QMS 1660E, Getting Started

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Printer
Features
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lyzes incoming file data from any of the printer’s interfaces, selects
the appropriate emulation from those installed on the printer, and pro-
cesses the print job.
User Benefit—When your printer is in ESP mode, you can easily
print PostScript, HP PCL 5, HP-GL, and Lineprinter documents with-
out changing printer switch settings or sending software commands
to accommodate different printer languages.
Context Switching
After its initial use, the state of an emulation and downloaded data
(such as fonts, macros, and overlays) is preserved for as long as the
printer power is on.
User Benefit—Repetitive downloading of emulations, fonts, macros,
and overlays is unnecessary.
Compressed Data Formats
Crown printers convert data received from the input buffers into
intermediate, compressed blocks until the data is needed for printing.
These compressed blocks of data are designed to be processed
rapidly by the printer, and many more can be stored in memory at one
time than can traditional bitmapped images.
User Benefit—This allows and increases the speed of such printer
features as collation and automatic jam recovery.
Automatic Jam Recovery
Crown technology also provides automatic jam recovery. With most
printers, when a media jam occurs, you must remove the jammed
media and then reprint the job. If jam recovery is enabled on a Crown
printer, once you remove the jammed media, the printer reprints the
jammed page and then continues with the print job. This is possible
because compressed data formats allow more pages to be stored in
memory. The printer remembers the last page printed, pulls the nec-
essary information from memory, and automatically reprints any lost
pages.