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Print Media

QMS 1660 Print System Reference

B-6

Print Media Sizes

Weight

Paper (cassette): 17-24 lb (64-90 g/m

)

Paper (multipurpose tray): 17-24 lb (64-90 g/m

)

Transparencies (multipurpose tray): 17-34 lb
(64-128 g/m

)

Labels (multipurpose tray): 17-34 lb (64-128 g/m

)

Media

Media Size

Imageable Area

Feed

Edge

Inches

Millimeters

Inches

Millimeters

11x17
12x19

11.00x17.00
11.70x19.50

279.40x431.80
297.18x495.30

10.69x16.66
11.37x18.81

271.61x432.17
288.80x477.77

Short
Short

A3
A4
A5
A6/Postcard

11.69x16.54
8.27x11.70
5.83x8.27
4.13x5.85

296.93x420.12
210.06x297.18
148.09x210.06
104.90x148.59

11.37x16.19
7.94x11.37
5.48x7.96
3.78x5.50

288.80x411.23
201.68x288.80
139.32x202.18
96.00x139.82

Short
Long
Long
Short

B4
B5
B6

10.12x14.32
7.16x10.12
5.06x7.17

257.05x363.73
181.86x257.05
128.52x182.12

9.81x13.78
6.81x9.81
4.70x6.81

249.26x350.01
172.97x249.26
119.38x172.97

Short
Long
Short

Executive

7.25x10.50

184.15x266.70

6.94x10.16

176.44x258.06

Short

Full Ledger

11.70x17.40 297.18x441.96

11.41x16.81

289.81x426.97

Short

Legal
Letter

8.50x14.00
8.50x11.00

215.90x355.60
215.90x279.40

8.19x13.66
8.19x10.69

208.03x346.96
208.03x271.61

Short
Long

Universal

11.70x17.00 297.18x431.80

11.39x16.62

288.80x422.15

Short

Summary of Contents for 1660

Page 1: ...QMS 1660 Print System Reference 1800358 001B...

Page 2: ...ital Equipment Corporation Hewlett Packard HP PCL HP GL LaserJet Hewlett Packard Co IBM PC AT PC XT Token Ring International Business Machines Corporation Intel Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS Micr...

Page 3: ...oduction 1 2 About This Manual 1 2 Typographic Conventions 1 4 2 Print Media Introduction 2 2 Media Sizes Imageable Areas and Margins 2 2 Imageable Area 2 2 Page Margins 2 4 Media Types and Weights 2...

Page 4: ...s 3 10 4 Printer Configuration Introduction 4 2 Methods of Configuration 4 2 Using an Application 4 2 Using PS Executive Series Utilities 4 3 Using Printer Commands 4 3 Using the Control Panel 4 4 Usi...

Page 5: ...ameters 4 33 Setting Serial Interface Parameters 4 36 Setting Optional Interface Parameters 4 42 Media Input 4 43 Selecting a Media Input Source 4 43 Chaining Media Input Sources 4 43 Naming Media Inp...

Page 6: ...ling the Start Up Page 4 61 Enabling Disabling the SYS START File 4 62 Loading the PostScript Error Handler 4 62 Special Pages 4 62 Working with Status Pages 4 63 Working with Calibration Pages 4 63 W...

Page 7: ...Setting the End Job Mode for the Serial and Parallel Protocols 5 26 Setting the End Job Mode via the Control Panel 5 27 Adding an EOD Command to Your File 5 28 Creating a Network Job Separator 5 30 Pa...

Page 8: ...k Cache Size 6 34 Verifying the Installation 6 35 Font List 6 36 Accessing the Fonts 6 37 Optional Network Interfaces 6 38 Optional Network Interface Assembly Kit 6 39 Installing an Optional Network I...

Page 9: ...rt Sources of Support A 2 Your QMS Vendor A 2 Your Application Vendor A 2 Q FAX A 2 The QMS Corporate Bulletin Board System A 3 CompuServe A 3 Internet A 3 QMS Customer Response Center CRC A 4 QMS Nat...

Page 10: ...s Introduction C 2 Supported DOC Commands C 2 Header Trailer Page Commands C 2 HP GL Emulation Commands C 2 HP PCL 5 Emulation Commands C 3 Lineprinter Emulation Commands C 3 PostScript Emulation Comm...

Page 11: ...Contents xi E Configuration Menu Glossary Index v...

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Page 13: ...1 Introduction In This Chapter n About this manual n Typographic conventions...

Page 14: ...Lists print media sizes margins and imageable areas and provides media storage information 3 Professional Printing Discusses typographic terms displays the printer s typefaces and provides some page...

Page 15: ...disks A QMS Customer Support Provides world wide product sales and support telephone numbers and describes how to communicate with QMS through the QMS Bulletin Board CompuServe the Internet and Q FAX...

Page 16: ...escribed in the manual ACHTUNG Bitte halten Sie sich exakt an die im Handbuch beschriebene Vorgehensweise da sonst Verletzungsgefahr bestehen k nnte v Mixed Case Courier Text you type and messages and...

Page 17: ...In This Chapter n Media sizes margins and imageable areas n Media storage 2 Print Media...

Page 18: ...cassette size Since the cassette sends a size signal to the printer controller using the wrong size media will cause your image to be positioned incorrectly on the page or clipped You may purchase ad...

Page 19: ...dia Media Size Imageable Area Feed Edge Inches Millimeters Inches Millimeters 11x17 12x19 11 00x17 00 11 70x19 50 279 40x431 80 297 18x495 30 10 69x16 66 11 37x19 16 271 61x432 17 288 80x486 66 Short...

Page 20: ...a Types and Weights Your printer supports labels paper postcards and transparencies in a number of sizes Although the printer is not specifically designed for envelope printing you may want to test pr...

Page 21: ...ted or 3 hole punched paper Weight The printer supports the following weights of paper n Multipurpose tray 17 34 lb 64 128 g m2 n Paper cassettes 17 24 lb 64 90 g m2 Postcards Weight The printer suppo...

Page 22: ...Improperly stored media increases the chance of paper jams during printing and can drastically affect the print quality of the printed page Keep media in good condition by storing it n In its wrapper...

Page 23: ...3 Professional Printing In This Chapter n About typefaces and fonts n Typography terms n Typeface classification n Resident typefaces fonts and symbol sets...

Page 24: ...thickness of stroke It does not define a particular size Typeface Family A group of similar typefaces For example the Times typeface family consists of four typefaces Times Roman Times Bold Times Ita...

Page 25: ...ave serifs Sans Serif Sans serif sans is French for without indicates a typeface without any of these small tails A Helvetica sans serif typeface is decorative by the shape and styling of its letters...

Page 26: ...e and is easier on the eye This manual s text uses the Helvetica font a proportionally spaced typeface Pi or Symbol Pi or symbol typefaces are collections of assorted special purpose characters for ex...

Page 27: ...arger the letter The following example shows characters in 8 10 12 24 and 36 point sizes A B C D E Bitmapped Font A bitmapped font is a one in which each character is represented by a set of dot patte...

Page 28: ...ight medium bold is the width thickness of the lines strokes that make up a character The example at left shows the medium and bold weights of Palatino Italic and Oblique Forms Times Roman Times Itali...

Page 29: ...fghijkl mnopqrstuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmnopqrs tuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv...

