Konica Minolta MAGICOLOR LX User Manual
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QMS magicolor LX
Printe r User’s Guide
1800409-001A
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About This Manua l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Optional Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Other Doc u menta t ion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Typograp hic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Printer Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Color Lase r Tec hnol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
QCOLOR Technol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Multiple Resolut io n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Software Loadable System (SL S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Energy Saver Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
QMS Crown Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Media Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Automatic Jam Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Convenient Co ntr ol Panel Oper ation. . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
PS Executive Series Uti liti es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
PostScript Level 2 Compa tibil ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Resident HP PCL 5C and HP-GL Emul atio n . . . . 1-12
Intel RISC-base d Contro ll er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
39 Resident PostScript Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Printer Option s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Chapter 2 Initial Printer Setup
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Finding a Good Location for You r Printe r. . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Location Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
What’s Included in the Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
QMS Product Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Unpacking the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Installing De velope r an d Toner Cartri dge s . . . . . . . . 2-11
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Removing the Pressure-Release Pi eces . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Installing the Cleani ng Pad and Oil Bottle. . . . . . . . . 2-24
Installing the Wast e Tone r Pac k. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Installing the OPC Belt Car tridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Filling the Paper Casse tte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Starting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Connecting the Power Cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Using the Power Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
The Start-up Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
Installing Optio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
Chapter 3 Connecting the Printer
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
About Macintosh Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Connecting to a Macin tosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Making the Conne ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Printing fro m the Ma c intosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -3
Installing the Printer Ut ilitie s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Installing Lase rW ri ter 8. x
and the magi color LX 4.1 PPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Installing Pri nt er Descri pt ion File s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Testing Ma ci nt osh Communica ti on. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Where to Go Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Connecting to a PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
How to Choose a Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Making the Conne ctio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
PC Printing Softwa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
PS Executive Seri es Pri nte r Utili ty Softwa re . . . . 3-13
Installing a Color PostSc ript Print er Drive r . . . . . 3-13
Installing the Windows 3. 1 Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Printer Description File s (PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Testing Parallel Commu nic at io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Testing Serial Communic at io n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Checking Serial Commu nic atio n Set tings. . . . . . . 3-20
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About the Printer’s Comm un icat ion Modes. . . . . . . . 3-22
Simultaneous Inter face Opera tion (SIO). . . . . . . . 3-23
Emulation Sensing Processin g (ESP) Mode s . . . . 3-23
Chapter 4 Printer Configuration
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Printer Configuration Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Configuration Method Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
The Printer’s Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
The LCD Message Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
The Control Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
The Functi on Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using the Configuration Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Password-protected Menu s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Selecting Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Entering Alphan um eri c Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Saving Configuration Se le ct ions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
The Main Menu Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
The Install ation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Installation/ Ope rator Pa sswrd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Installation/ Use Ope ra tor Pwd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Installation/Adm in Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Installation/ Use Adm i n Pwd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
The Operator Control Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Operator Contr ol/Med ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Operator Contr ol/Cop ie s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Contr ol/Col la tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Control/Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Contr ol/Inp utb in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Control/Chain Inputbi n s. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operator Contr ol/ Col or Se par ation. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operator Contr ol/Col or Mod el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operator Contr ol/ Man ual Fee d Siz e . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
The Administ ra tion Men u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Administ rat ion/Commu nic at io n s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Administ rat ion/Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
