QMS 2060, Reference

Page 1: ...QMS 2060 Print System Reference 1800450 001B...

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Page 3: ...HQWV QWURGXFWLRQ Introduction 1 2 About This Manual 1 2 Typographic Conventions 1 3 3ULQW 0HGLD Introduction 2 2 Media Sizes and Imageable Areas 2 2 Working Within the Imageable Area 2 4 Page Margins...

Page 4: ...2 About Typefaces and Fonts 3 2 Typeface Classification 3 3 Typography Terms 3 4 Resident Fonts Typefaces and Symbol Sets 3 7 Resident PostScript Fonts 3 7 Resident HP PCL 5e Fonts 3 9 PCL 5e Symbol S...

Page 5: ...ault Configuration 4 15 Rebooting the System 4 15 Working with Custom Configurations 4 16 Operator Control Menu 4 17 Accounting 4 17 Accounting Menu 4 18 Collation 4 21 Enabling Disabling Collation 4...

Page 6: ...er Parameters 4 43 Special Pages 4 46 Working with Status Pages 4 46 Working with Trailer Pages 4 48 Enabling Disabling Trailer Pages 4 49 Printer Start Up Options 4 50 Enabling Disabling the Start Up...

Page 7: ...Setting Manual Feed Timeout 4 64 Setting the Letterhead Option 4 64 Print Quality 4 64 Media 4 65 Miscellaneous 4 66 Restoring the Factory Default Configuration 4 66 Reboot System 4 66 New Flash Imag...

Page 8: ...Technology 5 15 Communication Modes 5 16 Halftones 5 17 Memory 5 19 QMS Memory Management 5 20 Memory Terms 5 21 Evaluation of Your Printing Environment 5 24 Memory Clients 5 25 Hard Disk Management 5...

Page 9: ...Implementation 5 47 HP GL Color Encoding 5 47 406 XVWRPHU 6XSSRUW 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 CompuServ...

Page 10: ...B 14 Printer Options B 15 Consumable Supplies B 17 Regulatory B 18 Warranty Considerations B 19 Consumables and Your Warranty B 19 Electrostatic Discharge and Your Warranty B 20 RFXPHQW 2SWLRQ RPPDQG...

Page 11: ...e Statement D 2 Canadian Users Notice D 3 Laser Safety D 3 International Notices D 4 Power Cord D 4 Colophon D 4 RQILJXUDWLRQ 0HQX Introduction E 2 Menu Chart Conventions E 2 Installation Menu E 3 Ope...

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Page 13: ...QWURGXFWLRQ Q 7KLV KDSWHU About This Manual on page 1 2 Typographic Conventions on page 1 3...

Page 14: ...ides an overview of the manual Print Media Lists print media sizes margins and imageable areas and provides media storage information Professional Printing Discusses typefaces fonts and typographic te...

Page 15: ...nt parts C Document Option Commands Lists printer supported Document Option Commands DOCs D Notices Lists manual and legal notices E Configuration Menu Provides a view of the printer s configuration m...

Page 16: ...to avoid equipment damage process failure or extreme annoyance M WARNING Warnings indicate the possibility of personal injury if a specific procedure is not performed exactly as described in the manu...

Page 17: ...3ULQW 0HGLD Q 7KLV KDSWHU Media Sizes and Imageable Areas on page 2 2 Media Types and Weights on page 2 5 Storing Media on page 2 6...

Page 18: ...rinter and software constraints the amount of memory available for the full page frame buffer Note Ensure that the media size matches the cassette size for example letter A4 media must be loaded only...

Page 19: ...3 46x248 41 L M U C5 6 38x9 02 162 00x229 00 6 04x8 68 153 41x220 47 S M COM 10 4 125x9 50 104 78x241 30 3 78x9 16 96 18x232 85 S M DL 4 33x8 66 110 00x220 00 3 99x8 32 101 43x211 52 S M Envelope 6 93...

Page 20: ...its placement on the page 3DJH 0DUJLQV Margins are set through your application Some applications allow you to set custom page sizes and margins while others have only standard page sizes and margins...

Page 21: ...st an envelope to make sure it can withstand the fusing temperature before starting a big job Transparency Type The printer supports transparencies meeting normal photocopier standards such as 3M PP25...

Page 22: ...ke a big difference in print quality and printer operation Improperly stored media increases the chance of jams during printing and can drastically affect the appearance of your work Keep media in goo...

Page 23: ...3URIHVVLRQDO 3ULQWLQJ Q 7KLV KDSWHU About Typefaces and Fonts on page 3 2 Resident Fonts Typefaces and Symbol Sets on page 3 7 Optional Fonts on page 3 13...

Page 24: ...kness of stroke It does not define a particular size 7 SHIDFH DPLO A group of similar typefaces For example the Times typeface family consists of four typefaces Times Roman Times Bold Times Italic and...