Page 30: ...tury Schoolbook Italic New Century Schoolbook Bold New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Times Roman Times Italic Times Bold Times Bold Italic Courier Courier Oblique Courier Bold Courier Bold Oblique IT...

Page 31: ...Serif Fonts Pi or Symbol Font Dingbats ITC Zapf Dingbats Courier 12 pitch 10 point Courier 12 pitch 10 point Italic Courier 12 pitch 10 point Bold Courier 10 pitch 12 point Courier 10 pitch 12 point I...

Page 32: ...ype fonts TrueType fonts in HP PCL format are not supported n Optional Intellifont SIMM Increases the number of PCL 5 fonts from 20 to 37 See chapter 6 Printer Options for more informa tion n Optional...

Page 33: ...4 Printer Configuration In This Chapter n Methods of printer configuration n Using the printer control panel n Using the printer configuration menu...

Page 34: ...figuration menu the available choices for that option and the factory default the value set at the factory Methods of Configuration You have four major ways to configure your printer to meet your prin...

Page 35: ...Document Option Commands DOC Your printer provides a powerful feature that can accommodate your specific print job requirement and the requirements of any other user on the network without affecting t...

Page 36: ...administrator should be the only person to make changes through the printer s control panel The rest of this chapter explains how to use the printer control panel and configuration menu Using a Remote...

Page 37: ...ons number of copies media type and paper orientation These capabilities are usually handled most efficiently within specific print jobs since each job has its own requirements However if there is no...

Page 38: ...he Next key more than once to advance through the list of selections or options Press this key to The message window reads Online Offline Turn off the Online Offline indicator and ready the printer fo...

Page 39: ...hes Use the following keys to change the current input character Select Access the Administration menu ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATIONS Select Access the Communications menu COMMUNICATIONS TIMEOUTS Next...

Page 40: ...mation is longer than the value that you need to enter replace each extra character with a space The printer interprets a space at the end of character information as a blank Example To change the HP...

Page 41: ...NS HP GL Select Access the HP GL menu HP GL PLOTTER Next Advance to the HP GL Scaling Percent menu HP GL SCALING PERCENT Select Access the Scaling Percent menu SCALING PERCENT 100 Previous Lower the c...

Page 42: ...s take effect immediately or select NO to wait until you manually restart the printer for the change s to take effect Canceling Configuration Changes If you change a configuration option and then dec...

Page 43: ...efaults Pressthis key to The message window reads Online Offline or Menu Exit from the menu Online Offline or return to the previous menu Menu and be prompted to save your change SAVE CHANGES NO Selec...

Page 44: ...ura tion menu Information is organized in the following order n Collation n Copies n Emulations n Hard disks n Interfaces n Media input n Media orientation n Media output n Media size n Memory n Optio...

Page 45: ...ombined to create a single collated docu ment See chapter 3 Advanced Printing Features in the Operation man ual for more information on collation and on improving collation per formance on your printe...

Page 46: ...iate printer emulation from those installed on the printer The ESP Default Emul option allows you to set the emulation used when ESP is unable to identify the language of a print job For more informat...

Page 47: ...age s paper size Menu Administration Emulations HPGL Expand Mode Choices On Turn on expand mode Off Use default scaling points plotting range and plotting area Default Off Menu Administration Emulatio...

Page 48: ...e Notes below Default Pen 1 7 0 7 mm Pen 2 3 0 3 mm Pen 3 3 0 3 mm Pen 4 3 0 3 mm Pen 5 3 0 3 mm Pen 6 3 0 3 mm Pen 7 3 0 3 mm Pen 8 3 0 3 mm Notes A pen width of 00 defaults to 0 1 mm Menu Administra...

Page 49: ...reduction or enlargement needed to fit the plot on the new page in the Scaling Percent menu If necessary enter new x y coordinates in the Origin menu to reposition the plot on the page Menu Administra...

Page 50: ...ration Emulations PCL 5 Default Font Choices Courier12 Courier12Bold Courier12Italic Courier10 Courier10Bold Courier10Italic Lineprinter Select by Index Times Times Italic Times Bold Times BoldItalic...

Page 51: ...et to Disk and no hard disk is installed memory is used as the default storage location If the printer has both a hard disk and a large amount of memory setting this option to Memory enhances printer...

Page 52: ...Pen 1 Black Pen 2 Red Pen 3 Green Pen 4 Yellow Pen 5 Blue Pen 6 Magenta Pen 7 Cyan When set to on this option tells the printer to map each pen to its assigned color then convert the color to a graysc...

Page 53: ...jobs are retained in memory after the print job has completed You can recall these downloaded fonts macros and patterns from within your PCL file without having to download them again On Compatibilit...

Page 54: ...alable fonts When you print PCL 4 documents PCL 5 may substitute scalable fonts that could cause your PCL 4 documents to print incorrectly Disable Print using bitmap fonts only Default Enable Menu Adm...

Page 55: ...ourier 12 Courier 12 Italic Courier 12 Bold and LinePrinter The five dingbat symbol sets PS ZapfDingbats Ventura Dingbats Zapf Dingbats100 Zapf Dingbats200 and Zapf Dingbats300 can be used with all fo...

Page 56: ...the PS Executive Series Utilities Form Feed is Carriage Return Form Feed Stipulates whether each form feed FF in the print job is translated to a carriage return form feed CRFF combination Menu Admin...

Page 57: ...before an automatic page eject Interline spacing is set to the selected point size Logical pages consisting of more lines than specified are split into multiple pages Menu Administration Emulations L...

Page 58: ...b Stops Specifies the number of spaces between tab stops Menu Administration Emulations Lineprinter Margins Choices Bottom 0 1700 0 17 00 Left 0 1700 0 17 00 Right 0 1700 0 17 00 Top 0 1700 0 17 00 De...

Page 59: ...mode accepts color PostScript Level 1 operators and translates these commands to the appropriate grayscale This is the recommended setting for Level 1 compatibility since it contains all of the comman...

Page 60: ...suitable gray scale image for your needs set a specific gamma correction value through your drawing application or through the PostScript settransfer operator See your drawing application documentatio...

Page 61: ...ne immediately be patient Interrupting the reorganization process could cause all files on the hard disk to be lost Formatting a Hard Disk Use the Administration Disk Operations Format Disk menu to fo...

Page 62: ...e chapter 6 Printer Options for instructions Note If an error message displays in the message window during this operation press the Menu key to remove the message and restart the operation from the b...

Page 63: ...Conventional Allow one LocalTalk connection and accept only one print job at a time If two users send print jobs to the printer the workstation belonging to the first user is unavailable until the fi...

Page 64: ...Min K Spool Choices 00000 99999 Default 00015 Notes This value must be less than the K Mem for Spool value A 00000 value does not turn off the spooling buffer for the parallel interface If the value...

Page 65: ...d received in ASCII format This mode is recommended if you do not print binary data It was designed for data in the printable ASCII range Print jobs can alter the PS protocol value through PostScript...

Page 66: ...of Kilobytes for Spooling Sets the minimum number of kilobytes of system memory allocated to the parallel interface Default 001 highest priority Menu Administration Communications Parallel Emulation...

Page 67: ...ect You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit from the configuration menu or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on...

Page 68: ...arallel PS Protocol Choices Normal Enable standard ASCII hex protocol Data is sent and received in ASCII format This mode is recommended if you do not print binary data It was designed for data in the...

