HP E3000 User Manual

Chapter 4
Peripherals and Accessories

Subchapter 4.10—Printers

Description

Three categories of printers are supported directly connected to HP e3000 Series 900 systems.

• Character printers tend to be less expensive yet versatile in capabilities, including the handling of multi-part
forms.

• Line printers offer much of the same versatility and provide the lowest cost of operation and a highly
reliable technology for larger volumes of printing. Some impact printers are as quiet as the HP LaserJet 4Si
printer is, so they are suited to operate in office environments.

• Laser printers are quieter in the office environment and offer crisp, letter-quality output in a range of print
speeds. High-speed page printers are most efficient for centralized production jobs, such as billing,
invoicing, or mass customer communications.

Table 4.10.1 summaries various printers supported on the HP e3000 Series systems

Table 4.10.1 Types of Printers Available for e3000 900 Series Systems

Printer Type Print Speed Noise Level (dBA) Print Quality
Dot-Matrix Impact Serial 40–480 characters per second 56–63 Near letter quality
Line Impact 300–1600 lines per minute 48–64 Near letter quality
Laser 8–210 pages per month 50 Letter quality

HP LineJet Printer

The HP LineJet Printers (line impact printers) combine versatility at reasonable cost with good print speed.
Versatility can include graphics image and bar code printing and the ability to trade speed for better print
quality. Good print speed means that a line impact printer can be used as the only printer on a system with
modest-to-average printing requirements.

The HP LineJet printers combine print speed, flexibility, lowest print cost for volume range and great
reliability even for heavy duty cycles and burst throughputs (unattended operation). Flexibility includes
resolution form sparse to NLQ, raster and industrial graphics as well as electronic forms creation ability
(requires the HP QMS or PGL graphics upgrade kit), multiple-part forms (up to 6 parts), noise ranges starting
from 50 dBA, barcodes, postnet, and many font sizes and languages.

There are HP LineJet printers for office and for harsh environments. LineJet printers provide a wide range of
connectivity from serial, parallel, and LAN interface via the LineJet Printer Manager or HP JetDirect EX.
LineJet printers are ideal for data processing centers, accounting, checks, invoices, reports, distribution,
circulation or where bar codes and automated identification process is needed.

With full-featured SAP R/3 system device types now available, the HP LineJet printers integrate directly with
SAP applications. Reports, forms and bar code labels can be created in SAP R/3’s applications and be printed
on the LineJet printers without the need for additional printing middleware.

Targeted at the enterprise computing marketing, HP’s LineJet printers provide high speed, reliable printing,
especially for large, business critical print environments. The HP LineJet printers are for any application
where good print quality and very low printing cost is required.

4.10.2 HP LineJet Printer Family

Printer Model Product Number Performance (lpm) Monthly Duty Cycle Rating Quietized Available Field Upgrades
500P C3201D* 500 130,000 pages No QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics
500Q C3202D* 500 130,000 pages Yes QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics
1000Q C3204D* 1000 205,000 pages Yes QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics
1500Q C3205D* 1500 375,000 pages Yes QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics
1500Q w/power stacker C5640D* 1500 375,000 pages Yes QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics

* Discontinued product, listed for reference purpose only.

(formerly the LP Series Printer family)

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4.10.3 Specifications (applies to all members of the LineJet and LP Series families)

Connectivity Parallel, Serial (RS-232 or RS-422 at 4.8 KB to 38.4 KB), Network via HP LineJet Printer manager

or HP JetDirect EX)

Number of character sets included 27
Number of symbol sets included 7
Number of bar code fonts included 10
Printer emulations and languages included
Optional printer languages QMS (Code V-II)*, Printronix Graphics Language, PGL Graphics
Control panel languages English, Spanish, Italian, French, German
Multi-part forms Up to 6 parts with carbons, up to 4 parts with carbonless
* QMS graphics provides HP Label Card II Compatibility

HP PCL Level 2, Epson FX-1050, Printronix P-Series, Proprinter XL III

Laser Printers

Laser printers combine excellent print quality with print speed—faster than the fastest, dot-matrix serial
printers at higher cost. Laser printers are recommended for systems with average printing workload in which
high print quality is important.

HP 5000 Fanfold Printers

HP 5000 printers are supported on HP e3000 900 Series systems through a dedicated SCSI (small computer
system interface) interface channel. The CIO SCSI Host Adapter Card (27251A) and HP-PB SCSI Host Adapter
Card (28642A) are industry-standard local I/O busses that allow computer connections to certain peripherals.
They support the SCSI common command and message set, as well as asynchronous and synchronous data
transfers.

Requirements:

• MPE/iX 4.0 or later

• CIO SCSI Host Adapter Card (27251A) or HP-PB SCSI Host Adapter Card (28642A)

• Fiber-optic SCSI extender (28643A) with one distance option (AFB or AFD)

• One additional SCSI cable from extender to printer

Configuration Limitations:

• Only one HP 5000 printer per SCSI channel

• Up to four HP 5000 printers per system, depending on slot availability

• The SCSI Host Adapter Card includes 2 meter cable

• The SCSI channel has to be configured at address 7 (factory standard)

• Configuring without the SCSI extender will not meet most customer’s distance requirements

Fiber-optic SCSI Extender Support

The extender overcomes the SCSI distance limitation. By delivering up to 100 meters, the HP 28643A provides
the flexibility to place the HP 5000 printers in locations more convenient to and efficient for users. The
extender comes in two lengths, 50 meters and 100 meters, and provides industry-standard SCSI compatibility.

HP 28643A includes two extender assemblies, two 19-inch rackmounting brackets, one install/reference
manual, and one loopback test connector. Option AFB provides 50 meters distance, option AFD provides 100
meters. Additional SCSI cabling must be ordered to attach from the remote extender to the printer. The
products are:

• 92222A—.5 meter male-male

• 92222B—1 meter male-male

• 92222C—2 meter male-male

• 92222D—1 meter female-male

For distances greater than 100 meters, the HP Router can be used to extended LAN networking.

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