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Administ ratio n/Sp ecia l Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Administ ratio n/St ar tup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Administ rat io n/Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Administ rat io n/E ngine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Administ rat ion/Miscell an eous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Administ ratio n/Di sk Ope rat io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
The Optional Features Menu s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Document Option Comma n ds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Header/Trail er Page Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Header/Trail er Infor mati on Comma nds . . . . . . . . 4-56
HP-GL Emulation Features Comman ds . . . . . . . . 4-57
HP-PCL Emulation Fea tures Co mm ands . . . . . . . 4-57
Lineprint er Emula tion Fe ature s Com mands . . . . . 4-57
PostScript Emul ation Feature s Com m and s. . . . . . 4-58
Printer Featu res Co mm and s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Chapter 5 Print Media and Daily Operations
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Refilling the Media Cassette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Manual Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Printing Transpa ren ci es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Printing Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Printing on Letterh ea d or Other Prepri nt ed Media . . . . 5-8
Printing on 3-Hol e or Other Pre-p unc hed Medi a. . . . . 5-8
Printing Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Printing on Thi ck Pape r Stock s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Page Sizes, Imag ea ble Reg ion s and Margi n s. . . . . . . 5-10
Page Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Selecting a nd Storing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Media Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Media Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Collating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Configuri ng the Printe r for Collat io n . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Changing Pri nt Job Reso lut io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Adjusting Pri nt Densi ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Cancelling and Ending Pr int Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Cancelling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
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Sending an End-of-Jo b Indi cato r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Diagnosti c and Spec ial Pa ges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
The Start-up Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
The Status Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
The Sample Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
The Registra tion Pa ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Header and Trailer Page s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Chapter 6 Consumables and Preventative Maintenance
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Storing and Handling Consumabl es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Storing Consumables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Handling Consum able s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Replacing Consum able s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Replac ing a Toner C artridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Replac ing a De v elo per Cartri dge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Replacing the OPC Belt Car tri dge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Replacing the Cleani ng Pad and Oil Bot tle. . . . . . 6-12
Replacing the W ast e Tone r Pac k. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Moving the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Removing the Fuser Unit and Oil Bottl e. . . . . . . . 6-19
Removing and Replacing
Pressure-Re lease Pieces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Preventati ve Ma int enance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
General Tips for Extending Printer Life . . . . . . . . 6-26
Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Cleaning the Charge r Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Cleaning the Pre- Cha rge r Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Cleaning Reg ist er and Transfer Rollers . . . . . . . . 6-34
Cleaning the Paper E xit Rol le rs and Plates. . . . . . 6-37
Cleaning the Pape r-Fe ed Roller
and the Manual-Feed Be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
Cleaning the Exte rio r of Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . 6-41
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Chapter 7 Optimizing Color Output
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
QCOLOR Autom atic Colo r Cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Enabling QCOLOR for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Enabling QCOLOR for the Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Fine-Tuning Colo r Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Printer Default Ha lftone Set tings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Dithe r Pat tern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Gamma Corre ct ion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Printer-Resident Color Rende ri ng Dic tionaries . . 7-10
Color Manag emen t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Device Calibra tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Color Matchin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Methods of Col or Match ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Color Matchin g wit h a CMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Color Matchin g with PostSc ri pt Level 2. . . . . . . . 7-14
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PANTONE
* Color Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
The Resident PostScript Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
The Resident HP PCL Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Chapter 8 Printer Options
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
The Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Installing the Sheet Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Using the Envelope Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Font and Emulation Card s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Using Font and Emulation Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Security Card s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Using a Security Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Removing the Control le r Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Replacing the Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Single In-Line Memo ry Modules (SIMMs) . . . . . . . 8-22
* Pantone, Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color and color reproduction materials.