Page 69: ...0 Default 9600 Notes Set this option to match the baud rate used by the host Baud rates of 19200 and 38400 require RTS CTS hardware flow control Administration Communications Serial Hdwe Flow Ctl menu...

Page 70: ...our QMS 1660 Print System Hardware Flow Control Controls the flow of data between the printer and the host Menu Administration Communications Serial Def Job Prio Choices 001 100 highest lowest priorit...

Page 71: ...Serial Hdwe Flow Ctl menu be selected These baud rates do not support XON XOFF software flow control Rcv Sw Flow Ctl To download print system software to flash memory via the serial port RTS and CTS...

Page 72: ...You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit from the configuration menu or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on th...

Page 73: ...u to specify how the printer handles parity errors Menu Administration Communications Serial PS Protocol Choices Normal Enable standard ASCII hex protocol Data is sent and received in ASCII format Thi...

Page 74: ...Parameters Use the Administration Communications Network x Interface menu to set the printer host communication values for an optional network interface such as CrownNet The documentation that comes...

Page 75: ...nputbin empties the printer will automatically draw media from another inputbin Menu Operator Control Inputbin Choices Lower Standard cassette Multipurpose Multipurpose tray Optional Optional cassette...

Page 76: ...Com mands manual available for purchase from your QMS vendor for complete information on DOC commands Inputbin 1 Inputbin 1 is the multipurpose tray Inputbin 2 Inputbin 2 is the standard paper casset...

Page 77: ...n you may want to name it You can use this name with DOC commands See the QMS Crown Document Option Commands manual available for purchase from your QMS vendor for complete information on DOC commands...

Page 78: ...er Postcard Universal 11 00 x17 00 11 70x19 50 11 69 x16 54 8 27 x11 69 5 83 x8 27 10 12 x14 32 7 16 x10 12 5 06 x7 17 7 25 x10 50 17 40 x11 70 8 50 x14 00 8 50 x11 00 4 13 x5 85 11 70 x17 00 279 40x4...

Page 79: ...each client individually in the configuration menu The printer automatically distributes added or freed memory among all of the memory clients but it can be reallo cated to specific memory clients Not...

Page 80: ...lues The printer will still operate with a smaller cache but decreased performance may result Display The K Mem Display memory client is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the display lists T...

Page 81: ...n loaded fonts which can be accepted Enable Disk Swap The Enable Disk Swap memory client gives your printer virtual mem ory capability for all memory clients through the creation of a swap file on the...

Page 82: ...hoices No Don t enable disk swapping Yes Enable disk swapping Default No Notes If disk swapping is enabled and the system hard disk is removed or not turned on the printer automatically resets to the...

Page 83: ...amount of memory currently installed Using this option does not change the media size It just ensures that you have enough memory allocated to the appropriate clients to print on the requested media s...

Page 84: ...s memory clients The size of this client s memory limits the number of jobs that may be queued simultaneously When this client s memory is exhausted the printer slows down and the hosts are forced to...

Page 85: ...faces with a Min K Spool value of zero 3 The other half of the remaining memory is called float memory This memory is divided among all ports with a Min K Spool value of zero If only one port has a Mi...

Page 86: ...on to learn exactly how it affects the configura tion menu Passwords Use the Installation menu to password protect the Operator Control and Administration menus The Installation menu appears when an o...

Page 87: ...nvalid password the message win dow flashes INVALID PASSWORD for three seconds and then returns you to the configuration menu Menus Installation Use Admin Pwd Choices On Require a password to enter th...

Page 88: ...y on the printer control panel on letter A4 size paper When the printer is placing images properly the alignment angle bar in the lower left corner of the status page is 0 5 12 7 mm from the left and...

Page 89: ...seem reversed n Media fed long edge first for example letter A4 with land scape oriented printing horizontal and vertical operate as expected n Media fed short edge first for example 11x17 A3 with por...

Page 90: ...Print Quality in the Operation manual With this feed edge and this orienta tion adjust this control to move the image up down right left short edge portrait vertical below 100 vertical above 100 hori...

Page 91: ...n applies only to PostScript images Menu Administration Engine Page Recovery Choices On Reprints a print job from the page on which the jam or error occurred Off Don t reprint a print job when a jam o...

Page 92: ...igure the printer to stop when a TONER OUT error mes sage is displayed in the message window or to continue printing Setting Energy Conservation Your printer is compliant with US Environmental Protect...

Page 93: ...you turn it on The start up page lists basic information about the printer such as its name the PostScript emulation level and version and various printer settings However you can turn the start up pa...

Page 94: ...18127 4 for more information on PostScript errors Special Pages Use the Administration Special Pages menu to print special pages such as status pages calibration pages header pages and trailer pages...

Page 95: ...ownloaded emulations Printing a Status Page After you have identified the type of status page to print use the Sta tus Page key on the printer control panel to print it Working with Calibration Pages...

Page 96: ...urce You can select the inputbin tray or cassette from which the printer pulls media when printing the header page Menu Administration Special Pages Calibration Page Choices Yes Print a calibration pa...

Page 97: ...ame options to change the names of the inputbins these names replace Multipurpose Lower and Optional in the message window Menu Administration Special Pages Trailer Page Choices Off Don t print a trai...

Page 98: ...to match an emulation before Notes If you used the Administration Engine Inputbin x Name options to change the names of the inputbins these names replace Multipurpose Lower and Optional in the message...

Page 99: ...Setting a PostScript Emulation Timeout The PostScript emulation timeout is the maximum number of seconds the PostScript emulation waits for incoming data Menu Administration Communications Timeouts ES...

Page 100: ...egins if all of the following occur n No additional data is received during the specified period of time n The interface didn t time out n An EOD end of document commands was not seen Large print jobs...

Page 101: ...nal Technical Information In This Chapter n Printer host communication n Gamma correction n Memory n End job mode n IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel interface modes n PS Protocol option n HP GL color...

Page 102: ...type computer ports available inter face cabling application software printer emulations and printer driv ers Simultaneous Interface Operation SIO Simultaneous Interface Operation SIO a standard feat...

Page 103: ...mode Communication Modes You can either allow your printer to operate in its default ESP mode or configure its ports to accept jobs in only a particular emulation mode for example PostScript emulatio...

Page 104: ...pt Gray Levels Gray levels are a progressive series of gray tones between black and white Gray levels are obtained by varying the ratio of black to white dots The number of gray levels depends on prin...

Page 105: ...number of gray levels Halftone Types Your printer provides two different types of halftones basic and advanced These two options allow you to customize the smoothness of the printed image according to...

Page 106: ...s 33 different levels of gray You can change screen frequency through your application or by using the PostScript setscreen operator The extra gray levels available through higher resolution provide a...

Page 107: ...es the print quality of a scanned image by improving halftoning at a given resolution To get the best gray scale PostScript image at any resolution gamma correction should be turned on You can set gam...

Page 108: ...allows you to choose between basic and enhanced advanced screening or halftoning in QuarkXPress If this PDF is not present you won t be able to used enhanced halftoning even though the printer support...

Page 109: ...rmation that s required to perform many of its tasks The memory requirements of each printer are dictated by the applications to be run Each printer comes standard with a certain amount of memory but...

Page 110: ...o manage money but there is one best way for you according to your financial obligations Just as long as your method works for you The same is true for managing the memory on your printer There s no s...

