MINOLTA-QMS ImageServer, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Technology Corporation Helvetica Linotype Hell AG andor its subsidiaries Windows Microsoft Corporation   kÎ ÂàÌ Î Îk k Î The digitally encoded software included with your ImageServer software is Copyrighted 2000 by MINOLTA QMS Inc All Rights Reserved This software may not be reproduced modified displayed transferred or copied in any form or in any manner or on any media in whole or in part witho...

Page 3: ...GXFWLRQ About ImageServer 1 2 About this Manual 1 2 Typographic Conventions 1 3 PDJH6HUYHU QVWDOODWLRQ Introduction 2 2 Print System Requirements 2 2 Hard Disk vs Flash ROM 2 2 System Software and Printer Memory 2 2 ...

Page 4: ... Deinstallation via an Ethernet Network Connection 2 8 Installation to and Deinstallation from Flash ROM 2 10 Installation 2 10 Deinstallation 2 11 Further Assistance 2 11 PDJH6HUYHU LQGRZV 8WLOLWLHV QVWDOODWLRQ Introduction 3 2 Requirements 3 2 PC Requirements 3 2 Printer Requirements 3 2 Installation 3 3 Overview of the Files 3 5 Further Assistance 3 6 PDJH6HUYHU 8VHU V XLGH Introduction 4 2 Tar...

Page 5: ... Auto Rotation 4 7 Auto Scaling 4 8 Reverse Image 4 8 Megs for Scratch 4 9 Paper to Image 4 9 Version 4 10 ImageServer 4 10 TIFF 4 10 Multiple TIFF Files as a Single Print Job 4 10 CALS 4 11 Configuration 4 11 Auto Rotation 4 12 Auto Scaling 4 12 Version 4 13 CALS 4 13 ImageServer 4 13 Further Assistance 4 13 ...

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Page 7: ... QWURGXFWLRQ Q 7KLV KDSWHU About ImageServer on page 1 2 About this Manual on page 1 2 ...

Page 8: ...Server Installation Provides detailed instructions for installing ImageServer software ImageServer Windows Utilities Installation Provides detailed instructions for installing the ImageServer Windows Utilities and then provides an overview of the installed files ImageServer User s Guide Discusses the printer resident ImageServer emulations TIFF CALS and CCITT along with Crown ESP Emulation Sensing...

Page 9: ...to know to avoid equipment damage process failure or extreme annoyance Mixed Case Courier Text you type and messages and information displayed on the screen Mixed Case Italic Courier Variable text you type replace the italicized word s with information specific to your printer or computer UPPERCASE COURIER Information displayed in the printer message window lowercase italic Variable information in...

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Page 11: ...LV KDSWHU Introduction on page 2 2 Print System Requirements on page 2 2 Installation to and Deinstallation from Hard Disk on page 2 3 Installation to and Deinstallation from Flash ROM on page 2 10 Further Assistance on page 2 11 ...

Page 12: ...4525 magicolor 2 magicolor 2 magicolor 330 and magicolor 6100 A hard disk internal or external must be present on your Crown print system before you can install the ImageServer Option If more than one hard disk is available the ImageServer Option automatically installs itself on the disk with the most free storage space 1060 1060E 1660 1660E and 1725E A hard disk is not necessary to install the Im...

Page 13: ... from Flash ROM on page 2 10 1725 SLS Release 2 1 1 13 MB 2025 Release 8 3 1 and above 16 MB 2060 BX EX FX GX All 24 MB 2425 EX TURBO All 16 MB 3225 Release 8 3 1 and above 16 MB 3260 BX All 32 MB 3260 EX All 32 MB 3825 Release 8 3 1 and above 32 MB 4032 All 32 MB 4060 All 32 MB 4525 Release 4 4 4 and above 32 MB magicolor 2 All 32 MB magicolor 2 All 192 MB magicolor 330 All 64 MB magicolor 6100 A...

Page 14: ...t Network Connection on page 2 5 1 Set the printer s PostScript level to Level 2 Choose Level 2 in the Administration Emulations PostScript Emulation Level menu Note Skip this step if you re installing the ImageServer Option on the 2060 2425 3260 4032 4032 4060 magicolor 2 magicolor 2 magicolor 330 or magicolor 6100 2 Download the ImageServer Option installation file to the printer a If your compu...

