Q MS v endor for av a ilabi lity . ▲ Caution : Usually , the p rinte r must be off l in[...]

2 Inse r t the c ard into ei ther sl ot w ith the front label si de faci ng left to ward the i ns ide o f th e pri nter . 3 Depe nding on the type o f card y ou are i ns tall ing, eithe r turn the printer on a gai n or put it b ack on li ne . T o rem ov e a card, use t he f ollowi ng proce dure: 1 If y o u are removing a ProCo llectio n card, turn [...]

Security Cards An optiona l security card allows the Operator Control and Ad ministra- tion menus to be pass word protected , so that only users who k n ow the password can change printer configu ra tions. When a security card is installed, a ne w menu, Inst allatio n, appears in t he print er's Configurati on menu. The In stall ation menu is [...]

2 Inser t the secur ity card into e ith er slot with the card's front label facing left, toward the insi de of the pri nter . 3 Press the Me nu key to enter the Confi gu rati on menu . Press the Next key unti l the fo l lowin g messag e displays in the con - tr ol panel message wind o w : CONFIGURATION INSTALLATION 4 Press the S elec t key to [...]

Then, specify the pass word. (See “Changing Cha racter Informa - tion” in chapt er 1, “Pr inter Conf igurati on, ” for detailed instr ucti ons f or enterin g alphanumeri c v alues.) 6 When you have e ntered the complete password, press the Selec t key . This saves t h e passw o rd an d returns you to the Instal lati on m enu . 7 T o turn on[...]

14 P ress Selec t to ente r this submenu . Press the Next key to displ ay USE ADMIN PWD YES 15 P ress S elec t. This returns you to the I ns tallatio n menu. 16 On ce the passwor d s are e ntered and activated, press the Menu key to r eturn to the Ma in menu. Th e following me ssag e is d isp layed: SAVE CHANGES? *NO 17 P ress the N ext key to disp[...]

Install ation Menu The Instal lation menu appe a rs only i f a security card is installed. The system admin istrato r uses the Instal lation me nu to set pas s words for the Ope rator Cont rol and Admin istrati on menus. Oper ator P asswo rd Allows yo u to enter a pass w ord used to en ter th e Op erator me nu wh en enabled. Menu In st all at io n [...]

Using Passwor ds When a passw ord is r equired to en ter the Ope rator Contro l or Admin- istration me nu, the message window wi ll displa y ENTER PASSWORD if y ou press the Select k ey t o enter the menu. E nt er the pass word or press the Menu ke y to retur n t o the menu. If y ou specify the correct passw ord, a c cess to the selected menu is gr[...]

Remov ing and R eplacin g the Controller Bo ard ▲ Cauti on : I t's v er y impo r tan t to protect the controll er board f rom electrostat ic dama ge while perfor min g this task. If an anti-static wris t strap is provi ded in your printer op tion ki t, attach one end of i t to y our wrist and the other en d to any con venient electrical grou[...]

3 Pul l the cont ro ll er boa rd straigh t out and lay it on a fl at sur- face. Replaci ng the Con troller Board ▲ Caution : The f ollowing instru ctions are written f or advanced users . Do not attem pt this procedure if y ou hav e no e xperience worki ng with circ uit boar ds. 1 Rei nser t the con t roller bo ard making sure i t’ s properly s[...]

2 Tigh ten the two m o unting screws. 3 Reco nnect all i nterfac e cables an d the power cord, and then turn on the printer .[...]

Single In-Lin e Memory Modules (SIM Ms) » Note: If y ou’ re instal ling an Intellifont S IMM , see “The Intell ifont SIMM” on page 26 f or instruct ions. In tell if ont S I MM and RA M SIMM connecto rs are not interchangeabl e. 1 Follow the instruction s in “Removing the Controller Board” on p age 20, b ei ng car eful to d ischa rge elec[...]

3 Rem ove the currently in stall ed SI MM( s). Pull the latch on each side of the SI MM connecto r outward using your thum b s. Tilt the SIM M forward and l ift it out o f the connector .[...]

4 Inser t the new SIM M into the con nec tor closest to the edge of the board (J2). » Note: If y ou’ re only going to install one SIMM , i t must be placed in J1, the connector closest t o the cente r of the board. P o sitio n the S IMM a t a 60° angle to t he cont roller board, with the notch on the righ t side and the bottom edge in the conne[...]

The Intellifont SI MM » Note: If y ou’ re installing a RAM SIMM , see “ Sin gle In-Li ne Mem o r y Modules (SI M Ms)” o n pag e 23 for instr uctio n s. Intellifont S IMM a nd RAM SIMM connectors are no t interchangeable. An optional Intel l i f ont SIMM increases the nu m b er o f f onts a vailable to the HP PCL 5 e mul ati on on your pri nt[...]

2 T u rn the controller bo a rd so that the Inte llifont SI MM sl ot is on th e si de to you. 3 Insert the SIM M into the co nn ector . P o sitio n t he SIMM at a 6 0° angle to the controller board, with the notch on the left side and the bot to m edge in t he connector . Then push the SIMM forw ard unt il you f eel i t fit int o place behind the [...]

4 Follow t he instructi ons in “Replacing t he Con tro lle r Board” on p age 21, bei ng car eful to follow th e directi ons for e limi- nating el ectrostati c buildup . Increasing th e Disk Cache S ize If your printer ha s 8 M B of RA M total, you m ust set the di sk c ac he t o a mi ni mum of 48 KB (Adm ini st ratio n/ Mem ory/ Di sk Cache men[...]