Page 25: ...ave serifs 6DQV 6HULI 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: ...the eye This manual s text uses the Helvetica font a proportionally spaced typeface 3L RU 6 PERO Pi or symbol typefaces are collections of assorted special purpose characters for example decorative g...

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

Page 28: ...edium 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 WDOLF DQG 2EOLTXH RUPV Times Roman Times Italic Italic...

Page 29: ...WXYZ EFGHIJKLMNOPQRS TUVWXYZ EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Z EFGH IJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYZ EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ EFGHIJ KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Z EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ EFGHI...

Page 30: ...Palatino Italic Palatino Bold Palatino Bold Italic New Century Schoolbook Roman New Century Schoolbook Italic New Century Schoolbook Bold New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Times Roman Times Italic T...

Page 31: ...P GL2 This table is a complete list of the fonts available for PCL 5e They can be automatically rotated to landscape orientation All fonts are scal able and available in 35 symbol sets unless otherwis...

Page 32: ...nter PC 8 Medium Line Printer Roman 8 Medium Line Printer ECMA 94 Latin ISO8859 8 5 points 25 symbol sets B B B B B B 9 9 9 9 9 9 Marigold pcl S 9 Omega Medium Omega Italic Medium Omega Bold Omega Ita...

Page 33: ...9 9 9 9 Wingdings 1 symbol set S 9 Note S Scalable B Bitmap Desktop ISO 4 UK ISO 6 ASCII ISO 11 SWED ISO 15 ITAL ISO 17 SPAN ISO 21 GERM ISO 60 NORW ISO 69 FREN ISO Latin 1 ISO Latin 2 ISO Latin 5 Leg...

Page 34: ...le space Spanish Latin American Set 15 Variable space Special symbols Set 16 Variable space ASCII Set 17 Variable space Roman extensions Set 18 Variable space Katakana Set 19 Variable space ISO IRV Se...

Page 35: ...s for the HP emulation on your printer An internal hard disk and a SIMM containing Kanji fonts and other files Note See chapter 5 Software in the Options manual for more information Contact your QMS v...

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Page 37: ...Chapter n Methods of Configuration on page 4 2 n Configuration Menu on page 4 4 n Operator Control Menu on page 4 17 n Administration Menu on page 4 25 n Installation Menu on page 4 70 n Configuring...

Page 38: ...e System Administrator s Guide in Adobe Acrobat or on the QMS Software Utilities CD ROM contains the CrownNet menu configuration information for the Ethernet interface In both guides menu features are...

Page 39: ...If your application doesn t have a QMS 2060 Print System driver you can select a comparable PostScript driver such as the QMS Level 2 Windows driver or a LaserWriter driver However comparable drivers...

Page 40: ...from QMS CrownAdmin You can run Remote Console via Telnet in an UNIX environment To avoid confusion in a shared printing environment only the system administrator should make configuration changes Se...

Page 41: ...are sent to the printer while the defaults are changed The Operator Control menu may be password protected with an optional security key if the system administrator does not want users changing defau...

Page 42: ...Press the control panel keys in the order shown The printer responds by displaying a status mes sage or configuration menu in the control panel message window Note You may need to press the Next key...

Page 43: ...may need to press the Next key more than one time to advance through the list of selections or options Press this key to Next Advance to the next option or submenu within a menu Previous Return to th...

Page 44: ...Next Advance to the Parallel Emulation menu MODE EMULATION Select Access the Emulation menu EMULATION ESP Next more than once Advance to the Emulation PostScript menu POSTSCRIPT Select Select PostScri...

Page 45: ...ss move the cursor to the last character of the input field the character farthest to the right and press the Select key or move to the first character of the input field the character farthest to the...

Page 46: ...ey more than one time to advance through the list of selections or options Press this key to For 1 5 seconds the message window reads and then it reads Online Offline Turn off the Ready indicator and...

Page 47: ...aling Percent menu PLOTTER SCALING PERCENT Select Access the Scaling Percent menu 100 Previous Lower the current character to 0 000 Select Select 0 and move the current character to the next 0 000 Nex...

Page 48: ...UHQFH Select Select 50 as the default scaling percent 50 IS SELECTED After 3 seconds you are returned to the HP GL Scaling Percent menu HP GL SCALING PERCENT Press this key to For 1 5 seconds the mess...

Page 49: ...appears select YES to restart the printer and have the changes take effect immediately or select NO to wait until you manually restart the printer before the changes take effect Some changes automatic...

Page 50: ...in the order shown in the following table The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window Press this key to For 1 5 seconds the message window reads then it reads Online Offl...

Page 51: ...anging any option that requires a system restart you are prompted REBOOT NOW If you want to make other configuration changes choose NO After you make all configuration changes choose YES to restart th...

Page 52: ...ministration Miscellaneous Save Defaults Purpose Saves the current printer configuration as a custom default Choices Yes Save the current configuration settings as a custom default No Don t save the c...

Page 53: ...g each user s jobs n Connectivity options n Frequency of jams n Times of peak use n Number complexity and average size of jobs per user n Commonly used features such as duplexing or finishing Selectio...