Page 111: ...1660 Print System excess memory is distributed among all the memory clients Storage Storage is a device in or on which information can be kept There are three main types of storage ROM RAM and hard d...

Page 112: ...able SCSI Small Computer System Interface The printer s SCSI port located on an optional IDE SCSI board allows you to connect up to three optional SCSI hard disks providing storage for fonts emulation...

Page 113: ...sh ROM Quick loading reprogrammable memory that holds information even when the printer is turned off is known as flash ROM Your 1660 Print System has flash ROM available to hold system code and futur...

Page 114: ...ning 5 Will you be loading any non resident emulations If so how many and which ones 6 How many printer ports will be connected 7 Do you have an optional interface connected 8 How many people will be...

Page 115: ...s enough memory available to allocate to this client See the Memory section of chapter 4 Printer Configuration for each memory client s minimum and default settings Frame Buffer The Frame Buffer memor...

Page 116: ...t change the media size It just ensures that you have enough memory allocated to the appropriate clients to print on the requested media size Menu Administration Memory Frame Buffer 300 dpi Choices 12...

Page 117: ...graphics and as many as 500 compressed blocks for an extremely complex page Many pages of compressed blocks belonging to multiple print jobs can be stored at the same time in the display list If enoug...

Page 118: ...rs already stored in the font cache is immensely faster than printing characters not yet in the font cache As the font cache memory fills the printer makes room for new bit mapped characters by erasin...

Page 119: ...hould be increased only in small increments until the error message goes away Excess memory in the PS heap is not used Emulation Also known as K Mem Emulation this client is used to store any optional...

Page 120: ...r of jobs that the printer can accept simultaneously is increased You should consider the amount of data being sent simultaneously when allocating mem ory to the spool buffer If available a hard disk...

Page 121: ...cache is enabled and there is enough memory in the disk cache all disks are accessible If insufficient memory is allo cated to the disk cache some disks may be seen while others are not The recommend...

Page 122: ...ble virtual memory System Memory Also known as System Use this non configurable client is the amount of RAM used to run the printer s operating system It s never increased or decreased The system memo...

Page 123: ...es regardless of how much memory is available to the display list client Specific Printing Environment Example Since configuring memory is not an exact science it may be helpful to see how others in v...

Page 124: ...e to produce an EOD com mand This becomes even more problematic when you re printing to a QMS 1660 Print System where print jobs of all supported emula tions can be received simultaneously ESP technol...

Page 125: ...o time delay by the CONFIG SYS file and they both print on the same page n Multiple print jobs of different printer languages run together as if they are a single print job For example you send a PCL...

Page 126: ...trator or applications development depart ment to have them identify the standard EOD command for your organization or to have them select a standard EOD command Setting the End Job Mode for the Seria...

Page 127: ...lowing procedure to set the end job mode from the printer s control panel for printers connected via the serial or parallel interface to a stand alone PC a PC print server or some other type of print...

Page 128: ...ARALLEL or SERIAL Select Accesses the Parallel or Serial menu PARALLEL SERIAL MODE Next Advances to the Parallel or Serial End Job Mode menu PARALLEL SERIAL END JOB MODE Select Accesses the End Job Mo...

Page 129: ...ote The CR LF sequence following the EndOfDocument line for the QMS EOD is necessary to avoid an INPUT IDLE message remaining in the printer message window after the document finishes printing When th...

Page 130: ...nistrator must create a job separator and asso ciate it with a print job queue Different network environments have different procedures for creating the job separator such as initializa tion sequences...

Page 131: ...llowing n Set Host Busy Low indicating that the host can accept additional data n Stay in the Host Busy Data Not Available phase n Terminate and return to the compatibility mode Check your host docume...

Page 132: ...ormation PS Protocol Option Your QMS 1660 Print System supports PS Protocol a new protocol for communication between the printer and a host computer over the serial parallel and optional interfaces Th...

Page 133: ...of whether the preceding character is a A Any data byte not equal to one of the eight special control characters is transmitted by sending the data byte For more information on BCP and quoting see th...

Page 134: ...ange also prints Binary Fixed Enables binary communications protocol Print jobs can not alter this value through PostScript operators Data in the printable ASCII range also prints QBinary Quoted Binar...

Page 135: ...ely use a program to read the data and write out the quoted characters See your QMS vendor for any avail able information on device drivers or binary filter programs HP GL Color Encoding The term pen...

Page 136: ...le using the National Television System Committee NTSC standard equation for encoding color This equation converts a given set of CMYK values to grayscale For the 8 pen colors assigned to pens 1 8 the...

Page 137: ...g some combination of CMYK If you have defined the following CMYK values for the color brown in your application the NTSC equation that follows shows you how the percentage of grayscale for the color...

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Page 139: ...r feeder and paper cassette supporter and paper output ramp n Font and security cards n Downloadable emulations n Single in line memory modules SIMMs n Intellifont proms n Network interfaces n Interna...

Page 140: ...eder and paper cassette supporter n Paper exit ramp for 11 7 x 19 5 297 18 x 495 30 mm media n Font and security cards n Downloadable emulations n SIMMs single in line memory modules n Intellifont pro...

Page 141: ...n manual for instruc tions Note When using dual cassettes both cassette must be installed in order to print The QMS 1660 Print System has three user installable media input configurations Standard The...

Page 142: ...the bottom of the printer no extra space is necessary It is also easy to install Unpacking the Paper Feeder 1 Take the paper feeder and rear cassette cover from the ship ping carton 2 Remove any tape...

Page 143: ...nter with your left hand and pull the connector cover away from the printer 4 Place the paper feeder on a stable flat surface with the cas sette installation slot toward you 5 Pull the green lock leve...

Page 144: ...dia Input Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6 6 6 Move the connector cable located at the inner left of the paper feeder to the outside of the paper feeder 7 Place the printer on the paper feede...

Page 145: ...ls das Ger t alleine anzuheben oder zu tragen Make sure the extrusions on the paper feeder are inserted into the holes on the bottom of the printer Be careful that the connec tor cable is not caught b...

Page 146: ...ou removed this cover in step 3 11 Reconnect the printer power cord and interface cables and then turn on the printer 12 Replace the paper cassette you removed earlier and install the second cassette...

Page 147: ...Remove the paper feeder from the printer Follow in reverse order the steps in the Installing the Paper Feeder section of this chapter The following is a quick overview of the procedure a Remove the c...

Page 148: ...the Cassette Supporter 1 Remove the cassette supporter from the shipping carton and from its vinyl bag 2 Save the packing material in case you ever have to move or ship the printer to a new location I...

Page 149: ...buttons on the cassette supporter until you hear them click The lock buttons are located on the bottom left and bottom right of the cassette supporter 5 Place the cassette supporter on a flat stable...

Page 150: ...feeder and the cassette supporter Stand the paper feeder and the cassette supporter on their ends Then using your thumb push the lock buttons on the bottom left and right sides of the cassette suppor...

Page 151: ...assette Supporter section of this chapter The following is a quick over view of the procedure a Pull the lock buttons on the cassette supporter that lock it to the paper feeder b Take the paper feeder...

Page 152: ...paper on a flat surface 2 Load the paper in three steps as follows 3 Ensure that the paper stack lies flat does not exceed the top limit mark and is positioned under the retaining clips a Up to the bo...

Page 153: ...output print side down to the output tray at the top of the printer The media stop keeps the paper posi tioned correctly in the output tray Paper Output Ramp The paper output ramp extends the QMS 1660...