Accessing th e Fon ts Use your PCL appli cati on to set the font for a s ingle docume nt. See your appli cati on documentati on f or i nform at ion. Use the pri nter confi gurat ion menu to set the defaul t f ont f or all PCL docum ents. » Note: Before beginning this procedur e , y ou m ust have a PCL 5 f ont list from the ad vanced s tat us page.[...]

Interface Daughterboards This secti on des cribe s how to install an interface daught erboard. Only magicolor CX daught erboards can be used with the m agicolor CX printe r . 1 Foll ow the instruction s in “Removi ng the Controller Board” on p age 20, b ei ng car eful to elimi na te el ectrostatic bui ldup bef ore yo u begin. 2 Usi ng a Phi lli[...]

3 Attac h the in terface. a P o si tion the interface so the p or t slides into the opening you just creat ed. b Snap the int erface onto the connector and the plastic stand off. It’ s o ka y to push down gentl y with your thum b posit ioned on the in terface r ight over the connect or .[...]

4 Usi ng the tw o screws yo u removed in step 2, fasten the new interface plate to in terface card to hol d the card in place . 5 Follow the instruction s in “Replac ing the Controller Board” on p ag e 21, b ei ng car eful to el imin a te stati c elec tr icit y . 6 If your interfa ce ki t ca me w ith an external p ower su pply box, attach it t [...]

Connecti ng a Maci ntos h to a LocalTalk In terface An op tional LocalT alk i nte rface is available from your QM S vendor . 1 T u rn the prin ter off, rem ove th e p ower co rd, and d isc onn ect all interface cabl es fro m the pr inte r . 2 Instal l the LocalT alk interface board. Instr u ctions f or installin g it are i n “Interface Daughterbo[...]

Installin g an Internal IDE Hard Disk The inter nal I DE hard disk is ident ified by the hard disk device num- ber DSK7. The IDE hard disk as sembly kit i ncludes the following: IDE hard disk Plasti c ribb on cable 4 scre ws 1 Con nect on e end of the plasti c ribbo n cabl e to the hard disk. Align th e colored edge of the cable with pin 1 on the h[...]

2 Con nect the other end of the cable to the IDE-S CS I board. Align th e colored str i pe on the ca ble with pin 1 on the IDE-S CS I board connector (y ou’ ll ha ve to f o ld the c able to do this). ▲ Caution : The plastic ri bbo n cable is f ragile. Handl e it gently . Do not pull on it or push down hard on it .[...]

3 Attach the h ard di sk to th e IDE -SCSI board. Align th e hard disk wit h the 2. 5” hard disk outline on the IDE - SCSI board. The scre w hole s in the bottom of the hard disk should match up wit h the hole s i n the board. F ast en the hard disk to t he board with the f our sc rews prov i ded in the kit . 4 Instal l the IDE-S CS I board in th[...]

Attaching Exter nal Hard Dis ks If your printer has a SCS I board in stall ed, you t o connect up to 3 e x t ernal SCSI har d disks t o the prin ter . The docum entati on that co m e s with your e x ternal S CS I (Smal l C o m puter Sy st em Interf ace) hard di sk contains i n f ormat ion on connecti ng a nd configuring the di sk. An ad apte r cabl[...]

Hard di sks are i denti fi ed by dev i ce nu m b ers w hi ch you as si gn. V alid choi ce s for e x ter nal SCSI hard disks range from D SK0 to DSK6. (The recom mended de v ic e nu m ber for the in t e r n al IDE hard d i sk is DSK7.) Howe v er , you c annot repeat num bers; each dev ice num ber m u st be uni que. For the print er to recognize an y[...]

Formatting a Hard Dis k Y ou h av e two wa ys of formatt ing a hard disk: PS Executive Se rie s Ut ilit ies Print er co nfi gu ration me nu Before y ou can use a f or mat ted h ard disk, you must increase the size of the disk cache. The wa y you do this depends on how much mem- or y your pr inter h a s. If y our printer ha s 8 MB of RAM , enabl e d[...]

After you hav e accessed the Adm inist ration/ Disk Operati ons m enu, press the cont rol pa nel keys in the o rder shown in the following t a ble. The printe r responds by displa ying a s tatus message in t he message window . » Note: Y ou may need to press the Next k ey one or more times to advance through the list of options. » Note: After an [...]

Installin g Fonts Optiona l fonts can be installed in two ways: Y ou may use o ptional fonts by in se r t ing th e font card in one of the card slots below th e pr inte r's paper cassett e. How ev er , when y o u remov e the font card from t he card slot, you can no longer use those fonts. This procedure is cov ered in “U sing F ont Cards”[...]

After the opt ion is instal led, remove the card from the slot and place the pr int er b a ck on lin e. Remo ving Font s Use the Admi nistrat ion/ Disk Opera tions/Rem ov e Option menu to re- mov e optiona l f onts f rom your hard disk. Y ou need the orig inal font card containing the files, because the conten ts of the card is compa red to the con[...]

After the opt ion is remo v e d, remove the card from the slot and place the pr int er b a ck on lin e. Selec t Access es th e Remov e Op tion/Dsk#: men u. REMO VE O PTI ON DS K# : x Ne xt Sc rolls t hrough the l ist of atta c hed disk s. REMO VE O PTI ON DS K: x Selec t Selects the disk and acce sses the card address f r om which r emov al inf or [...]