Page 54: ...ormation stored FFRXQWLQJ 0HQX The Accounting menu includes five submenus allowing you to enable or disable job accounting allocate disk space when accounting is enabled reset accounting store job acc...

Page 55: ...es so each 1 MB in the job accounting file stores information on 4 000 to 5 000 jobs If the selected value is greater than the current value the file size is increased to reserve the extra space If th...

Page 56: ...to you Then use the option to reset the accounting files to empty after they have been transferred to the host When the file is 100 full the xxx FILE IS FULL message displays Note When accounting is...

Page 57: ...e Disk Space value described earlier in this section The file name will be ACC1 JOB If multiple files are selected their combined size equals the File Size value described earlier in this section Each...

Page 58: ...nu allows you to select the default tray or feeder inputbin from which media is drawn from the cassette into the printer Default 001 Notes Sets the default number of copies for all subsequent print jo...

Page 59: ...urpose tray must be adjusted to accept different media sizes See the instructions for adjusting the tray media sizes in chap ter 2 Consumables of the Operation manual Menu Operator Control Inputbin Ch...

Page 60: ...3 00x26 00 330 20x660 40 A3 11 70x16 53 297 0x420 0 A4 11 69x8 7 297 0x210 0 A5 5 85x8 27 148 5x210 0 B4 10 12x14 33 257 0x364 0 B5 7 17x10 12 182 0x257 0 C5 6 38x9 02 162x229 COM 10 4 125x9 5 104 78x...

Page 61: ...n is available only when the optional duplexer is installed If you want to print individual jobs duplex leave the printer set to Off and choose duplex through your application See chapter 3 Profession...

Page 62: ...from the host for various types of data 6HWWLQJ D 3RVW6FULSW PXODWLRQ 7LPHRXW The PostScript emulation timeout is the maximum number of seconds the PostScript emulation waits for incoming data Menu Ad...

Page 63: ...the job in the default ESP emulation 6HWWLQJ 3DUDOOHO QWHUIDFH 3DUDPHWHUV Use the Administration Communications Parallel menu to set the par allel interface values used for printer host communication...

Page 64: ...off parallel communication with the host The printer stops accepting print jobs over the parallel interface Default Noninteractive Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the menu to take e...

Page 65: ...he spooling buffer for the parallel interface If the value is set to 00000 the printer calculates the Min K Spool automatically at initialization The printer must be restarted for changes to the Min K...

Page 66: ...D command QMS EOD The printer recognizes only the QMS EndOfDocument command HP EOD The printer recognizes only the HP ESC 12345X command Default None Notes See chapter 5 Additional Technical Informat...

Page 67: ...and 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 change this setting through PostScript operat...

Page 68: ...halftone type QWHQVLW Sets the intensity for PostScript printing Menu Administration Emulations ESP Default Choices HPGL Lineprinter PCL5e PostScript Default PCL5e Menu Administration Emulations PostS...

Page 69: ...v Italic Univ Bold Univ BldItalic Univcond Univcond Italic Univcond Bold Univcond BldItlc Select By Index Default Courier12 Notes Fonts with an asterisk in their names are scalable Their default point...

Page 70: ...ry All downloaded PCL objects are stored in temporary storage in RAM Default Disk Notes Note Before downloading any fonts macros or patterns ensure that the printer has enough memory to do the downloa...

Page 71: ...standard PCL font selection mechanism is used to locate a font that matches the selected symbol set With the standard set of fonts distributed for your printer this matches the Times font but other us...

Page 72: ...is specified the setting is ignored Menu Administration Emulations PCL5E Retain Temporary Choices Off On On Compatibility Off Resets PCL to its default state at the end of each PCL print job executes...

Page 73: ...n the disk s stan dard resource will become permanent RAM based tem porary objects are lost Change any PCL front panel option Send any PCL specific DOC commands except the DOC emulation command Send a...

Page 74: ...onverts the color to a grayscale using the National Television System Committee NTSC color standard for luminosity coefficients Additive System Y 3R 59G 11B Notes Examples on How to Use the Color Stan...

Page 75: ...ments and coordinate sequences The characters are drawn on a grid that is superimposed on the character plot cell SDQG 0RGH Defines a larger imageable area which affects the default placement of the s...

Page 76: ...ws you to define a larger imageable area The HP GL emulation senses the media type if the paper type is set to Scale to Paper It is also possible to have the HP GL emulation use a particular media siz...

Page 77: ...ices 0 60 0 0 6 0 mm 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 Note A choice of 0 defaults to a pixel of 1 Menu Ad...

Page 78: ...ices 7475A 7470A Colorpro 7550A DraftMaster Supports architectural and engineering paper sizes for example A to E and Arch A to Arch E These paper sizes describe a mapping to the physical paper This m...

Page 79: ...Menu Administration Emulations Line Printer Autowrap Choices On Wrap long lines Off Truncate long lines Default On Menu Administration Emulations Line Printer Character Map Choices ASCII EBCDIC PC AS...