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Installing a Netwo rk Inter face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Using an Optional Network In terfa ce . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Centroni cs to Datapro ducts Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Internal Hard Di sk Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
Using External Hard Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
Identify ing External Hard Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Formatting an External Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Installing a n Opti ona l Card Font or Emulation. . . 8-47
Removing an Optio nal Car d Font or Emul atio n . 8-48
Formatting the Internal Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Installing Print Syste m Softwa re and Font s. . . . . . . . 8-51
Chapter 9 Troubleshooting
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Responding to Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Service Call Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Clearing Medi a Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Clearing Misfe ed Jam s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Clearin g Inner Jam s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Clearing Oute r Jam s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
If the Media Jam Message St ays On. . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Jam Recov ery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Preventing Med ia Jam s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Preventi ng Enve lop e Jam s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Internal Hard Disk Proble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Miscellaneous Prob lems: A Quick Che ck . . . . . . . . . 9-20
IBM PC and Compati ble Com pu ter Che ckl ist . . . 9-22
Apple Macinto sh Che cklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Mechanical Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Control Panel Select io ns Don’t Take Eff ect. . . . . 9-24
Data LED Stays Li t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
No Start-up Pa ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Printer Reset s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Printer Lock s Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Blank Page s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Not All Pages Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
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Print Quality Probl em s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Generally Poor Print Qual ity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Specific Print Quality Problem s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Placing a Service Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Appendix A QMS Customer Support
QMS Customer Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
QMS National Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
QMS World-wide Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Appendix B Technical Specifications
Print Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Internal Hard Di sk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Environm e nta l Re qui re me nt s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Media Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Consumables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
SIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Warrant y Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
How Consumables Affect Your Warranty . . . . . . . B-9
How Electrostat ic Disch arg e
Affects Your War ran ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Cable Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
LocalTalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Macintosh to Serial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Serial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
IBM PC/XT, PC/AT ,
and Compa ti ble Computer s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
Centroni cs Par alle l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Notes to the Centronics Parall el
Cable Pinouts Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
1284 Parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15
Dataprodu cts Para llel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16
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Appendix C Notices
FCC Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Canadian Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Vfg 1046/1984 Conform it y State ment . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Bescheinigung des Herstel lers/I mp ort eur s . . . . . . . C-2
Declara tion of Ma nufacturer/ Im porter . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Electroni cs Em issi on s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Laser Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Proprietary Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Manual Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Colophon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Appendix D Additional Technical In form ation
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
How Your Printer Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Memory Mana ge me nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
The Memory Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Frame Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
PostScript Heap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
Spool Buffers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
PostScript Font Cach e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Temporary Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
Display List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
Disk Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
MB Printer Mem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9
System Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9
Hard Disk Managem ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9
Spooling Overflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-10
PS Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-10
PS Protocol Menu for
Optional Network Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-12
Advantages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-13
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Glossary
Index
Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-13
Updated DOCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14
PCL 5 Emulation Terminolo gy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14
Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14
Font Index Num be r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15
Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15
Resource. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-16
Updated PCL 5 DOCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-17
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Introduction
Chapter highlights:
■ About the documentation
■ About your printer
Chapter 1
Introduction
This chapter provides a brief overview of the printer, an
explanatio n of the printer documentation, and an explanation of the
printer’s main features and benefits.
Chapter 1
REMOTE
SWITCH
Fig. 1.1 The QMS magicolor LX
The magicolor LX produ ces 300 or 600 dpi color or mono ch rome
prints, using advanced color laser technology combined with the
QMS Crown mul titasking print er operating system. The magicolo r
LX prints in color at a rate of 3 to 6 pages per minute, and in
monochrome at 12 pages per minute. It prints on plain or laser paper
and on transparencies, envelopes, labels, and thick stock, and
supports l etter, legal, executi ve, and A4 media sizes. It also features
an Energy Saver mode for reduced power consumption when not
printing. The printer ships with either 12 or 24 MB of RAM. See
“Printer Features,” later in this chapter, for a detailed list of your
printer’s capabilities.
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About This Manual
This User’s Guide is organized in three parts, Installati on (chapters
1 through 3), Operation (chapters 4 through 6), and Reference (the
rest of the manual). A tab for each of these sections was included
with your manual: insert them at the beginning of the appropriate
chapters to make it easier to navigate the manual.
Installation
■ Chapter 1: Introduction
Gives an overview of the printer documentation and the
printer’s major features; it also discusses the QMS Crown
operating system and l aser prin ting.
■ Chapter 2: Initial Printer Set up
Directs you in unpacking and install ing the print er.
■ Chapter 3: Connecting the Printer
Discusses Simultaneous Interface Operation (SIO) and
Emulation Sensing Processor (ESP) mode, and explains
how to connect the pri nter to a host through the Local Talk,
parallel, or serial port.
Operation
■ Chapter 4: Printer Configuratio n
Describes control panel components and functions and
tells how to use the Configuration menu to configure the
printer to your printing requirements.
■ Chapter 5: Print Media and Daily Operations
Discusses print media sizes, loading, handling, and
storage. It also covers operations such as printing
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envelopes, transparencies, thick stock, and labels,
adjusting print density, and canceling or ending print jobs.