Installin g an Em ulation Optiona l emulat ions, such as LN03 or CCITT , are a v ailable as P o stScript files on PC floppy disks . This section describes how t o download an opt ional emulat ion fro m a floppy disk to the p rint er’ s optional hard disk. » Note: At least on e hard disk (int er nal or exter nal) must be inst alled on the print e[...]

Updating System Software The system so ftware in your printer is stored on 4 M B of flash mem- or y . This allows you t o update the system software wi thout openin g up the print er and i nstal ling new PROMs. Updated syst em software allows y ou to take adv antage of fut ure enhancem ent s t o the p rint er . Updating t he system software is a th[...]

Install ing the S ystem Softw are Once you ha ve identified the appropr iate print syst em software disk set (using the table in the p revious section), y o u must inst all the soft- ware on y our compu ter’ s hard disk bef ore you c an download it to the printe r . 1 Ensu re that y o ur comp uter has enou gh free hard disk space fo r the system [...]

PC a At the DO S C: DIRE C TOR Y prompt , ty p e x :pkunzip x :system ↵ where DIREC TOR Y is the nam e of the new directo r y y ou created in step 2, and x is t he nam e o f the disk drive i n which you inser ted Disk 1. b Follow the prompts. They instr uct you to inser t the system software disks in the following order : Last disk (system soft[...]

Dow nloadin g System Softwar e to a Fun ctional P r inter — SYSTE MDL .PS If the pr int system software is non-functio nal (the p r inter can’t star t up), go to “Downloading System Software to a Non-Functiona l Print er” o n pa ge 56. If the pr int system so ftware is functiona l (the pri nte r star ts up nor- mally , and IDLE displays in [...]

1 In the Choo se r , cho ose the pr inte r to b e u pg rad ed. 2 Op en PS Exe cuti ve by doubl e-clickin g on the P S Exec ic on. 3 From the Fi le menu , choose P rin t PS F ile . 4 Cli ck the Optio n b utton, m ake sur e all optio ns are d isa bled , and th en click O K. 5 Selec t the SYST EMDL .P S file, and choose S end . The downloading process[...]

1 Downl oad the new system software PostScri pt file SYS - TEM DL. PS to the printer , over any a v a ilable interfac e, the wa y y ou w ould nor ma ll y se nd a P ost Scri pt f il e. F or e xam ple, you might use PS Executive , copy , or fstprn from a PC , o r qp r or put from a UNIX syste m. The downloading process ta kes about 5 minutes, dependi[...]

Dow nloadin g System Softwar e to a Fun ctional P r inter — SYSTE M.DL If the pr int system software is non-functio nal (the p r inter can’t star t up), go to “Downloading System Software to a Non-Functiona l Print er” o n pa ge 56. If the pr int system so ftware is functiona l (the pri nte r star ts up nor- mally , and IDLE displays in the[...]

3 T ake the pr inter off line . 4 Access the Ad min istratio n/ Miscel laneo us/N ew Flash Imag e menu. 5 Selec t Y e s in the New Flash Im age m enu. The pr int er waits f or the new syst em software (imag e) to be sent from your Macint osh. ( YES remains i n the me ssag e wi ndow until the new i mag e i s sent .) 6 Send the new system software im[...]

After y ou hav e decompressed th e system software, as described in the previous secti on, use the f o llowing procedure to update t he sys- tem soft ware in flash mem o r y . » Note: If y ou’ re using a serial por t, skip to the f ollowing section , “PC— Seria l P or t.” 1 T u rn on the printer , wait for IDLE t o appe ar in the mes sage [...]

6 Print ano ther advanced status pag e, and v erify that th e curren t config urati on set tings match the previo us co nfigur atio n set- tings (on the adv anced status pag e printed in step 1). 7 If there are d ifferen ces in the configu ratio n settin gs , correct them throug h the prin ter confi gu rati on menu . — This m eth od for d ownload[...]

4 Set the PC’ s bau d rate to 38400 by typin g modex.exe ↵ modex # 38400 n 8 1 ↵ where # is 1-4. S ee the MO DE X.D O C file for more infor mat ion on this progr am. 5 T u rn on the printer , wait for IDLE t o appe ar in the mes sage wind ow , and then pri nt an adv anced status page . This procedure should not change the current c onfi gur a[...]

10 S end the new im age to the pr inter . T ype copy /b system.dl c om # ↵ where # is 1 to 4. ( /b refers to binary f iles.) If you’ re not sure of the number of the seri al port, chec k your PC’ s document ation. The downloading process ta kes about 5 minutes, depending on the size o f the f ile and the speed of your P C. The T ransp arency [...]

If the current print system soft ware is not funct ioning , you must con- nect your Macinto sh t o the p r int er’ s serial p or t to reinst all the syst em software. The downloading procedure wil l not work ov er the LocalT alk or CrownNet i nterface in t his case. » Note: This downloading procedure requires a connecti on from the Maci nto sh ?[...]

reboots with the new system image, prints a sta r t-up page, and retur n s to IDLE . » Note: The new flash im age does not erase the old image unt il the print er v er if ies that the new ima ge is valid. — If the current print system soft ware is not funct ioning , you must con- nect your PC to either the pri nter’s parallel or serial port to[...]

— If the current print system soft ware is not funct ioning , you must con- nect your PC to either the pri nter’s parallel or serial port to reinst all the system software. The downloading procedure will n ot work o ver the CrownNet i nterface i n this ca se. This m eth od for d ownloading the syst em sof tware f rom a PC sho uld be used only w[...]