Page 80: ...riage return line feed CRLF combination LQH 1XPEHULQJ Specifies that a five digit number is to be prefixed to each line Menu Administration Emulations Line Printer FF IS CRFF Choices On Translate all...

Page 81: ...Q Specifies whether text and graphics are placed on the page in a por trait or landscape orientation Menu Administration Emulations Line Printer Lines per Page Choices 1 128 Default 87 Menu Administra...

Page 82: ...dministration Special Pages menu to print special pages such as status pages header pages and trailer pages RUNLQJ ZLWK 6WDWXV 3DJHV Printing a status page is a two step procedure Identify the type of...

Page 83: ...alibration page RUNLQJ ZLWK HDGHU 3DJHV A header page is a separator page that prints before a print job to help users sort their jobs The information on the header page can be customized Menu Adminis...

Page 84: ...Administration Special Pages Header Page Choices On Print a header page before each job Off Don t print a header page before each job Default Off Menu Administration Special Pages Header Inputbin Choi...

Page 85: ...r page information Errors Only If any print job errors exist print a trailer page that lists the errors but omits other trailer page information Default Off Notes See the QMS Crown Document Option Com...

Page 86: ...e SYS START File If you have a hard disk and Do Sys Start is enabled when the printer is turned on the controller checks the hard disk for a PostScript file named SYS START and executes this file Menu...

Page 87: ...rinter s memory and what benefits if any may result from adding memory to each client To find out how memory is currently allocated print a status page using the Status Page key on the control panel o...

Page 88: ...file swapping between disk and RAM occurs at various times throughout the printing process and is completely transparent Note The printer must have a hard disk to take advantage of this feature If th...

Page 89: ...disk swapping is enabled and the hard disk is removed or not turned on the printer will automatically reset to the factory defaults The printer must be restarted for changes to the Enable Disk Swap a...

Page 90: ...e as Heap is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the PostScript emulation interpreter This memory client holds downloaded PostScript emula tion fonts operators and forms 3RVW6FULSW RQWV The K...

Page 91: ...and exit from the Configuration menu Menu Administration Memory Manual Config K Mem Emulation Choices 01024 no maximum Notes If you receive an emulation error you may need to increase the amount of m...

Page 92: ...ation Memory Manual Config K Mem Emul Temp Choices 00256 30720 Notes Data in this client disappears when the printer is turned off Increasing this client s size increases the number of PCL downloaded...

Page 93: ...while others may not be The recommended amount of memory for the disk cache client is 128 KB minimum plus 0 5 KB per MB of disk storage total for all disks For example the recommended amount of memory...

Page 94: ...u or by resetting the printer defaults In all cases be sure to keep a copy of the status page as a record of memory client settings See chapter 5 Additional Technical Information for more information...

Page 95: ...e page If the angle bar is off use the Administration Engine Image Alignment option to align the image hor izontally and vertically in pixel increments 1 300 or 0 08 mm Note Engine constraints may lim...

Page 96: ...to sense the media size automatically Menu Administration Engine Image Alignment Duplex H Offset Choices 000 300 0 00 0 mm 1 00 25 4 mm Default 100 0 33 84 mm Notes Values above 100 move the image to...

Page 97: ...the QMS Software Utilities CD ROM for more information 1DPLQJ WKH 0HGLD 2XWSXWELQ The Administration Engine Outputbin menu is used to name output bin 1 You can also use the descriptive names with Docu...

Page 98: ...d is installed Default 600 dpi Notes If your printer is configured for duplex printing and has less than 16 MB RAM 600x600 dpi isn t available on all media sizes Duplexing using 600x600 or 1200x1200 r...

Page 99: ...6HWWLQJ 7RQHU HQVLW The Toner Density option adjusts the density of the toner that is laid down on the paper Menu Administration Engine Toner Low Act Choices Continue Continue printing when a TONER L...

Page 100: ...f toner consumption and extend the life of your toner cartridges This option also allows you to enable smoothing Note Smoothing does not work at 1200x1200 dpi Menu Administration Engine Man Feed Timeo...

Page 101: ...he laser pulse to a fraction of the full pulse width This smooths jagged edges in text lines and graphics and generally improves their print quality Smoothing does not work with 1200 dpi Menu Administ...

Page 102: ...you ve made changes to the configuration and need to restart the printer before the new settings will be acknowledged 1HZ ODVK PDJH The system software in your printer is stored on flash ROM read only...

Page 103: ...z and Zip drives Notes The procedures for downloading a new flash image are in chapter 2 Memory and System Software in the Options guide Menu Administration Miscellaneous Keypad Language Choices Engli...

Page 104: ...ed configuration at any time Menu Administration Miscellaneous Restore Defaults Saved Defaults Purpose Recognizes the printer by using the default custom configuration Choices Yes No Default No Notes...

Page 105: ...disk problem See Chapter 8 Troubleshooting in the Operations manual for more information Refer to chapter 5 Storage Devices in the Options manual for complete information on formatting hard disks Men...