■ Chapter 6: Consumables and Preventative Mai ntenance
Guides you through hand ling and replaci ng consum ab les,
such as the toner, developer, cleanin g pad, oil bo ttle, OPC
belt cartridge, and waste toner pack. It also covers moving
and preventative maintenance for the printer.
Reference
■ Chapter 7: Optimizing Co lor Out put
Chapter 1
Discusses Q
COLOR, the QMS automatic color control
technology, explains how to fine-tune color options,
discusses color match ing, and lists the pri nter’s typefaces.
■ Chapter 8: Printer Options
Describes installing and using optional printer hardware,
such as font, emulation, and security cards; memory
upgrades (SIMMs); hard disks; and network interface
cards. Also explains how to upgrade the syst em so ftwa re.
■ Chapter 9: Troubleshooting
Explains how to clear jams and interpret status messages;
outlines po ssible print quali ty problem s and solutio ns; and
explains how to place a service call.
■ Appendix A: QMS Customer Support
Lists sources of help and information .
■ Appendix B: Technical Specifications
Provides technical specifications for the printer and lists
available supplies and replacement parts. This appendix
also gives the recomm ended pin outs for LocalTalk, serial,
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Optional Documentation
The following optional manuals are available from your QMS
vendor:
IBM PC/XT, IBM PC/AT, and parallel (Centronics and
Dataproducts) cables.
■ Appendix C: Notices
Presents legal, safety, and other notices.
■ Appendix D: Additional Technical Information
Provides information on how your printer works, and on
customizing the print er’s memory all o catio n.
■ Glossary
Explains many of the terms used in the document ati on.
■ QMS Crown Document Opti on Comm ands
This document lists and explains Document Option
Commands (DOCs). You insert these commands into
documents or separator files t o en able j ob-sp ecific pri nter
features (or special features that your application or page
description language can’t access). In most cases, only
advanced network users and system administrators need
this information.
■ QMS Crown Network Notes
These notes provide tips for getting the best performance
from your printer if it’s connected t o a network through the
parallel or serial port. In most cases, only advanced
network users and system administrators need this
information. This manual is contained on a disk. The
README file on the disk explains how to access the
manual.
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■ HP PCL 5 Emulation T echnical R eference
This document covers the HP PCL 5 emulation. In most
cases, only advanced PCL 5 users and system
administrators need this information.
■ QMS Crown Technical Reference
This document provides advanced technical information,
including information on communication protocols,
HP-GL emulation, HP PCL emulation, CCITT, and
PostScript emulation. In most cases, only advanced users
and system administrators need this information. This
manual is contained on a disk. The README file on the
disk explains how to access the manual.
Other Documentation
Other sources of informatio n you may find help ful are
■ HP PCL 5C Technical Support Notes
Chapter 1
These notes cover the HP PCL 5C color commands. They
are available free through CompuServe, the QMS bulleti n
board, and Q-FAX. Appendix A, “QMS Customer
Support,” of this document explains how to use these
services.
■ Printer Option Documentation
If you purchased a printer option (for example, a direct
network interface card), you may have received separate
documentation for it. Check chapter 8, “Printer Options,”
of this manual for additional option information.
■ Electronic Informati on
CompuServe, th e In ternet, ou r bul letin b oa rd, and Q-F AX
are all sources of information from QMS. Appendix A,
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Don’t forget that the documentation for yo ur application, operating
system, and net work probably contains useful p rinting information.
Typographic Conventions
Mixed-Case
Courier
“QMS Customer Su pport,” of this manual explains how to
use these sources.
Text you type, and messages and information
displaye d on th e co mp uter monitor
Mixed-Case
Italic
Courier
UPPERCASE
COURIER
lowercase bold PostScript operators
lowercase italic Variable information in text and PostSc ript variables
UPPERCASE File and ut il it y nam e s
↵ Press the Enter key (PC) or Return key (Macintosh)
^X Press and hold down the Ctr l key (PC) while you type
Variable text you type; replace the italicized word(s)
with infor mation specif ic to your pr inter or workst ation
Informatio n disp layed in the print er messa ge windo w
the following letter.