6 When the con tro l pan el indicato rs stop flash ing (the mes- sage win dow will rem ai n blank sin ce the printer i s non-fun c - tional ), sen d the new system so ftw are fi le SYST EM. DL to the printer . T ype copy /b system.dl c om # ↵ where # is 1 to 4. ( /b refers to binary f iles.) If you’ re not sure of the number of the seri al port[...]

3 Techni cal Specifications In This C hapter . . . “Contro ller Specifi ca tions ” on page 3 “Environment al Requirement s” on page 4 “Print Medi a and Consumables” on page 4 “Options, Accessories, and Replacem ent P ar ts” on page 5 “Pinout an d Ca ble Specif icati ons” on page 5 “Communicat ion M odes” on page 11 “Docume[...]

Print Engine Spec ificatio ns Duty Cyc le (maximum) 5,000 color prints per month 20,00 0 mono chrome pri nts per mo nth Pri nt M eth od Cyan , magenta, yello w , and blac k electr o photograph i c recording with semiconductor laser . Dr y toner image transfer to pr int media. Print Speed 12 pages per minute monoch rome 6 pa g es per minute 2- or 3-[...]

Controller Spec ificati ons E le ctr ica l Requirement s Frequency 60 Hz ± 2 H z P ower Requirement 12 0 V ± 10% P owe r Consumption Standb y: 1000 W max.; 150 W a ve . Opera tion: 1000 W max.; 250 W ave . Energy Sav e r Mode: less than 45 W Em ulations P ostScript Level 2 HP PCL 5 (HP X L 300) HP-GL 7475A/7550 Linep ri nter Fo n ts 39 resident P[...]

Environm ental R equirem ents Print Media and C ons um ables In the u ser’s guid e, see chapt er 2 (“Prin ting ”) f or pri nt media specif ica- tions, and see chapter 3 (“Maintenance”) for c o nsuma bles s p ecifica - tions an d st orage i nform at ion. Memory 8, 20, or 32 MB , de pending on which configuration is ordered (upgrada b le to[...]

Options, Acc ess ories , and Replacemen t P arts See chapter 2, “Op tio ns ” of this ma nua l for a list of av aila ble pr int er options, acc essories, and replacem ent par t s. Pinout and C able Specification s This table giv es the pinout s f o r the printer’ s 9-pin RS-232 int erface por t. Pin Name 1 Not Used 2 Receive Data (RXD) 3 T ran[...]

This dia gram gives the suggested c able p inout s for IBM P C/X T , PC/ A T , and com pat ible com put e rs Not all serial c ables are configured as shown and ma y require an addition al null-modem adapter . Chec k wi th y our cable vendor f or compati bilit y . T o down load prin ter syst em softwa re via the serial po r t, your hardw are must ha[...]

These are the pinout s f o r the opti onal 8-pin Local T alk cab le : These are th e pinou ts f o r a cab le co nnecti ng t he M acint osh pr int er or modem por t t o the p r int er’ s ser ial po r t. T o downl oad pri nte r system software from a Ma cintosh, you m ust hav e this type ca ble . Pin N ame 1,2,7 R e ser ved 3 T rans mit Data - (TXD[...]

Notes to the P a ral lel P ino uts T abl e Directio n refers to the direct ion of signa l flow as vie wed f rom the printe r . Signa l Pi n No . Signal Descr iption Direction 1 Str obe- In 2 Data 1 InOut 3 Data 2 InOut 4 Data 3 InOut 5 Data 4 InOut 6 Data 5 InOut 7 Data 6 InOut 8 Data 7 InOut 9 Data 8 InOut 10 A cnlg- Out 11 Bus y+ Out 12 P e+ Out [...]

Return d enot es “twiste d-pair retur n” and is to be connected at signal-ground le vel. When wiring the inte rface , b e sure t o use a twisted-pa ir cable for each signal and nev er fail to complet e con - nection on the ret u r n side. T o pre vent noise effectively , these cables should b e shielded and connect ed t o the chassis of the sys[...]

Y our print er su ppor ts both IE EE 1284 bidirectio nal and Cent ronics parallel commu nicat ion. If your computer sup p or ts IEE E 1284 bi direc- tional parallel communi cation, you need an IEEE 1284 bidirect iona l para llel ca ble. Th is ca ble mu st b e 6. 5 feet (2 m et ers) or less in lengt h. If y o ur com put er supp or t s on ly Centroni[...]

Comm un ication Modes Simulta neou s Interface Operations (SIO) All your print er’ s port s are acti ve at the same time, so you can attach parallel , serial, and other interface cables and communicat e to all por ts from four host compute rs or n etwor ks simultane ously . The Emulation Sens ing Processor (ESP) The QMS magicolor CX em ploys ESP [...]

Ad v anced use rs can also use P ostS cr ipt operators to reconfig ure prin ter ports . Th e P ostScr ipt Langu age Ref erence Man ual (Adobe Systems Incorporated, R eading, P A: Addison-W esle y , 1990, ISBN 0-201-181 27- 4) contains i nform ation about P ostS cr ipt op erator s. Generally , i t is best to k eep your printe r i n ES P mode. S ince[...]

Print er-host p arallel com muni catio n is done in a m anner that ensures compati bilit y . This is an advanced v e rsion of byte mode which all ows transf er of data in ei the r direct ion wit hout re tur ni ng to th e com pat ibil it y mod e. The parallel commu nicati on is a half-dupl ex channel w ith eit her de vice, t he host or the printer ,[...]

any slo wdown resulting fro m the sensing process. T o help ESP t ech- nology deter mine the proper emul ati on of successiv e print jobs , the pri nte r must be able t o identi fy the end of job for each jo b . Therefore , unless a wait t im eout (t he am ount of t im e the pr inter i s waiting on data from the host ) occurs a nd ends e ach pr int[...]