Page 154: ...gly Caution When removing the paper output ramp carefully separate the two Velcro pieces so as not to damage the media stopper Font and Security Cards The two PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card Inte...

Page 155: ...ct your QMS vendor Caution The printer must be off line the Online Offline indicator is off before you insert or remove cards Press the Online Offline key once to take the printer off line If you inse...

Page 156: ...he fonts on the card If it doesn t contact your application manufacturer for support Removing a Font Card Use the following procedure to remove a font card 1 If you are using an HP ProCollection font...

Page 157: ...enu information Caution The printer must be off line the Online Offline indicator must be off before you insert or remove a security card Press the Online Offline key once to take the printer off line...

Page 158: ...red to enter the Operator Control or Administration menu the message window displays ENTER PASSWORD when you use the Select key to enter the menu Enter the pass word or press the Menu key to return to...

Page 159: ...n Admin Password menus again Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers M WARNING The following options which require access to the controller board SIMM upgrades and optional network interfaces...

Page 160: ...cause it must be unplugged before you perform this task If you don t have an anti static wrist strap discharge your body s static electric charge by touching a grounded surface before you handle any p...

Page 161: ...side the two screws one on each end of the front inside of the printer 5 Remove the printer s cover a Using both hands lift the printer s cover b Hold the cover with your right hand while you unplug t...

Page 162: ...et it aside Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers The printer and controller board covers must be reinstalled after a SIMM or an optional network interface is installed Caution It s very i...

Page 163: ...dure 1 Replace the controller board cover a Place the metal cover on the controller board b Replace the 15 screws you removed earlier 2 Hold the printer s plastic cover over the top of the printer and...

Page 164: ...erface cables and the power cord and then turn on the printer Single In Line Memory Modules Single in line memory modules or SIMMs are compact circuit boards with surface mount memory chips Your print...

Page 165: ...us bevor Sie die Druckerabdeckung ffnen Caution It s very important to protect the printer controller board and SIMMs from electrostatic damage while performing this task Review the anti static guidel...

Page 166: ...oller board with the notch on the right side Slide the SIMM into either SIMM connec tor and then push gently on it to make sure it is securely seated in the connector Note You can insert a SIMM in eit...

Page 167: ...rs Use the instructions in the Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers section of this chapter Removing a SIMM If both of the SIMM connectors are filled and you want to install more memory f...

Page 168: ...from electrostatic damage while performing this task Review the anti static guidelines in the Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers section earlier in this chapter Handle SIMMs carefully pr...

Page 169: ...rd to a 45 angle away from the SIMM con nector and then lift it out 5 If necessary refer to Installing a SIMM earlier in this section 6 Replace the printer and controller board covers Use the instruct...

Page 170: ...aus und ziehen Sie den Netzstecker heraus bevor Sie die Druckerabdeckung ffnen Caution It s very important to protect the printer controller board from electrostatic damage while performing this task...

Page 171: ...r board again 1 Access the printer controller board Use the instructions in the Removing Printer and Controller Board Covers section of this chapter 2 Position the controller board so the interface pa...

Page 172: ...PROM in its socket recheck the orientation of the PROM Caution Do not force the PROMs into the sockets 5 Check your PROM installation Make that each PROM is in the correct socket and that the notched...

Page 173: ...allation Once you have installed the Intellifont proms print a start up page and an advanced status page to verify the installation 1 Wait for the printer message window to display IDLE 2 If necessary...

Page 174: ...ld Antique Olive Medium Antique Olive Italic Medium Antique Olive Bold Clarendon Condensed Bold Coronet Italic Medium Courier Medium Courier Italic Medium Courier Bold Courier Italic Bold Garamond Ste...

Page 175: ...age See steps 4 and 5 of the Verify the Installation section above for information on printing an advanced status page 1 Access the Administation PCL5 Default Font menu 2 Choose the Select by Index op...

Page 176: ...terface may be installed in either of the two optional I O openings on the back of the printer These openings are to the right of the other interface ports and are covered with a rectan gular metal pl...

Page 177: ...roller board from electrostatic damage while performing this task If an anti static wrist strap is provided in your printer option kit attach one end of it to your wrist and the other end to any conve...

Page 178: ...s parallel serial and AppleTalk from the printer 2 Access the printer controller board Use the instructions in the Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers section of this chapter 3 Remove the...

Page 179: ...plastic standoff both on the controller board It s okay to push down gently with your thumb positioned on the NIC right over the connector 5 Secure the NIC to the printer with the screws you removed...

Page 180: ...in the new net work interface menu as well as instructions for connecting the printer to the network and for printing over the network n Your application and network documentation contain information...

Page 181: ...isk its manufacturers and part numbers and the QMS products on which it can be used See appendix A QMS Customer Support of this manual to find out how to access Q FAX documents Installing an IDE SCSI...

Page 182: ...al surfaces and telephones are not acceptable grounding points The printer isn t an acceptable grounding point either because it must be unplugged before you perform this task If you don t have an ant...

Page 183: ...inter You can use either of the optional interface ports Save the two screws You ll use them when you install the board You can either save or discard the plate 4 If you are installing an internal har...

Page 184: ...lustration shows an IDE SCSI board with an internal IDE hard disk installed 6 Secure the IDE SCSI board to the rear interface panel with the screws you removed in step 3 7 Replace the controller board...

Page 185: ...disk erases all data fonts and files If a Kanji hard disk is reformatted or if data is modified so that it can t be recognized by the printer you must return the disk to QMS for servicing This is not...

Page 186: ...urnedoff Never attach the wrist strap to any piece of equipment with an electrical current present Turn off all power switches first Plastic rubber wood painted metal surfaces and telephones are not a...

Page 187: ...section Installing an Internal Hard Disk n If you re removing an internal hard disk at this time for exam ple if you are removing an IDE hard disk to install a Kanji IDE hard disk use the instruction...

Page 188: ...ou will be referred to these instructions at the appropriate time If the IDE SCSI board is already installed you must remove it before you can install an internal hard disk Refer to the same section f...

Page 189: ...tripe on the cable with pin 1 on the IDE SCSI board connector and then slowly push the cable onto the con nector Notice that the cable is folded so the blue stripe aligns easily with pin 1 on the conn...

Page 190: ...ard earlier in this chap ter Removing an Internal IDE Hard Disk Use the following instructions if you need to remove an internal IDE hard disk for example if you have an IDE hard disk and you need to...

Page 191: ...another internal hard disk refer to the instructions in theprevioussection Installing an Internal IDE hard disk External SCSI Hard Disks The documentation that comes with your external SCSI Small Com...

Page 192: ...hard disk it does not come on line immediately be patient Interrupting the reorganization process could cause all files on the hard disk to be lost Turning on an External Hard Disk For the printer to...

Page 193: ...ting this disk erases all data fonts and files If a Kanji hard disk is reformatted or if data is modified so that it can t be recognized by the printer you must return the disk to QMS for servicing Th...

Page 194: ...hard disk you must increase the size of the disk cache The way you do this depends on how much mem ory your printer has n If your printer has 12 MB of RAM enable disk swapping Administration Memory E...

Page 195: ...tte However when you remove the font card from the card slot you can no longer use those fonts This procedure is covered in the Using a Font Card section found earlier in this chapter n You can instal...