Page 106: ...u to enter a password used to enter the Operator menu when enabled 8VH 2SHUDWRU 3DVVZRUG Determines if a password is required to enter the Operator menu Menu Installation Operator Passwrd Choices Up t...

Page 107: ...hen an optional feature is installed its configuration information merges into the Configuration menu See the Options guide for more information Menu Installation Admin Password Choices Up to 16 alpha...

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Page 109: ...Job Accounting Files on page 5 2 Printer Host Communication on page 5 15 Halftones on page 5 17 Memory on page 5 19 End Job Mode on page 5 35 Parallel Interface Modes on page 5 43 PS Protocol Option o...

Page 110: ...file may be a single file or multiple files with x as the file number when multiple files are used Information in this file is kept intact after the printer is turned off and back on again Paper Acco...

Page 111: ...in the accounting records for the QMS 2060 Print System for compatibility with other QMS products but they are unused for this product RQYHQWLRQV The following conventions are the same for job paper...

Page 112: ...for the field tagged 1 is the integer 3 and the value for the field tagged 2 is a string The CR represents the carriage return character FFRXQWLQJ LOHV HVFULSWLRQ RI LHOGV This section includes examp...

Page 113: ...the printer by hour minute and second 8h 5m52 The printer received the job at 8 05 52 3 This field indicates the date a document arrived in the printer 2 14 98 The printer received the job on Februar...

Page 114: ...e 10 The Print Time field represents the total elapsed time in milliseconds 1 1000 second used by the document since its first page started printing until its last page cleared the printer 10 15414 Jo...

Page 115: ...Chunk Count field represents the number of collated chunks for this job If the complete document does not fit in memory chunk collation is activated A value of 1 for this field indicates no partial c...

Page 116: ...ck toner 20 The Index Count field represents the number of sheets of paper of a specific type used by the document The actual description of the paper is in the Paper Accounting file 20 3 Job used thr...

Page 117: ...26 plain 27 22 7500 23 10500 24 75 25 white 26 plain 27 22 8268 23 5827 24 75 25 white 26 plain 27 3DSHU FFRXQWLQJ LOH 5HFRUG HVFULSWLRQ The Paper Accounting file has one record for each of the nine...

Page 118: ...0 mils or 11 high 24 The Paper Weight represents the weight per surface square units g m2 24 75 Paper weighs 75 g m2 25 The Color field indicates the color of the paper 25 white Paper is white 26 The...

Page 119: ...e current level of use in the current Job Accounting file 33 74993 The accounting file which is currently receiving data totals 74993 bytes 34 The Maximum Number of Job Files field indicates the maxim...

Page 120: ...led 39 The Job File Full flag indicates whether the Job Accounting file is full 1 File is full Resetaccounting should be performed 0 Job accounting file is not full 39 0 Accounting files are not full...

Page 121: ...o retrieve The ls command is issued from a remote terminal If multiple Job Accounting files are used each of the ACCx JOB files should be copied x is the number of each subsequent Job Accounting file...

Page 122: ...files are used each of the ACCx JOB files should be copied x is the number of each subsequent Job Accounting file d Continue at step 4 3 If your printer has a CrownNet interface follow these steps a...

Page 123: ...nds on many things including computer type computer ports available inter face cabling application software printer emulations and printer driv ers 6LPXOWDQHRXV QWHUIDFH 2SHUDWLRQ 6 2 Simultaneous Int...

Page 124: ...net or other optional interface Most users never have to change from ESP mode to another mode RPPXQLFDWLRQ 0RGHV You can either allow your printer to operate in its default ESP mode or configure its p...

Page 125: ...images have to be converted to dot pattern images on a laser printer Laser printers like printing presses only have the ability to print patterns of dots controlled by turning on and off the laser Be...

Page 126: ...solution and gray levels As the screen frequency increases the number of gray levels decrease If resolution is increased the number of gray levels will also increase gray levels resolution screen freq...

Page 127: ...and graphics and generally improves their print quality Note Smoothing isn t recommended when printing halftones because it may introduce artifacts in the halftone or scanned image 0HPRU Memory allow...

Page 128: ...of spending that income You decide where that money goes according to what s important to you There s no single correct way to manage money but there is one best way for you according to your financia...

Page 129: ...fi cient memory is allocated to a specific client the features it controls may not be accessible FHVV 0HPRU Some printers designate one or two memory clients to receive all the excess or unassigned me...

Page 130: ...ad more quickly than on a hard disk but a RAM disk loses any information stored on it when the printer s power is turned off The spooling buffer is a RAM disk client if a hard disk is not available 6...

Page 131: ...ends the effective size of the printer s memory by using a disk file or swap file to simulate additional memory space It enables the hard disk to accept data swapped from RAM to free tem porarily the...

Page 132: ...tion question is listed after the question 1 How much RAM does your printer have standard and additional memory Total Memory 2 Do you have the option of installing additional memory if it s needed Tot...