When y our pri nte r is i n ESP mod e, pr inting mul tiple jobs throu gh the serial and parallel prot ocols and end job mod e is not set, ES P t ech- nology inter pret s the em ulat ion for only the f irst job. The pr int jobs that f ollow are inter preted as b eing the sa m e emulatio n as the first j o b . F or ex a mpl e, if there are two pr int[...]

Sta nd-Al on e PC 1 Set the end job mod e from the printer 's control p anel . 2 Add the EOD com m a nd to your fil e . » Note: If using steps 1 and 2 is not f easible in your s tand-al one PC en vironm ent, y ou can alter nat ively use a progr am tha t e ither causes an e mulat ion ti meo ut or that inser ts an EOD comm and betwee n ea ch pr[...]

» Note: Y ou may need to press the Next k ey one or more times to advance through the list of options. Ke y Purpose Mess age Window Online/ Off li n e T urns of f th e Online/Offline indicator and readies the pri nter for configuration. ID LE Men u Ac cess es the co nf iguration menu. CO NF IG UR ATI ON OP ER AT OR CO NT RO L Ne xt Adv ances to th[...]

When adding an EO D comm and to your f ile, use t he syntax for the selected EO D command exactly as written (the comm and's syntax is case sensitive). » Note: <ESC> re presents the escape character . (The decim al v a lue f or the escape character is 027, and the hexadecim al v al ue is 1B.) How y ou ent er the escape character depends[...]

Adding an EO D Com mand to the En d of Y our Fi le Create an output file (for e xample, A SCI I , PCL, or PostScr ipt file to disk) and add y our organizati on's standard EOD comm and (QMS EOD or HP EO D) to the en d of that fil e. Samp le o utp ut fi le: Text Text Text Text %%E ndOf Document Adding an E O D Com mand to a S ep arate File Creat[...]

Document Optio n Co mm ands This secti on l ists th e Q MS Docum ent Op tion Co mm ands suppor ted by this printer . I t also pro vides updat ed inf or m ation on HP PCL 4 and PCL 5 DOC comm ands that has not yet been included in oth er QMS manua ls. For more i nform at ion, o rder t he QMS Crown Docu men t Option Com m ands manual from your QM S v[...]

HP-PCL 5 Emulati on Feature s Com mand s Carriage retur n s %%In cludeFeature: criscrlf F ont sel ectio n %%In cludeFea ture: font F ont by id %%In cludeFeature: font id F ont storag e %%In cludeFeature: resou rce Line f ee ds %%In cludeFeature: lfiscr lf Lines per inch %%IncludeFeature: linesperinch P o int size %%Incl udeFeature: point si ze Remo[...]

Copies, number of %%In cludeFeature: numcopie s Emulat ion select ion %%IncludeFeature: emulat ion Media type select ion %%In cludeFeature: mediatype Or ient ati on selecti o n %%In cludeFea ture: orientat ion P aper selection %%IncludeFeature: input Resolution select ion %% Incl udeFeature: resolution Updated DOC C omm ands This section pr ovides [...]

Syntax %%IncludeF eat ure: in sta ll ( resource i d obje ct id ) Purpose Establishes the curr ent resource and the default object ID value f or th e c urrent job to which it is attached. I f it i s at ta ched to a job that down loads a f ont without setting the c urrent object ID u sing the PCL esca pe seque nce <ESC>(#X, it has the appearanc[...]

Notes All d ownloa ded objects are by def ault temporar y and will b e deleted at the end o f a job unless Retain T emporary is set t o On or On C omp atibil ity . If th e file the % %IncludeFeature:install command is attached to d oes not make its do wnload ed fon ts perm anent o r Retain T emporar y is not set, then those objec ts are remove d fr[...]

Example C—Job 2 %! %%IncludeFeature:emulation(pcl5) install(6) %%E n dComments <ESC>(20Xthis tex t i s also in the downloade d f ont... Syntax %%IncludeF eat ure: remove ( re source id object i d object type ) Purpose Remove s an e xter n al object from the print er system. V a riables o b jec t typ e Pu rpose Spec i fies t he kind of objec[...]

No tes If the obj e ct i d is not specified, or if i t is specified as * or -1, all obje cts o n the spec ified resource a re re mov e d. Notes: Un lik e th e %%I ncludeFe ature:i nstall command, th e %%In cludeF eature:remo ve command doe s not set any def aults, and it is not directl y related to th e job to which it is attache d. This command al[...]

Syntax %%IncludeF eat ure: removeresourc e ( resour ce i d object id ) Purpose Iden tifi es an e xternal object that is to b e remov ed f rom the printer system. Notes This is an obso lete DOC command that is identical to th e remo ve command, e xcep t tha t it does not al lo w specificatio n of an object type. The DOC string “ remov eresource(aa[...]

Syntax %%IncludeF eat ure:resource (resource id o bject code) Purpose Establishes the current r esource and the default object code v alue f or the current job to which it is attached . Notes This c omm and is identical to th e % %In cludeFea ture:install DOC command. It is included for back ward compatibi lity . All d ownloa ded objects are by def[...]