Page 196: ...he hard disk Key Purpose Message Select Accesses the Administration Disk Operations Install Option menu DISK OPERATIONS INSTALL OPTION Select Accesses the Format Disk Dsk menu INSTALL OPTION DSK x Nex...

Page 197: ...This section describes how to Key Purpose Message Select Accesses the Administration Disk Operations Remove Option menu DISK OPERATIONS REMOVE OPTION Select Accesses the Remove Option Dsk menu REMOVE...

Page 198: ...enu or PS Executive Series Utilities Procedure PC Users 1 If necessary connect the PC to the printer s parallel or serial port 2 Turn on the printer and wait for IDLE to appear in the message window 3...

Page 199: ...formed these three steps the six Kanji fonts are available for use just as if they were resident in the printer Note Before beginning this procedure have available the QMS Crown Kanji Option Installat...

Page 200: ...it for complete information However the following table provides an overview of the memory reallocation Note To configure the memory clients as shown in the following table you ll need either to take...

Page 201: ...o the printer Updating the system software is a three step procedure 1 Choose the appropriate compressed system software files 2 Install the system software on your computer 3 Download the system soft...

Page 202: ...1 Ensure that your computer has enough free hard disk space for the system software 2 Create a new folder Macintosh or directory PC on your computer 3 Insert Disk 1 of the appropriate print system so...

Page 203: ...lick Select c Click Install to begin the installation d When prompted insert disk 2 of the system software The installation takes approximately 1 5 minutes The Installer places the appropriate system...

Page 204: ...ge window remains blank and which system software file you decom pressed in the previous step See one of the following sections for instructions n Downloading System Software to a Functional Printer S...

Page 205: ...download the system software is set to ESP or PostScript n Ensure that the printer is on line and idle Macintosh 1 In the Chooser choose the printer to be upgraded 2 Open PS Executive by double clicki...

Page 206: ...might use PS Executive copy or fstprn from a PC or qpr or put from a UNIX system The downloading process takes about 5 minutes depending on the size of the file and the speed of your computer The pri...

Page 207: ...ve a DIN 8 female connector on the Macintosh end It must also must be wired as a null modem or it must have a null modem adapter The type of connector for the printer s serial port end of the cable de...

Page 208: ...10 minutes depend ing on the size of the file and the speed of your Macintosh The Ready indicator blinks as the new system image is writ ten to flash ROM After the updated system software has been wri...

Page 209: ...vanced status page provides a record of all current configuration settings so you can verify that they are the same after the system software has been updated 2 Take the printer off line 3 Access the...

Page 210: ...il able because it s slower and because it requires a null modem cable see the Cable Pinouts section of appendix B Technical Specifica tions for more information and special software to set the PC s s...

Page 211: ...des a record of all current configuration settings so you can verify that they are the same after the system software has been updated 6 Take the printer off line 7 Turn on the RTS and CTS hardware fl...

Page 212: ...alid 11 Print another advanced status page and verify that the cur rent configuration settings match the previous configuration settings on the advanced status page printed in step 5 12 If there are d...

Page 213: ...chnical Specifications if you want to make your own cable 1 Connect the Macintosh to the printer s serial port You can use either the printer or modem port on the Macintosh However the modem port prov...

Page 214: ...erial port and because no additional cables or changes of port settings are neces sary Note If you re using a serial port skip to the following section PC Serial Port 1 If necessary connect the PC to...

Page 215: ...ilable because it s slower and because it requires a null modem cable see the Cable Pinouts section of appendix B Technical Specifications for more informa tion and special software to set the PC s se...

Page 216: ...he printer Type copy b system dl com where is 1 to 4 b refers to binary files If you re not sure of the number of the serial port check your PC s documentation The downloading process takes about 5 mi...

Page 217: ...A QMS Customer Support In This Appendix n Sources of customer support n QMS world wide offices...

Page 218: ...er is the best source of help Q FAX Q FAX a QMS information retrieval service provides application notes technical support notes on common printing problems and information about printer specification...

Page 219: ...puServe you ask general non technical questions share information with other users and access printing information and programs When you use CompuServe type go qmsprint to go directly to the forum whe...

Page 220: ...The type of host computer you are using n The type and version of operating system you are using n The interface you are using and if serial the protocol n The application and version you are using n...

Page 221: ...Asia Pacific QMS Asia Pacific Melbourne 61 3 899 5777 Sydney 61 2 901 3235 Tokyo 81 3 3437 4030 Canada QMS Canada Inc 9630 Rte Trans Canadienne Saint Laurent Qu bec H4S 1V9 Telephones 514 333 5940 800...

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Page 223: ...pter n Print engine specifications n Physical characteristics n Controller specifications n Electrical and environmental requirements n Print media specifications n Cable pinouts n Printer options and...

Page 224: ...er loaded short edge Note Actual print speed depends on the host application Resolution 300x300 dpi 600x600 dpi certain media sizes require more than 12 MB RAM 1200x600 dpi requires 24 MB RAM Toner Mi...

Page 225: ...ch can automatically be rotated to landscape orientation 40 resident HP GL symbol sets Support for Type 1 and Type 3 host resident downloadable and printer card resident PostScript fonts Support for T...

Page 226: ...ut 200 260 VAC Power Consumption 1 KW 68 F 20 C Noise Level Idle maximum 37 dB A Printing maximum 49 dB A Ozone Density The printer emits less than 0 1 ppm maximum with a 100 duty cycle under 8 hours...

Page 227: ...0 lb 75 g m2 paper Feed Paper cassette About 250 sheets of 20 lb 80 g m2 paper About 750 sheets of 20 lb 80 g m2 paper with the optional paper feeder Multipurpose tray About 100 sheets of 20 lb 80 g m...

Page 228: ...70 5 83x8 27 4 13x5 85 296 93x420 12 210 06x297 18 148 09x210 06 104 90x148 59 11 37x16 19 7 94x11 37 5 48x7 96 3 78x5 50 288 80x411 23 201 68x288 80 139 32x202 18 96 00x139 82 Short Long Long Short B...

Page 229: ...ur printer to a computer Signal Pin No Signal Description Direction 1 Strobe 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...

Page 230: ...o prevent noise effectively these cables should be shielded and connected to the chassis of the system unit and printer respectively n All interface conditions are based on Transistor Transistor Logic...

Page 231: ...the correct pinouts for the 9 pin male RS 422 serial interface Pin Name Pinout View from Printer Interface 1 Not Used 2 Receive Data RXD 3 Transmit Data TXD 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR 5 Signal Ground G...

Page 232: ...ote To download printer system software via the serial port your hardware must have RTS and CTS support Make sure that pins 4 and 5 on the 25 pin serial cable and pins 7 and 8 on the 9 pin serial cabl...

Page 233: ...to the printer s serial port Note To download printer system software from a Macintosh you must have this type cable Pin Name Pinout View from Printer Interface 1 2 7 Reserved 3 Transmit Data TXD 4 S...

Page 234: ...Supporter Allows installation of a 500 sheet paper cassette Paper Feeder Allows installation of dual paper cassettes SIMMs Specifications are included in Q FAX document 6502 QMS tested SIMMs and Hard...

Page 235: ...to be directly attributable to the use of non QMS consumables and or accessories QMS will not repair the printer free of charge In this case standard time and material charges will be applied to serv...