Page 15: ...n should be also be listed in the Administration Emulation printer s configura tion menu and on the advanced status page Note If you have a 2060 2425 3260 4032 4060 magicolor 2 magicolor 2 magicolor 330 and magicolor 6100 the start up page also lists the ImageServer version in the Options section 4 If print system software is shipped in your ImageServer Option kit install it now by following the i...

Page 16: ...ee Installation and Deinstallation Files on page 2 4 for the filename 5 Make sure your printer is on line and that the printer s message window reads IDLE 6 Open an ftp session from your PC or workstation by typing one of the fol lowing commands ftp printername for example ftp pctdev6 ftp ipaddress for example ftp 161 33 130 45 7 When prompted for a user name and password press the Enter key If yo...

Page 17: ...structions in your printer documentation 13 Increase the printer s K Mem Emulation client Administration Memory K Mem Emulation by at least 1 MB or for optimum performance by 2 MB See your printer documentation for more information on this memory client and on using your printer s configuration menu HLQVWDOODWLRQ YLD D 3DUDOOHO RU 6HULDO 3RUW This procedure is used to deinstall the ImageServer Opt...

Page 18: ...u have a 2060 2425 3260 4032 4060 magicolor 2 magicolor 2 magicolor 330 or magicolor 6100 the start up page no longer lists the ImageServer version in the Options section HLQVWDOODWLRQ YLD DQ WKHUQHW 1HWZRUN RQQHFWLRQ This procedure is used to deinstall the ImageServer Option from printers over an Ethernet network If you want to deinstall the option via a parallel or serial port refer to Deinstall...

Page 19: ...your entries are correct an ftp prompt displays 8 At the ftp prompt change to binary mode by typing bin 9 At the ftp prompt send the deinstallation file to the printer s hard disk by typing put is del ps The ftp prompt returns when the deinstallation file has finished loading 10 At the ftp prompt end the ftp session by typing quit 11 When the Disk light stops flashing and the printer s message win...

Page 20: ...s the software supplied with the ImageServer Option 1 To remember any custom printer configurations or options that you want to reset after the new software has been loaded print an advanced status page This installation procedure will reset all configurations and options presently set in your printer to their factory default values 2 Install the ImageServer Option by following the instructions in...

Page 21: ...set all configurations and options presently set in your printer to their factory default values 2 Deinstall the ImageServer Option by installing standard print system soft ware Follow the instructions in your printer documentation for updating system soft ware You ll be using the Administration Miscellaneous New Flash Image menu to update the system software image in flash ROM 3 When finished reb...

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Page 24: ...formance while reducing network traffic These utilities run under both Windows 3 1 and Windows 95 98 k Âk k ÎÅ Ì k Âk k ÎÅ If you plan to use the ImageServer Windows Utilities to print directly via TCP IP you must have FTP version 2 3 or above installed on your PC and approximately 800 KB of free disk space  ÎkÂÌ k Âk k ÎÅ Your printer must be ImageServer enabled ...

Page 25: ... Manager so you can configure your printers server Document Server Engine DSE DSE Daemon and Logfile Daemon Use the following steps to run the setup program 1 Insert the ImageServer Option CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Run the setup program Windows 3 1 In the Windows Program Manager from the File menu choose Run Windows 95 98 From the Start menu choose Run 3 In the Run dialog box type x utils do...

Page 26: ...onfiguration process choose the Help button 7 When you ve finished configuring FastPrint choose the Exit button the one with the door on it to exit from the FastPrint Configuration Manager A dialog box appears telling you that the setup was successful n o p q r s t u Legend n Configure Printers o Configure the DSE Document Server Engine Daemon p Configure the Document Server Engine q Get Help on t...

Page 27: ...n that monitors a directory specified in the DMON_LOG INI file for incoming logfiles and uses those logfiles to create command CPI files for the FastPrint Engine DLL DMON_LOG INI Sample Log Daemon initialization file used by DMON_LOG EXE DMON_PRT EXE The Print Daemon an application that can be used for remote printing on another PC or scheduled printing on the local PC DOL_MAIN EXE The Documents O...

Page 28: ...og file which records your choices in the setup program SAMPLES folder Contains sample TIF FOLDER HDR and PAGE HDR files SPOOL folder Empty Used for spooling print files ÂÎ kÂÌ ÅÅ ÅÎ Xk For assistance installing the ImageServer Windows Utilities refer to www minolta qms com ...

Page 29: ... Q 7KLV KDSWHU Introduction on page 4 2 TIFF on page 4 5 CALS on page 4 11 Further Assistance on page 4 13 PDJH6HUYHU 8VHÂÁÅ XLGH ...