Syntax %%IncludeF eature:font ( font name ) Purpose Specifies the default f ont to use. Notes F onts a re identified b y the names sh own abo ve . Only the residen t f onts ma y be s el ected ( t he a v ailable set v ari es from printer to pr inter). An asterisk “*” in the name indicates that a f ont is sc alable, and that a point si ze is to b[...]

Notes This inde x is use d wh en the Def ault F ont selec ted is selectb yid. This allo ws for selection of fon ts only on the current re source. Selection of def ault font by index ov errid e s the symbol set v alue. The s ymbol se t is ov err idde n if a boun d f ont is selected as the def ault or if an unbo und fo nt is selected th at does not s[...]

) Ra nge ro man -8 iso -60 pc-850 iso-61 pc8 -us is o-6 9 pc8 -dn is o-8 4 ecma-94 iso-85 legal desk top hpge r man ps-mat h hpspanish m ath8 iso - 2 mic roso ft -p ub iso-4 p i-f ont iso-6 ps-text iso-10 ventura-i ntl iso-11 ventura-math iso-14 ventura-us iso- 15 windows iso-16 ps-zapf-dingbats iso-17 ventura-dingbats iso-21 zapf-din gbats100 iso-[...]

No tes The resu lt of v arious se t tings f or these pa rameters is shown in tab le belo w , in t er m s of the equiv alent code pa ssed to the PCL line ter minati o n comma nd ( <ESC>&k#G ). The second s et ting (lfiscrl f on, criscr lf off) is correct f or most ASCI I listin gs printed from UNIX machines. P C listings s hould usually be[...]

Syntax %%IncludeF eature: lfiscrlf ( val u e ) Purpose Controls t h e default line t er minati on mode ( t h e <ESC>&k #G command); spec i fies the line terminat ion treatment of a linef eed. V ariabl e val u e Pu rpose Spec i fies whether a l inefee d is treated simpl y as a linefe ed or as a carr i a ge retur n-linef eed combination Ra [...]

Default 6 Format Int eger Syntax %%IncludeF eature:linesp erpage (#) Purpose Sets the def ault PCL l ine spacing. Notes Both the % %Inc lud e Feature:l inesp erinch an d %%IncludeF eat ure:linesp erpage DOC commands af f e c t PCL ’ s def ault VMI ( vert ical motion inde x). I n t he ev ent that b oth are specified, t he linesperpage DOC command [...]

Notices FCC Stat ement This equipm ent has been te sted and found to comp ly with the l imits f or a Class A d igit al de vice , pursu ant to par t 15 of the FCC r ules. These limits are designed to prov ide reasonable protect ion agai nst harm ful i nterference when the equipm ent is oper a ted in a commercial en vironment . T his equipm ent gener[...]

▲ Caution : Any modif icat ions or chang es to this product not e x p ressly approv e d in wr iting by the manufacturer responsible f or compli ance to F ederal Regulati ons could v oid the user's author ity to o per ate this product within the L aws and Regulations of the Federal Communicat ion s Com m i ssion. Laser Safety This pr inter is[...]

(800) 777-7782. In all o t her countr ies, check appendix A, “QMS Cus- tomer Suppor t,” in the user’ s guide, for the Q M S office closest to y ou. Electrost atic di scharg e can destroy circuit boards, s uch as a SI MM or your printer’ s controller boa rd. T o pre vent this, use an anti -static wri st- band. T o use an anti-static wri stba[...]

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A QMS Cus tomer S upp ort In This C hapter . . . “Sou rces of Suppor t ” on page 2 “QMS World-wide Offices” on page 5[...]

Sources of S upport Your QM S Ven dor Y our local v endor (the one fro m whom you bought the printe r) ma y be best equipped to help you. Y our vendor has specially trained se rvice technicians availabl e to ans wer questio n s, and the equipm ent to ana- lyze y our p rinter problems. Your Ap pl icat ion Ve nd or Often , “printin g” problems ha[...]

The QMS Corpo rate Bulletin Bo ard System The QMS Cor porate B ulle tin Board System (BBS ) contains techni cal suppor t notes, appl icati on note s, drivers, patches and ut ilit i es. T e ch n i- cal questions not requiring an im m ediat e response can be l eft o n electronic mail for t he S ysop (S y stem O perator). The bullet in board [(33 4) 6[...]

The QMS Custome r Response Center (CRC) The QM S C ustom er Respon se Cent er is av ail able M -F , 7: 00 am -6:00 pm, Cent ral Standard Ti me, at (334) 6 33-4500 (US ) . Y ou can also fax questions to CRC at (334) 633-3716 (US) . Please indi cate whether you w ou ld lik e a fax or a phone call. If y o u cal l for assistance, have the following inf[...]

QMS Worl d-wide Offic es Ge neral Conta ct 1 (3 34) 6 33 -43 00 F ax 1 ( 33 4) 63 3-4 866 Ema il in fo @q m s.com Cu sto me r Re spo ns e C ente r (CRC) T echnical Assistan c e 1 (3 34 ) 6 33 -45 00 7:00 am – 6:0 0 pm Ce nt ral Tim e Bu ll et in Boa rd Se r vi ce 1 (3 34) 6 33 -36 32 L atin Am eri ca Fax 1 (3 34) 6 39 -33 47 Na tio nal Se rvi ce [...]

