EDNord QMS 4060, Manual

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Introduction
QMS 4060 Print System Operation 2-2
Introduction
This chapter covers information on the handling of printer consum-
ables, such as paper, toner, developer, drum unit, fuser, and pick-up
rollers.
Consumable Life Expectancies
Job Size and Consumable Life
Your 4060 Print System is designed as a high-volume, network print
system that provides low cost-per-page printing and high-quality out-
put. There are some factors that can directly affect the life of some
consumables and thus affect your cost per page.
This section explains these factors and gives you information to allow
you to customize your printing environment so that you can achieve
the lowest cost and longest life on your consumables.
Print Jobs
Your QMS 4060 Print System will actually work more efficiently when
continuously printing. The reason for this fact is that the printer has to
mechanically prepare itself for printing before and after every print
message it receives from the host computer. The amount of prepara-
tion before and after printing is the same for a 1-page job as for a 100-
page job. The efficiency improvement for the drum unit comparing
these two jobs would be from 12.5% for a 1-page job to 93% for a
100-page job. Use the following charts and tables to help you plan
your jobs and host printing environment.
» Note: The units used in these charts are “faces.” Faces are counted
as the front and back of each page printed. For simplex printing, the
number of faces equals the number of pages. For duplex printing, the
number of faces is twice the number of pages printed.
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