Page 236: ...electri cal current present Turn off all power switches first Plastic rubber wood painted metal surfaces and telephones are not acceptable grounding points The printer isn t an acceptable grounding p...

Page 237: ...C Document Option Commands In This Chapter n Supported Document Option Commands DOC...

Page 238: ...CL 4 and PCL 5 DOC commands that has not yet been included in other QMS manuals Supported DOC Commands Header Trailer Page Commands Print document creator Creator Print creation date and time Creation...

Page 239: ...rome IncludeFeature monochromegl Select symbol set IncludeFeature symbolset Set carriage return to CR LF IncludeFeature criscrlf Set linefeed to CR LF IncludeFeature lfiscrlf Set number of lines per i...

Page 240: ...rap lines IncludeFeature autowrap PostScript Emulation Commands Select PostScript level IncludeFeature languagelevel Printer Commands Collate print jobs IncludeFeature collate Select emulation Include...

Page 241: ...butes from the available set of fonts See the PCL 5 Emulation Technical Reference Manual for information on what characterizes a PCL font There are two types of fonts bound and unbound A bound font su...

Page 242: ...y to specify fonts by their font index numbers from within the PCL language Only the default PCL font is affected Object There are three types of PCL downloaded objects n Temporary Temporary objects r...

Page 243: ...loaded objects are accessible by their IDs Resource A resource is a location where downloaded objects such as fonts macros and patterns are stored The printer has one default resource and one addition...

Page 244: ...4 documents which inadvertently select PCL 5 scalable fonts n More closely emulate the PCL 4 font environment Syntax IncludeFeature install resource id object id Purpose Establishes the current resou...

Page 245: ...ange 0 32767 Default 0 Format Integer Notes The object ID can be used instead of the usual PCL command to assign an ID This ID is overwritten by any ID assigned from the PCL print job if present If ne...

Page 246: ...source Regardless of its resource a font can be selected by its attributes Example A shows a pair of jobs that will not produce the desired results subjob 2 has only the appearance of storing the font...

Page 247: ...har 33 data ESC c34E ESC s W char 34 data ESC c5F Example C Job 2 IncludeFeature emulation pcl5 install 6 EndComments ESC 20Xthis text is also in the downloaded font Syntax IncludeFeature remove resou...

Page 248: ...re remove command does not set any defaults and it is not directly related to the job to which it is attached This command allows you to remove external objects from the system without having to gener...

Page 249: ...s resource id Purpose Indicates the resource from which the object is to be removed Range 0 6 Default N A Format Integer Notes This ID must be specified It indicates the resource from which the desire...

Page 250: ...atibility All downloaded objects are by default temporary and will be deleted at the end of a job unless Retain Temporary is set to on true or on compatibility If the file that the IncludeFeature reso...

Page 251: ...ecifies the default font to use Notes Fonts are identified by the names shown above Only the resident fonts may be selected the available set varies from printer to printer An asterisk in the name ind...

Page 252: ...ult font index number Notes This index is used when the Default Font selected is selectbyid This allows for selection of fonts only on the current resource Selection of default font by index overrides...

Page 253: ...not be used with the resident bitmap fonts courier10 courier10bold courier10italic courier12 courier12bold courier12italic and lineprinter The five dingbat symbol sets PS Zapf Dingbats Ventura Dingbat...

Page 254: ...ats iso 21zapf dingbats100 iso 25zapf dingbats200 iso 57zapf dingbats300 Default N A Format Character Syntax IncludeFeature criscrlf value Purpose Controls the default line termination mode the ESC k...

Page 255: ...llowing table shows the criscrlf lfiscrlf commands and the corresponding PCL Line Termination command parameters LFISCRLF CRISCRLF PCL Code Comments Off Off 0 CR CR LF LF FF FF On Off 2 CR CR LF CR LF...

Page 256: ...rom UNIX machines PC listings should usually be done with both items set to Off and Macintosh listings usually require the third setting lfiscrlf Off criscrlf On Note that the FF becomes a CR FF when...

Page 257: ...is ignored Variable Purpose Specifies the number of lines on the default page at the default orientation Range 1 3000 Default Printer configuration dependent Format Integer Syntax IncludeFeature point...

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Page 259: ...D Notices In This Chapter n Manual notices n Laser safety n FCC compliance n Energy Star compliance n Canadian notice n Colophon...

Page 260: ...the equipment when so operated Laser Safety This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser product under the U S Department of Health and Human Services DHHS Radiation Perfor mance Standard according to...

Page 261: ...hnician for help Note A shielded cable is required to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules Caution Any modifications or changes to this product not...

Page 262: ...classe B prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lec trique dict par le minist re des Communications du Canada Colophon This manual was written and formatted in FrameMaker Some illustra...

Page 263: ...E Configuration Menu In This Chapter n Configuration menu diagram...

Page 264: ...ocation PCL5 Plotter Scaling Percent Origin Reverse Image Enhanced Mode Expand Mode Paper Type Pen 1 8 HP GL Font Point Sz 100ths Character Map Line Numbering Tab Stops LF is CRLF CR is CRLF FF is CRL...

Page 265: ...n Any computer program designed to help people perform a certain type of work for example word processing page layout programming graphics and spreadsheets Adobe Illustrator Excel and Word are applica...

Page 266: ...haracters The most common grouping of bits is called a byte which consists of 8 bits See also ASCII byte Bitmap A grid composed of small dots used to define an image line drawing or character See also...

Page 267: ...perform frequently used operations four LEDs light emitting diodes that identify various printer status information and an LCD liquid crystal display message window that provides status information a...

Page 268: ...e when the printer is set for HP PCL emulation it responds to the same commands HP PCL that a Hewlett Packard LaserJet printer does Emulation Sensing Processor ESP Technology Emulation Sensing Process...

Page 269: ...n by settings in an application See also default Flash ROM Quick loading reprogrammable memory that holds information such as system code and downloadable emulations evenwhen the printer is turned off...

Page 270: ...o communicate with each other Your printer uses either XON XOFF or DTR DSR protocol to com municate with a computer Hard Disk A secondary storage place for such items as downloaded fonts and emulation...

Page 271: ...EEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers an organization of engi neering and electronics professionals The IEEE 802 Standards define methods of access and control on local area networks I...

Page 272: ...iles The Kanji fonts include Ryumin Light KL and Gothic BBB Medium licensed to QMS by Morisawa and Company Ltd as well as Mincho Medium Mincho Heavy Gothic Bold and Gothic Heavy licensed to QMS by Typ...

Page 273: ...MB See also SIMM Single In Line Memory Module Menu Key The control panel key that accesses the printer configuration menu when the printer is off line Use this key to advance through the menus or to...

Page 274: ...f line The printer must be off line to enter the Configuration menu On Line Accepting data from the computer The printer is on line when the Online Offline key is pressed and the Online indicator is o...

Page 275: ...y or always odd for odd parity This permits detection of single errors It may be applied to characters transmission blocks or any convenient bit grouping PCL See HP PCL PCMCIA An acronym for Personal...

Page 276: ...ons for the current menu When changing the character information use this key to return to the previous choice for the current input underlined character Print Density Print density refers to the rela...

Page 277: ...used for another file This memory is volatile so if your printer loses power while a file is being sent you must resend the file The number and type of features you can run simultaneously on your pri...

Page 278: ...gn that focuses on rapid and efficient processing of a relatively small set of instructions ROM An acronym for Read Only Memory This type of memory contains data and or printer executable instructions...