Page 133: ...tures you plan to use and which memory clients control features you don t need 0HPRU OLHQWV Memory clients are users of printer memory that are dedicated to a specific purpose Each of the memory clien...

Page 134: ...The default values depend on the amount of physical memory installed in your printer and if you have a hard drive duplexer and or a Multi Res daughterboard The default allocation adjusts the Frame Buf...

Page 135: ...in your environ ment Menu options allow you to specify the largest media size at the resolution you plan to use Memory is then automatically allocated to the clients See the How Much Memory Do You Nee...

Page 136: ...nting needs before reallocating this memory 3RVW6FULSW RQW DFKH Also known as K Mem PS Fonts and Font Cache this memory client stores bitmapped representations of previously scaled PostScript fonts Th...

Page 137: ...large amount of virtual memory or leave objects in the PostScript heap after the print jobs are completed leading to virtual memory errors If not enough memory is allocated to the PS heap the job cann...

Page 138: ...on memory client for each loadable emulation that your printer uses Failure to add memory to this client may prevent the printer from loading and using the emulation You should check the documentation...

Page 139: ...used data in system memory instead of continually storing and retrieving it from a hard disk If a hard disk is used and a lot of disk access is required adding memory to the disk cache may increase t...

Page 140: ...ed amount of memory for the disk cache for a single 1200 MB hard disk is 728 KB and for two 1200 MB hard disks it is 1456 KB These are recommended values The printer will still operate with a smaller...

Page 141: ...stomer Support to find out how to access Q FAX documents Note FAQ numbers may be subject to change so you may want to obtain a directory of Q FAX documents before requesting a specific document 9LUWXD...

Page 142: ...o cover one letter size page If the printer had at least 32 MB of memory the frame buffer would be configured for 15880 KB enough for two letter size pages If the printer had a duplexer and 32 MB or g...

Page 143: ...lation Once the emulation is identified the print job processes without further checking This minimizes any slowdown resulting from the sensing process To help ESP technology determine the proper emul...

Page 144: ...xample you send a PCL print job followed by a PostScript print job and the PCL job prints and is followed by what appears to be program code instead of your PostScript print job You want to print mult...

Page 145: ...administrator or applications development depart ment to have them identify the standard EOD command for your orga nization or to have them select a standard EOD command 6HWWLQJ WKH QG RE 0RGH IRU WKH...

Page 146: ...g system documentation your network administra tor or your QMS vendor for more information 6HWWLQJ WKH QG RE 0RGH YLD WKH RQWURO 3DQHO Use the following procedure to set the end job mode from the prin...

Page 147: ...nable printer configuration IDLE Menu Access the configuration menu CONFIGURATION OPERATOR CONTROL Next Advance to the Administration menu ADMINISTRATION Select Access the Administration menu COMMUNIC...

Page 148: ...ON Select Select the option OPTION IS SELECTED Return to the Parallel or Serial End Job Mode menu PARALLEL or SERIAL END JOB MODE Online Offline Receive prompt asking if you want to save your change S...

Page 149: ...character on your system Note 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...

Page 150: ...rk through a PC and the PC is acting as a print server managing the printing of shared network files then your system administrator must create a job separator and associate it with a print job queue...

Page 151: ...ore efficient operation When byte transfer is complete and there is no more data to transmit the host may do one of the following Terminate and return to the compatibility mode Stay in the Host Busy D...

Page 152: ...not required 1LEEOH 0RGH Printer host communication is done in nibbles four bits one half byte with the low order nibble sent first A transfer of two nibbles is required for each byte of information 3...

Page 153: ...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 the P...

Page 154: ...rint jobs cannot alter this value through PostScript operators Parallel serial Ethernet Token Ring LocalTalk Binary Enables binary communications protocol Print jobs can alter this value through PostS...

Page 155: ...endor for any avail able information on device drivers or binary filter programs 3 RORU QFRGLQJ The term pen in the HP GL emulation refers to a logical pen in other words the current pen position rath...

Page 156: ...ed color then converts the color to a grayscale using the National Television System Committee NTSC standard equation for encoding color This equation converts a given set of CMYK values to grayscale...

Page 157: ...406 XVWRPHU 6XSSRUW Q 7KLV KDSWHU Sources of Support on page A 2 QMS World wide Offices on page A 5...

Page 158: ...ufacturer is the best source of help 4 Q FAX a QMS information retrieval service provides application notes technical support notes on common printing problems and information about printer specificat...

Page 159: ...nse Center CRC for more information about the bulletin board RPSX6HUYH Through CompuServe you ask general non technical questions share information with other users and access printing information and...

Page 160: ...on of the problem The printer model The type of host computer you re using The type and version of operating system you re using The interface you re using and if serial the protocol for example XON X...

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Page 165: ...ntroller Specifications on page B 3 Electrical Requirements on page B 4 Physical Characteristics on page B 5 Print Media on page B 6 Cable Pinouts on page B 9 Printer Options on page B 15 Consumable S...

