IBM 130 Plus User Manual

A single integrated system to power personalization
of statement and marketing collateral printing.

IBM Infoprint Color 130 Plus
Full Color Digital Printer

Highlights

State-of-the-art Advanced
Function Presentation (AFP)
system designed for complex,
variable content full-color printing

Production workflow is automated,
eliminating operator involvement
in the ripping process

System can automatically be
restarted on the last page printed
— no need to re-run the whole job

AFP manages every object on
a page from the output server
to print completion, helping to
ensure data integrity

Up to 138 full-color impressions
per minute with 300 lpi screening
for superior print quality

Groundbreaking technology

The IBM
powers personalized communications
with groundbreaking technology that
provides the ability to print fully variable
content pages at very high print speeds
and excellent print quality. Support for
variable data allows each copy of the
print run to be made unique with
individualized images and data. This
Advanced Function Presentation
system uses Infoprint Manager for AIX
or Print Services Facility™ (PSF™) for S/390
to manage printing on the Infoprint Color
130 Plus. These technologies can help
lower the cost of operation and provide
the user with the control, power, and
flexibility required by the e-business world.

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Infoprint® Color 130 Plus

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(AFP™)

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The way you’ve always wanted
a printer to work

Advanced Function Presentation
provides features that can help lower
operation costs, ensure data integrity,
and simply cause the printer to behave
like you’ve always thought printers
should. For example, AFP allows the
production workflow to be automated.
Traditional color printing systems require
operators to manage image objects and
the ripping process. The Infoprint Color

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130 Plus system manages the caching
of image objects and the entire ripping
process. Operators do not need to
manage RIP servers or track each job
from rip pin g through prin ting.

Prints applications utilizing AFP,
Adobe PostScript 3 and PDF 1.3

New printer controller incorporates
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BM RISC hardware with RIP
control software to maximize
multiprocessing power

Fully automated density and
registration system for more
efficient operation and consistent
print quality

Response rates can increase dramatically with variable
data pictures, product offerings and text messages that
are unique to a specific customer.

IBM patented technology enables powerful RIP
and print performance, delivering highly complex,
fully variable content at high speeds.

Efficiency in printing
variable content

When every page is unique, automatic
page level recovery increases printing
efficiency. If an error occurs in the middle
of a job, AFP page level control allows the
job to be continued, starting from the
page where the error occurred rather
than re-running the job. If a failure occurs
on page 4,999 of a 10,000 page job, the
job can be restarted or redirected to
another Infoprint Color 130 Plus. In either
case, because page level error recovery
is automated, printing will start on page
4,999 automatically under system control.
Page level error recovery, when compared
to systems that provide job level recovery,
can significantly reduce production costs
associated with waste from lost pages
and labor required to re-create print jobs.

Data integrity for variable content

For variable content jobs it is crucial that
the right data — images, text, fonts, colors
— are printed on the right page. AFP
provides management of the content so
that you know, for example, that each
customer’s statement printed with the
right information on it. Because AFP
manages every object from the output

server through the printer, job tickets
cannot be mixed accidentally.

Leveraging your investment in
PostScript graphics

The Infoprint Color 130 Plus, in
combination with IBM’s AFP architecture
and enhancements to IBM’s Infoprint
Manager and PSF/MVS

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sof twa re, a llow s
you to turn your data into 1:1 marketing
tools with graphic arts quality. Variable

data objects created from graphic arts
and design applications, including
QuarkXPress
PageMaker

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, Adobe® InDesign™ and

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can be used in AFP color
applications. The Infoprint Color 130 Plus
has the ability to print full-color applications
that use EPS (Encapsulated PostScript),
TIFF, GIF, and JPEG input as resources for
variable data documents.

Support for a broad range
of applications

With Infoprint Manager for AIX included in
the solution, Infoprint Color 130 Plus can
print full-color applications generated in
Adobe PostScript

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Level 3™ and PDF 1.3.
All the benefits of AFP’s job management
and page level error recovery capabilities
are available for full-color PostScript high­volume production applications.

The Infoprint Color 130 Plus combines the data integrity and resource
management capabilities of AFP with the graphics strength of PostScript.

High-throughput,
personalized printing

At the heart of the Infoprint Color 130 Plus
solution is the Advanced Function
Common Control Unit

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(AF CCU™), which
sup por ts a broade r ra nge of varia ble
content applications on a single system at
speeds up to 30 percent faster than our
previous offering. Cutting edge technology,
the AFCCU printer controller incorporates
IBM’s latest RISC technology. The controller

utilizes four 450 MHz processors, with 4 GB
of high-speed memory, and 72 GB of
high-speed storage. RIP control software
utilizes page parallel processing to
distribute the RIP workload across the
AFCCU’s multiple processors. The system
manages the raster image processing and
caching of objects for superior color
system performance.