Anitech (6 1 ) 27 49 12 44 Fax ( 6 1 ) 35 62 38 80 QM S Ser vice Center (3 2 ) 52 35 23 77 Fax ( 3 2 ) 52 35 23 76 Berendsen Innovation A/S (45 ) 39577300 F ax (45) 3957730 United Systems (2 02) 335 0157 F ax (202 ) 360 9787 Qtronic (35 8) 069 26099 F ax (358 ) 067 4886 Natis (33 ) 148637575 F ax (33) 148637444 DSI (49 ) 21156040 F ax (49) 21156042[...]

Rolta In dia Limit ed (91 ) 228327708 F ax (91) 228365992 Gericmar (35 3) 162 61666 F ax (353) 162 60131 M.A.G. Group (97 2) 356 00650 F ax (972) 356 01327 Sipa c (39 ) 258013366 F ax (39) 258012029 Computers & Com. Concepts Co. (9 65) 472 5053 F ax (965 ) 476 8062 QM S Ser vice Center (32 ) 52352377 F ax (32) 52352376 QMS Europe B V (31 ) 3024[...]

DPI (70 ) 952642853 F ax (70) 952642946 Nasco (96 6) 147 71307 F ax (966) 147 74913 Nashua Limi ted (27 ) 113134000 F ax (27) 118054139 Gemática (34 ) 35807534 F ax (34) 35807659 Electronic s Co. LLC (968) 790 191 F ax (968) 790192 Nexor Repair Center AB (46 ) 86293200 F ax (46) 86293221 A Mess erli A G (41 ) 18291111 F ax (41) 18291348 CRC Ltd (4[...]

Glo ssary Glo ssary For more i n form ation about a term , check the index listings. Applic ation A comput er program designed to help people perform a certain typ e o f work, for exam pl e, a word p roce ssing program , a pa ge la yout program , a programmi ng langua ge, or software that handles graphi cs and prints document s, sp readsheet s, and[...]

as they become avai lable. A QMS C rown print er can process and print jobs simultaneously inst ead of sequential ly (multi-ta sk) because of advanced memory man agem ent techniqu es such a s sim ultaneous int erfa cing, inp ut bufferin g, job spoolin g, emulat ion sensing pro cessin g, compile-ahe ad t ech- nology, and compressed dat a form ats. D[...]

Interfa ce The place whe re a physical connection is mad e betwee n compone nts, such as a cable and print er, an d comm uni cation or signals are pa ssed bac k and fort h. Laser Pa per Paper designed for laser printing. Laser paper allows the richest color and black and white outpu t and the most consistent coverage (especial ly for large areas of[...]

capability: it produces good output on document s such as reports and newslette rs. Se e al so laser paper . P ost Scri pt A pag e de script ion language tradem arked b y Adobe Sy stems Inc. P ost- Script Level 2 capabil ities, am ong othe r s, a re impl eme nted in the printer through a Post Script emu lation develop ed by QMS . PostScript Level 2[...]

Syste m A dm in istrat o r The person in charge of operating a net work; also called a network administ rato r. Util ity Software, such as PS Execut ive Seri es Utilitie s, that performs a specific function o f system managem ent , such as maint ain ing disks and files or controlling a print er.[...]

