EDNord QMS 1060E, Getting Started

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Printer
Features
1-11 Introduction
QMS Crown Technology
The QMS Crown multitasking operating system provides fast pro-
cessing speeds, networking capability, and higher printer perfor-
mance while maintaining outstanding print quality.
Multitasking and Compile-Ahead Technology
Your printer receives, compiles, processes, and prints multiple docu-
ments at the same time—true multitasking. The printer has a variety
of resources that it uses to print the page. Memory, emulations, and
the laser printer engine (the mechanical parts that actually put toner
on the page) are all resources of the printer.
Compile-ahead technology is the temporary storage of page images
in a proprietary compressed data format. It makes maximum use of
the memory resource. While the engine is busy printing a page, com-
pile-ahead technology uses the available printer memory to prepare
the subsequent pages of the document (or the next job). These page
images are available as soon as the current page is printed. For
example, while the QMS 1060E Print System is actually printing the
third page of a five-page document, pages four, five, and the next job
in the queue are already compiled into the compressed data format.
User Benefit—With multitasking, your jobs are printed more quickly,
and the host is free sooner. With compile-ahead technology you
spend less time waiting for documents to print. This improves printer
throughput and increases your productivity.
Simultaneous Interface Operation (SIO)
Although many other printers have multiple interface ports and auto-
matically designate a “hot port,” only one port actively receives data
at a time. Your QMS 1060E Print System is unique because SIO
allows all of its interface ports—Ethernet, parallel (Centronics and
bidirectional IEEE 1284), serial, and one optional interface (Ethernet
network, Token-Ring, or LocalTalk)—to be active at the same time.
The standard interfaces let you connect to any Ethernet network or
directly to an IBM PC or compatible. The printer also works in many
minicomputer, mainframe computer, Macintosh, and network environ-
ments.
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