Page 166: ...ex pages per minute using 11x17 A3 media Note Actual print speed depends on the host application Resolution 300x300 dpi 600x600 dpi duplex printing may require more memory 1200x1200 dpi optional may a...

Page 167: ...PCLe font in 25 symbol sets 35 resident scalable HP PCLe fonts in up to 35 symbol sets 1 resident scalable HP PCLe font in 1 symbol set and 5 resident scalable HP PCLe fonts all of which can automati...

Page 168: ...MB optional fonts in ROM System Software Softloadable stored in Flash ROM Type NEC VR 4300 processor operating at 100 MHz Certifications Energy Star compliant base system Frequency 50 60 Hz 3 Hz Powe...

Page 169: ...10 35 C Transportation Storage 32 95 F 0 35 C Altitude 0 2500 m Dimensions WxDxH 21 46 x 15 08 x 15 87 545 mm x 383 mm x 403 mm Note These are the printer dimensions excluding the multipurpose tray un...

Page 170: ...ets of labels About 10 sheets of letterhead or memo paper About 10 envelopes About 50 postcards About 150 sheets of super B paper Loading Automatic from cassette or multipurpose tray and manual from t...

Page 171: ...D 6HOHFWLRQ Paper Input Plain Recycled Paper Thick Paper Letter Bond Paper TransparencyEnvelope Label Super B Card Stock Multipurpose R R R R R R R R Universal R N N N N N R N Letter A4 R N N N N N R...

Page 172: ...2x9 78 173 46x248 41 L M U C5 6 38x9 02 162 00x229 00 6 04x8 68 153 41x220 47 S M COM 10 4 125x9 50 104 78x241 30 3 78x9 16 96 18x232 85 S M DL 4 33x8 66 110 00x220 00 3 99x8 32 101 43x211 52 S M Enve...

Page 173: ...er 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 10 Acnlg...

Page 174: ...revent noise effectively these cables should be shielded and connected to the chassis of the system unit and printer respectively All interface conditions are based on Transistor Transistor Logic TTL...

Page 175: ...rrect pinouts for the 9 pin male RS 232 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 GND 6 D...

Page 176: ...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 cable are...

Page 177: ...o download printer system software from a Macintosh you must have this type cable Make sure pins 4 and 5 are crisscrossed as shown in this diagram Pin Name Pinout View from Printer Interface 1 2 7 Res...

Page 178: ...nterface DVH 1 The following table provides the pinouts for the 10Base2 BNC Ethernet interface Pin Name Pinout View from Printer Interface 1 Transmit Data 2 Transmit Data 3 Receive Data 4 No Contact 5...

Page 179: ...lection SIMM with 65 fonts Kanji SIMM with 2 Morisawa fonts Kanji internal hard disk with 6 Kanji fonts MICR fonts Forms Printing QMS QFORM printer resident forms printing enabler Hard Disks Internal...

Page 180: ...a list of each QMS approved hard disk its manufacturers and part numbers and the QMS products on which it can be used You can access QMS FAQs through the Internet at http www qms com support supportba...

Page 181: ...with diagonal joints and ordinary gummed flaps They must not contain any fasteners clasps or peel off strips for sealing The material must not melt vaporize offset discolor or emit dangerous fumes at...

Page 182: ...ed susceptibility Fast transients Electromagnetic Emissions EMI DOC Canada Canadian CRC c1374 EU International EN 55022 1987 FCC USA Title 47 CFR Ch 1 Part 15 VCCI Japan VCCI V 3Class 1 ITE Class A di...

Page 183: ...and or accessories alone does not affect either your warranty or any maintenance contract you may have purchased However if QMS printer failure or damage is found to be directly attributable to the u...

Page 184: ...rent present Turn off all power switches first Plastic rubber wood painted metal surfaces and telephones are not accept able grounding points The printer isn t an acceptable grounding point either bec...

Page 185: ...RFXPHQW 2SWLRQ RPPDQGV Q 7KLV SSHQGL Supported QMS DOCs on page C 2...

Page 186: ...QMS Crown Document Option Commands manual for information on how to use each command 6XSSRUWHG 406 2 V HDGHU 7UDLOHU 3DJH RPPDQGV Print copyright statement CopyRight Print document creator Creator Pr...

Page 187: ...ymbol set IncludeFeature symbolset Set carriage return to CR LF IncludeFeature criscrlf Set linefeed to CR LF IncludeFeature lfiscrlf Set number of lines per inch IncludeFeature linesperinch Set point...

Page 188: ...cludeFeature duplex Number up printing IncludeFeature pagegrid Offset logical page IncludeFeature pageoffsets Print borders IncludeFeature border Scale logical page IncludeFeature pagescaling Booklet...

Page 189: ...product Control line wrap IncludeFeature autowrap Specify default paper size IncludeFeature paper_size Control transformation point IncludeFeature paper_size_override Adjust image horizontally Include...