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In dex Le ge nd (UG)User G uide (R)Re ference G uide 100K CHECKUP (UG)4-25 A Accessories SIMMs ( R)2-23 AC-charger unit See Charger unit Administrat ion menu (R) 1-10, (R)1- 20 Special Pages menu (R)1-49 Adob e Illustr ator (UG) 1-16 Adob e I ll ustrator 5 .5 ( UG)1- 5 Adob e Ph otosh op (UG)1-5 Advanced status page (R)1- 4 9 Agfa FotoFlo w (UG)2- [...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e Automatic Col or Cont rol (UG )2-3 Automatic color contr ol QCO LOR (UG )2-2 Automatic error recovery (UG)4-41 Automatic Jam R ecovery (UG)2-45 Autowra p menu (Lineprinter) ( R)1-48 B BACK PANEL OPEN ( UG)4- 20 Bau d r ate (UG)4-46 BCP See PS Protocol Belt cartri dge See OPC be lt ca rtrid g e BELT CARTRID[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Refe rence G uide Pre -cha rge r unit ( UG)3- 32, (UG )3-35, (UG)3-42 Printer (UG )3-4 Register r oller unit ( UG)3-3 6 Clear warning (R)1-16 CLOSE MANUAL FEED TRAY (UG)4-21 Collating out put ( UG)2- 33 Color Compression (UG)2- 15 QCO LOR (UG )2-2 Registration ( UG) 4-1 0 Uneve n (UG) 4-8 Color Balance Adjustm e nt Page (UG[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e Control Panel Keys ( R)1-8 Messag e Window Lang uage (R)1-6 Control panel Configur ation, print er ( R)1- 2 Indi cat ors (R) 1-7 LEDs (R)1-7 Messag e windo w (UG)4-20, (R)1 -6 Sta tus mess ages (U G )4-20, (R)1-16 Control ler Specifications (R )3-3 Copies (R )1-17 Copies menu (R)1- 17 CorelDRA W (UG)1- 7 C[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Refe rence G uide Timeout (R)1-20 Emulation card Installing ( R)2- 1 2, (R)2-13 Emulation menu Parallel ( R)1- 2 7 Emulation Sensing Pr o cessor (ESP) Technology (UG)2- 4 4 Emulations (UG )2-42, (UG )2-46 Selecting (R)3-11 Setting paramet ers (R )1-34 Emulations menu ( R)1- 34 End Job Mode Setting ( R)3-16 End job mod e ( R[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e Installing, h ard disk (R)1-65 PostScript emulat ion ( R)3-3 Removing, hard disk (R) 1-65 Font card (R)2-13 Installing ( R)2- 1 2, (R)2-13 Font m enu (Linepri nter ) ( R)1-4 5 Fo n ts (UG)2-38 Downloading (UG)4-6, (UG)4- 7 Installing opti onal (R)2-41 Intelli font SI MM (R) 2-2 6 Memory (UG)4-7 Optional (U[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Refe rence G uide Plotter menu (R) 1-35 Reverse Image men u (R)1-35 Scaling Percent menu (R) 1-36, (R)1-37 Setting paramet ers (R )1-35 HP-GL Emulatio n (UG)2-42 HP-GL/2 See PCL5 (R)1- 44 I IBM PC AT cable pinouts (R)3-6 XT cable pinouts (R)3-6 IDE board (R)2-3 IDE hard disk Inst alling ( R)2- 3 4 IDLE (UG) 4-2 2 IDLE INPUT[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e L Labels (UG)2-24 La nguage Printer (R)3-11 Laser Prep (UG)1-14, (UG) 4 -7 Laser safety (R) 3-3 6 LaserJet 4Si (UG) 2-46, (R) 2-3 Lase r Wr iter ( UG)1- 14, ( UG)4- 7 LEDs (R) 1- 7 Level 2 PostScript (R)1-35 LF is CRLF menu (Lin eprinter) (R)1-47 Line Numbering menu ( Linepri nter ) (R)1-46 Line Printer ( [...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Refe rence G uide RAM,SIMM s (R)2-23 Spooling (UG)2- 3 4 Memory configur ation (UG) 2-3 4 Memory submenu (R) 1- 5 3 Menu Administration (R)1-20 Inst al lati on (R) 2- 1 8 Operator Cont rol (R)1- 1 7 See menu name Using (UG)4- 4 7 Menu key (R) 1- 9 Mess age window (R)1-6 Control panel ( UG)4- 2 0 Sta tus mess ages (U G )4-20[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e PageMaker (UG)1-6 Pan tone POCE (UG) 2-1 1 Pap er Kinds of (UG )2-27 Paper jams (UG)2-30, (UG)2-31 Recommend ed (UG)2- 27 Sizes ( UG)2- 29 Wei ght ( UG)2- 27 Pap e r ja ms Er ror recov ery (UG) 4-41 Messag e stay s on (UG)4-41 Paper Type menu ( HP-GL) ( R)1-36, (R)1-37 Parallel Byte mode (R )3-1 2 Compatib[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Refe rence G uide Centro nics IEEE 488 ( R)3- 8 Loca lTa lk ( R)3-7 Macintosh-to-serial (R)3-7 Serial ( R)3- 5 Plotter menu (H P-GL) (R)1-35 Point Size x 100 m enu (PCL5) (R) 1- 4 1 Point S z 100ths menu ( Linepri nter) (R)1-46 PostScri pt Er ror Hand le r ( R)1-53 Leve l 2 ( R)1-35 Parameters, set ting (R)1- 35 PostScript [...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e Printing Blank pages (UG) 4 -7 Incomplete jobs (UG)4-7 Print quali ty probl ems (UG)4 -8 Probl em quick c heck (UG)4- 2 Service call messages (UG)4- 25 Sta tus mess ages (U G )4-20 Printing errors Applicatio n Vendor A-2 PRINTING STATUS ( UG)4- 23 PRINTING TEST ( UG)4- 23 PrintMonit or (UG)1-14 Problems Ch[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Refe rence G uide RMA number ( UG)3- 51 S Scalable Fonts m enu (PCL5) (R)1-42 Scaling Per cent menu ( HP-GL) (R)1-36, ( R)1- 3 7 Scratches (UG)4- 9 Screen fonts Macintosh (UG)1- 1 4 Screening (UG)2- 13 ColorD epth (UG)2-14 ColorSmooth ( UG)2- 13 Enhan ced ( UG)2- 13 SCSI hard disks Specs (R )2-3 Security Card (UG)2-47 Secur[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e Statu s Page Type menu (R)1- 49 Special Pages menu Header In putbin menu ( R)1-51 Header Page menu (R)1- 50 Registration Page opti on (UG) 4-52 Trailer Inputbin m enu (R)1- 5 2 Trai ler Pa ges menu ( R)1- 51 Specifications Controller (R)3-3 Duty cycle (R)3- 2 Emulations ( R)3-3 Memory (R)3-4 Print engine ([...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Refe rence G uide Status P age Type menu (R) 1- 4 9 Stop bits ( UG)4- 4 6, (UG)4- 47 Stop Bits m e nu (seri al) (R )1-25 Storag e Pressure-release piec es (UG)3- 4 7, (UG)3-56 Storing Consumables ( UG)3- 3 Sup port CompuServe A-3 Customer A-2 Internet A-3 QM S bulleti n b oard A-3 Tech nic al A-4 Unite d States A-4 Support,[...]

Legend (UG)User Guide (R)Ref erence Guid e Ima ge not centered ( UG)4- 1 0 Incomplete Jobs (UG)4- 7 Inner jam (UG)4-22, (UG) 4-30 Macintosh (UG)4- 5 Macintosh applications (UG) 4-7 Mechan ical problems ( UG)4-6 Media jams (UG)2-30, (UG)2-31 Misf ee d jam (UG)4-22, ( UG)4- 2 7 Missing dots (UG)4-9 Outer j am ( UG)4-23, (UG )4-36 Paper jam messag e ([...]