Excellent print quality

The new Infoprint Color Screen technology
developed by IBM for the Infoprint Color

130 Plus provides classic screening at
600 dpi with up to 300 lpi screen resolution
on fully variable pages. A screening
algorithm developed by IBM Research is
implemented on the new color interface
card for superior performance. High­quality, continuous-tone image processing
is maintained while producing high-speed
RIP-and-print throughput.

The print registration and toner density
control system of the Infoprint Color 130
Plus can help produce consistent print

quality by automatically measuring every
page or a set number of pages. The
system can dynamically adjust registration
and density without operator intervention.

New toner version 3 delivers better print
quality, light fastness and improved
process stability. Operation costs can
also be lowered since the developer mix
can last twice as long as toner version 2.

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The following terms are trademarks or registered
trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries: Advanced Function Common
Control Unit, Advanced Function Presentation,
AFCCU, AFP, AIX, IBM, Infoprint, Intelligent Printer
Data Stream, IPDS, MVS, Print Services Facility, PSF,
RISC and S/390.

Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Adobe, InDesign, PageMaker, PostScript and
PostScript 3 are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Other company, product and service names may be
trademarks or service marks of others.

IBM hardware is manufactured from new parts, or new
and used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply.

This equipment is subject to FCC rules. It will comply
with the appropriate FCC rules before final delivery to
the buyer.

References in this publication to IBM products
or services do not imply that IBM intends to make
them available outside the United States.

IBM Infoprint Color 130 Plus Full Color Digital Printer at a glance

Print Speed Up to 138 letter size ipm with paper stock <170 gsm bond
(impressions per minute) Up to 105 letter size ipm with paper stock > 170 gsm bond

Linear paper speed of 6.3 in./sec. (16.0 cm/sec.)
with paper stock < 170 gsm bond
Linear paper speed of 4.8 in./sec. (12.25 cm/sec.)
with paper stock > 170 gsm bond

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Usage

AFCCU III Print Controller RIP processing

Paper Characteristics Web-fed roll input:

Object Caching Encapsulated PostScript, Single-Page PDF, Infoprint Color Image

Image Print Quality Image Bit Depth: 4 bits per spot

Print Image Area Maximum width:18.7" (475 mm); 17.5" (445 mm) with auto density control

System Attachments Parallel Channel (RPQ),Gigabit Ethernet, ESCON, FICON

Data Stream Support AFP/IPDS (Requires separately priced PSF/MVS or Infoprint Manager)

Color Management ICC Color Profiles, PostScript Files/SWOP and Euroscale

Physical Characteristics Height Width Depth Weight
Component inch (mm) inch (mm) inch (mm) lb. (kg)

Paper Supply 48 (1,200) 39 (980) 40 (1,004) 627 (285)
Print Tower 90 (2,280) 64 (1,620) 70 (1,760) 2,475 (1,125)
Output Jogger 23 (590) 39 (985) 24 (610) 99 (45)
Operator Console 30 (750) 71 (1,800) 39 (1,000) 423 (193)
Console Computer 19 (483) 8 (200) 21 (530) 45 (20)
Monitor 21 (530) 20 (508) 19 (483) 69 (31)
Cooling Unit 20 (508) 19 (483) 46 (1,160) 218 (99)
AFCCU 24 (610) 19 (483) 28.7 (728) 209 (95)

Options Parallel Channel (RPQ), Gigabit Ethernet, ESCON, FICON

Power Requirements 208-240V, 3 phase, 60 Hz, 50 amp

Environmental Conditions Optimal temperature and humidity ranges:

Supplies Toner version 3

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This figure represents a maximum monthly printing rate. IBM does not recommend printing this monthly maximum on a consistent basis.

Maximum 700,000 impressions per month

— RISC Multiprocessors: 4 way — Processor Speed: 450 MHz
— High Speed Memory: 4 GB — SSA DASD: 72 GB
— System Memory Bandwidth: 2 GB per second x 3 buses for a total

of 6 GB per second

— 60 gsm to 250 gsm
— 19.7" to 20" (500 to 508 mm) width
— Coated or uncoated media
— See IBM Infoprint Color Print Media Guide

Output stacker/jogger:

— Variable length, cut-sheet delivery
— Output lengths from 6" (150 mm) to 39.37" (1,000 mm)

Line Screening: Classic screening at 212 lines per inch for CMY and
300 lines per inch for K

PostScript Le vel 3 (Requires separately priced Infoprint Manager for AIX)
PDF 1.3 (Requires separately priced Infoprint Manager for AIX)

380-415V, 3 phase, 50 Hz, 40 amp
Power Consumption: 18.5 kVA

Humidity: 27% to 62% RH at 68°F to 28% to 53% RH at 77°F
Temperature: 68°F (20°C) to 77°F (25°C)

Acceptable temperature and humidity ranges:

Humidity: 15% to 65% RH at 59°F to 25% to 50% RH at 77°F
Temperature: 59°F (15°C) to 86°F (30°C)
Acoustics: 71 dB A/ 7.1 b els

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