Page 30: ...tions These subsets TIFF G3 G4 CALS Raster and MINOLTA QMS CCITT are detailed in this manual k Î ÂkÅ The ImageServer Option provides the following features TIFF CALS and CCITT loadable emulations These emulations allow you to print TIFF G3 G4 CALS Raster and MINOLTA QMS CCITT files directly without any prior filtering You can print multiple TIFF files as a single Crown print job as well as multipl...

Page 31: ...ology is a standard feature of Crown architecture ESP technology which works with most popular commercially available applications uses a form of artificial intelligence to analyze incoming file data and select the appropriate printer emulation for example TIFF CALS CCITT PostScript HP GL HP PCL or an optional emulation from those installed on the printer The print job is processed without your ha...

Page 32: ...r the ImageServer Windows driver included in your shipset provides a solution to this problem Using a proprietary CCITT Group 4 compression method the driver com presses document image files on the host thus reducing their size significantly before sending them over the network For information on installing the ImageServer Windows Utilities see Chapter 3 Windows Utilities Installation For informat...

Page 33: ...ether the TIFF image should be auto matically rotated 90 180 or 270 if this would result in a better fit on the cur rently selected paper size Auto Scaling Allows you to specify whether the TIFF image should be scaled up or down to fit on the currently selected paper size Megs for Scratch Allows you to define the maximum size of the scratch file in MB that is created on the printer s hard disk to ...

Page 34: ...nu setting For more on DOC see the Crown Document Option Commands manual on the Software Utilities CD ROM Note The ImageServer Option must be installed before it can be configured If it has not been factory installed refer to chapter 2 ImageServer Installation for installation instructions Î Î This submenu has two options QMS Tag and State Note For information on annotating TIFF images see the Fas...

Page 35: ...specify whether the TIFF image should be automatically rotated 90 180 or 270 if this would result in a better fit on the currently selected paper size Menu Administration Emulations TIFF Auto Rotation Choices Off 90 180 270 Default in Bold Notes See your printer documentation for a list of the imageable areas of each paper size DOC IncludeFeature autorotation off IncludeFeature autorotation 90 Inc...

Page 36: ...ed the tray selection is made first so scaling can be done based on the selected paper size DOC IncludeFeature autoscaling off no scaling IncludeFeature autoscaling down down only IncludeFeature autoscaling up up only IncludeFeature autoscaling on up and down Purpose Allows you to change all black pixels in an image to white pixels and all white pixels to black pixels Menu Administration Emulation...

Page 37: ...ard disk all available disk space will be allocated Typical TIFF files can be processed from the host input spool buffer with the default size without a scratch file DOC IncludeFeature scratchfile Purpose Allows you to specify whether the TIFF emulation should automatically select the paper size closest to the image size rather than using the default paper size Menu Administration Emulations TIFF ...

Page 38: ... Ì kÅÌ ÅÌ Ì kÌ Â ÎÌ N To print multiple TIFF files as a single Crown print job use a hex editor or a concate nation utility to concatenate the files and then print the resulting file as you normally would You can also concatenate files using the DOS copy command for example copy b tif out tif will concatenate all the TIFF files in the current subdirectory into a file named out tif Purpose Identifi...

Page 39: ... printer documenta tion Auto Rotation Allows the image to be automatically rotated 90 180 or 270 Auto Scaling Allows the image to be automatically scaled to fit the selected paper size Version Identifies the CALS and ImageServer versions Note The Version submenu is not available on the 2060 2425 3260 4032 4060 magicolor 2 magicolor 2 magicolor 330 or magicolor 6100 A PostScript file on the printer...

Page 40: ...ure autorotation off IncludeFeature autorotation 90 IncludeFeature autorotation 180 IncludeFeature autorotation 270 Purpose Allows you to specify whether the CALS image should be automatically scaled up or down to fit on the currently selected paper size Menu Administration Emulations CALS Auto Scaling Choices Off Down Only Up Only Up Down Default in Bold DOC IncludeFeature autoscaling off no scal...

Page 41: ...ns the ImageServer version number Remote users can retrieve the sys bin emulate isver ps file via ftp and then either look at it or print it to get the current ImageServer version CALS ImageServer ÂÎ kÂÌ ÅÅ ÅÎ Xk For assistance with the ImageServer Option refer to www minolta qms com Purpose Identifies the version of the currently installed CALS emulation Menu Administration Emulations CALS Versio...

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