Page 279: ...a displayed selection or option Serial Interface A data transmission technique that sends each bit sequentially over a single line It is normally used to send one bit at a time for data communications...

Page 280: ...resents temporary storage and hard disks hold information on a more permanent basis See also hard disk RAM ROM spool System Administrator The person in charge of managing a network also called a netwo...

Page 281: ...er and Times typefaces each print characters of different designs Typeface Family A group of related typefaces For example the Times typeface family consists of four typefaces Times Roman Times Bold T...

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Page 283: ...nouts R B 7 3 hole punched O 6 29 500 sheet paper cassette R 6 13 600x600 dpi resolution unavailable O 6 28 A About this manual GS 1 5 O 1 2 R 1 2 Accessories See Optional Accessories Active jobs Stat...

Page 284: ...GS 4 6 ASCII R G 1 AUTOEXEC BAT file O 6 14 O 6 15 Autowrap menu Lineprinter R 4 23 Avant Garde Gothic ITC Avant Garde Gothic R 3 3 B Baud R G 2 Baud rate R G 2 Baud Rate menu Serial R 4 37 BCP See P...

Page 285: ...PCL 5 files O 3 8 Colophon R D 4 Color encoding HP GL R 5 35 Communication Modes R 5 3 Settings O 3 9 Testing Macintosh O 6 13 Testing parallel port O 6 13 Testing serial port O 6 13 Compatibility mo...

Page 286: ...Correction gamma R 4 27 R 4 58 R 5 4 Courier R 3 8 R 6 36 cpi Pitch R 3 5 CR is CRLF menu Lineprinter R 4 24 Creating a network job separator R 5 30 Crown GS 1 10 R G 3 Customer Response Center CRC Q...

Page 287: ...1 3 DOS commands mode O 6 15 Dots per inch See dpi Downld Location menu PCL5 R 4 18 Download R G 3 Downloading optional emulation R 6 59 dpi R G 4 See also Resolution Drivers LaserWriter troubleshooti...

Page 288: ...Name menu R 4 44 Inputbin 3 Name menu R 4 44 Man Feed Timeout menu R 4 67 Outputbin 1 menu R 4 45 Page Recovery menu R 4 59 Resolution menu R 4 59 Toner Out Act menu R 4 60 Vertical Offset menu R 4 57...

Page 289: ...R 3 5 R G 2 Defined R 3 2 Downloading troubleshooting O 6 26 HP GL R 3 10 Installing on hard disk R 4 29 Installing optional R 6 57 Intellifont proms R 6 32 Intellifont SIMM R 6 36 Intellifonts R 6 36...

Page 290: ...ng R 6 52 Internal specs R B 12 Kanji option kit R 6 61 Kanji troubleshooting O 6 25 Memory R 6 56 SCSI R 6 53 R B 12 SCSI turning on R 6 54 Swap file R 4 49 Troubleshooting O 6 27 Using R 6 56 Hardwa...

Page 291: ...age O 6 9 IEEE 1284 cable pinouts R B 7 Ignore Par Err menu serial R 4 39 Image alignment O 3 9 R 2 3 R 4 56 Image Alignment menu R 4 56 Image orientation problem O 6 30 Imageable area R 2 2 Image ali...

Page 292: ...0 ISO Italian symbol set HP GL R 3 10 ISO Norway Version 1 symbol set HP GL R 3 10 ISO Norway Version 2 symbol set HP GL R 3 10 ISO Spanish symbol set HP GL R 3 10 ISO Swedish For Names symbol set HP...

Page 293: ...4 24 Font menu R 4 24 LF is CRLF menu R 4 25 Line Numbering menu R 4 25 Lines per Page menu R 4 25 Margins menu R 4 26 Orientation menu R 4 26 Parameters setting R 4 23 Point Sz 100ths menu R 4 26 Ta...

Page 294: ...4 Weights R 2 4 Memo O 2 11 Memory R 5 9 R 5 11 Allocating R 4 47 Buffer frame R 4 50 Client R 5 11 R 5 15 Definitions R 5 10 Disk cache R 4 47 R 6 34 Disk swap R 4 49 Display R 4 48 Emulation R 4 49...

Page 295: ...ng R 4 11 Min K Spool menu LocalTalk R 4 32 Parallel R 4 34 Serial R 4 40 mode command DOS O 6 15 Mode menu LocalTalk R 4 30 Parallel R 4 35 Serial R 4 40 Mode printing R 5 2 PostScript R 5 2 Modes co...

Page 296: ...ds R 6 16 SIMMs R 6 26 Options Configuring R 4 54 Interface menu R 4 42 See also Optional Accessories Orientation Landscape R 3 6 Portrait R 3 6 Orientation menu R 4 45 Lineprinter R 4 26 Origin menu...

Page 297: ...nterface IEEE 1284 cable pinouts R B 7 System software downloading R 6 71 R 6 76 Parallel port Connection GS 4 4 Testing communication O 6 13 Parallel protocol R 5 25 Parity Errors ignore R 4 39 Ignor...

Page 298: ...20 Point Sz 100ths menu Lineprinter R 4 26 Portrait orientation R 3 6 Postcards Storage R 2 6 Type R 2 5 Weight R 2 5 PostScript DOC R C 4 Emulation Level menu R 4 27 Error Handler O 6 31 R 4 62 Erro...

Page 299: ...s Macintosh GS 3 5 PC GS 4 6 PostScript emulation GS 4 6 Windows GS 4 6 Printer turn off Warning R 6 32 Printing Blank pages O 6 29 Environments R 5 13 Incomplete jobs O 6 30 Modes R 5 2 Two sided O 3...

Page 300: ...cartridges O 2 13 Registration printer GS 2 5 Remote Console Configuration printer R 4 4 QMS Crown Remote Console User s Guide GS 1 4 Removal Font optional R 6 58 Removing the paper feeder R 6 9 Resid...

Page 301: ...ding R 6 72 R 6 77 Serial port O 6 13 Connection GS 4 4 Parameters O 6 15 Parameters changing O 6 16 Testing communication O 6 13 Serial protocol R 5 25 Serif typefaces R 3 3 Service call Placing O 6...

Page 302: ...ory allocating R 4 53 Min K Spool menu R 4 32 R 4 34 Timeout R 4 42 Stain O 6 34 Standard status page R 4 63 Start up options R 4 61 Startup Options menu Do Error Handler menu R 4 62 Do Start Page men...

Page 303: ...4 World wide GS A 5 O A 5 R A 5 Support QMSCompuServe R A 3 Swap file R 4 49 Symbol R 3 8 Symbol set menu PCL5 R 4 22 Symbol sets HP GL R 3 10 See HP GL symbol sets SYS internal hard disk R 6 49 SYSS...

Page 304: ...navailable O 6 28 600x600 dpi resolution unavailable O 6 28 AppleTalk O 6 22 Binary data printing problem O 6 28 Blank pages O 6 29 Data indicator O 6 20 O 6 22 Emulation error O 6 25 EOD problems O 6...

Page 305: ...ographic conventions GS 1 6 O 1 3 R 1 4 U Univers R 6 37 Univers Condensed R 6 37 Unpacking GS 2 5 Unpacking printer GS 2 5 Updating system software R 6 63 Using the EOD commands R 5 26 V Vendor Label...

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