QMS 1660E, Getting Started

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Printer
Features
1-11 Introduction
User Benefit—With so many resident fonts and symbol sets, there is
less need for time-consuming downloading.
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.
Compile-Ahead Technology and True Multitasking
Compile-ahead technology keeps all of the QMS 1660E’s printing
resources busy to improve throughput. While the engine is printing a
page, compile-ahead technology uses available printer memory to
prepare the subsequent pages of the document (or the next job). With
pages ready in memory, the engine continues printing as soon as it
deposits printed pages in the output tray. In other words, compiling,
rasterizing, and printing all work independently but simultaneously.
User Benefit—Because print job processing time is significantly
reduced, the host is free sooner and you spend less time waiting for
your documents to print.
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 1660E Print System is unique because SIO
allows all of its interface ports— Centronics/IEEE 1284 parallel,
serial, Ethernet, and an optional LocalTalk, Ethernet, or Token-Ring
interface—to be active at the same time.
User Benefit—You can have more than one computer printing to the
printer. Each interface has an input buffer (which may be expanded
with additional memory) that receives data while another interface is
being used to print.
Emulation Sensing Processor (ESP) Technology
Most printers can recognize only their native command language.
However, using a form of artificial intelligence, ESP technology ana-