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Page 191: ...7KLV SSHQGL Manual Notice on page D 2 FCC Compliance Statement on page D 2 Canadian Users Notice on page D 3 Laser Safety on page D 3 Power Cord on page D 4 International Notices on page D 4 Colophon...

Page 192: ...operating the equipment or in connection with the perfor mance of the equipment when so operated RPSOLDQFH 6WDWHPHQW This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A d...

Page 193: ...Drucker wenn Sie keine Erfahrungen im Umgang mit elektrischen Bauteilen haben Befolgen Sie die in der QMS Dokumentation beschriebenen Hinweise DQDGLDQ 8VHUV 1RWLFH This digital apparatus does not exc...

Page 194: ...power cord requirements are in effect for the 220v QMS 2060 Print System RORSKRQ This manual was written and formatted in FrameMaker Some illustra tions were created in Adobe Illustrator and translat...

Page 195: ...RQILJXUDWLRQ 0HQX Q 7KLV SSHQGL Configuration menu charts...

Page 196: ...e Installation Menu Operator Control Menu Shows the operator printer configurations Administration Menu Shows the printer administration configurations 0HQX KDUW RQYHQWLRQV The following conventions a...

Page 197: ...RQ RQILJXUDWLRQ 0HQX QVWDOODWLRQ 0HQX Use Operator PWD Admin Password Use Admin PWD Idle Installation Operator Control Administration Operator Passwrd Off or On Off or On Enter password Enter password...

Page 198: ...nistration Installation Copies 001 999 Off On or Tumble Off or On Multipurpose Upper Optional Letter Legal Executive 11x17 A3 A4 A5 B4 B5 Statement Universal COM10 DL Monarch Envelope C5 Postcard On O...

Page 199: ...us Page Type Do Start Page Do Sys Start Do Error Handler Manual Config Enable Disk Swap Image Alignment Default paper Inputbin 1 Name Inputbin 2 Name Inputbin 3 Name Toner Out Act Energy Saver Man Fee...

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Page 201: ...ministration menu 4 5 Disk Operations menu 4 68 Memory menu 5 25 Special Pages menu 4 46 Startup Options menu 4 50 Administration password 4 71 Advanced status page 4 46 Albertus 3 9 Alignment image 4...

Page 202: ...nu 4 5 Menu Chart E 2 Operator Control menu 4 5 Conservation Energy 4 63 Power 4 63 Conserve Toner 4 64 Consumable supplies B 17 Consumables Warranty B 19 Context switching 5 30 Control panel Configur...

Page 203: ...to a file 5 40 Energy Conservation 4 63 Energy Saver menu 4 63 Engine Default Paper 4 60 Letterhead 4 64 Manual Feed Timeout 4 64 Engine menu Energy Saver menu 4 63 Image Alignment menu 4 59 Page Reco...

Page 204: ...storing 4 69 SCSI B 15 Swap file 4 52 Header Inputbin menu 4 48 Header pages 4 47 Document Option Commands C 2 Header Page menu 4 48 Inputbin 4 48 Heap 4 54 5 29 Helvetica 3 8 Horiz Offset menu 4 59 H...

Page 205: ...4 15 4 67 Laser safety D 3 Letter Gothic 3 10 Letterhead 4 64 Lineprinter DOC C 3 Setting parameters 4 43 Lines per inch 5 18 LocalTalk Pinouts cable B 13 LPI 4 32 Macintosh Macintosh to serial cable...

Page 206: ...Frame buffer 5 26 Heap 5 29 Host input 5 31 K Mem Display 5 27 K Mem Emul Tmp 5 30 K Mem for Spool 5 31 K Mem PS Fonts 5 28 K Mem PS Heap 5 29 MB Printer Mem 5 32 PostScript font cache 5 28 PostScrip...

Page 207: ...6 Password Administration 4 71 PC AT See IBM PC PC XT See IBM PC PCL 5e 3 12 DOC C 3 Fonts 3 9 Physical characteristics Dimensions B 5 Physical memory 5 23 Pinouts IBM PC AT B 12 IBM PC XT B 12 Pinout...

Page 208: ...5 22 Read Only Memory 5 21 Reboot system 4 66 Record description 5 5 5 10 Remote Console Configuration printer 4 4 Resident fonts HP PCLe fonts 3 9 3 12 Resolution 5 18 Gray levels 5 18 Memory 4 51 Q...

Page 209: ...u 4 51 Do Start Page menu 4 50 Do Sys Start menu 4 50 Start up page Menu 4 50 Status accounting file 5 2 Record description 5 10 Status page Advanced 4 46 Printing 4 47 Standard 4 46 Type 4 46 Status...

Page 210: ...C Bookman 3 8 ITC Zapf Chancery 3 8 ITC Zapf Dingbats 3 8 Monospacing 3 4 Oblique 3 6 Pitch 3 5 Point size 3 5 Proportional spacing 3 4 Sans serif 3 3 Script 3 3 Serif 3 3 Stroke weight 3 6 Symbol 3 8...