NOTE: Notes contain tips, extra information, or important
information that deserves emphasis or reiteration.
CAUTION: Cautions present information that you need to know
to avoid equipment damage or extreme annoyance.
WARNING!
Warnings indicate the possibility of personal injury if a procedure is not performed exactly as described in the
manual.
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ACHTUNG!
beschriebene Vorgehensweise, da sonst Verletzungsgefahr
bestehen könnte.
Bitte halten Sie sich exakt an die im Handbuch
Printer Features
The following overview acquaints you with the printer’s major
features and their benefits. Consult the table of contents or index
(blue pages) of this manual to find more information on the
features.
Color Laser Technology
The magicolor LX laser printer features advanced color-laser
technology that allows it to produce inexpensive, durable, 300 or
600 dpi prints on plain paper or transparencies, at 3 to 6 color pages
and 12 monochrome pages per minute.
QCOLOR Technology
The magicolor LX laser printer features QCOLOR, a
QMS-developed technology for automatically optimizing color
printing, for Windows and Macintosh applicati ons. When enabled,
Q
COLOR configures the magicolor LX for the best output quality
based on the contents of the document (for exampl e, text , line art,
presentation graphics, phot ographs , or scans).
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The magicolor LX print er also support s d evice-independent color,
either directly or through a color management system, such as
Apple’s ColorSync and Pantone’s POCE. This printer also
supports the PANTONE
model for color reproduction in graphic arts and publ ishing, to help
you see the most accurate PANTONE Color simulations for
proofing. Chapter 7, “Optimizing Color Output,” contains more
information on QMS Automatic Color Control and color
management systems.
Multiple Resolutions
If you purchased a printer with 12 MB RAM, you can print color
or monochrome documents in 300 dpi or monochrome document s
in 600 dpi. You can print col or and monochrome documents in 600
dpi if you install addit ional RAM in the pri nter. The magicolor LX
ships with either 12 or 24 MB of RAM. See appendix B, “Technical
Specifications,” for specific information on RAM requirements
and color resolution.
®
* MATCHING SYSTEM, the standard
Software Loadable System (SLS)
Your printer has a software loadable system, SLS, which allows
you to replace or upgrade its system software from a host. Future
enhancements to the system softw are can be easily installed as they
become available from QMS.
* Pantone, Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color and color reproduction materials.
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Energy Saver Mode
The magicolor LX printer’s Energy Saver option allows it to
automatically enter a lower-power state after no print jobs have
been received for a certain length of ti me (which you define). The
Energy Star version of the magicolor LX printer (look for an
Energy Star label on the back of
the printer) is compliant with
US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Energy Star
regulations. The EPA Energy
Star Computers program
promotes the use of
energy-efficient personal computers, monitors, and printers and the
reduction of air pollution caused by power generation. See
“Administration/Engine/Energy Saver ” in chapter 4, “Printer
Configuration ,” for information on Energy Saver options.
NOTE: The addition of some optional interfaces, in some
combinations, may cause the product to become
non-Energy Star compliant.
QMS Crown Operating System
Your printer features the QMS Crown multitasking printer
operating system. Some of it s features are
■ Multitasking
The printer receives, compiles, processes, and prints
simultaneously, so jobs are printed more quickly and the
host is free sooner.
■ Simultaneous Interface Operation
All interface s are active at the same time, buffering and
processing data until p ages can be printed, whi ch increases
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throughput. (Each input buffer can be expanded with
optional mem ory. )
■ Emulation Sensing Processor Technolo gy
When in ESP mode (selectable through PS Executive
Series Utilities or the control panel), the printer analyzes
incoming data and selects the appropriate pri nter language
from those available, so users don’t have to set switches or
send commands to use different printer emulations. ESP
mode works with most popular commercially available
applications.
■ Context Swit ch ing
After initial use, the state of an emul ation and downloaded
data (fonts, macros, overlays) is preserved for as long as
the printer power is on, so repetitive downloading is
unnecessary.
■ Compile-ahead Processing
Pages are compiled into intermediate, compressed blocks
of data that can be imm ediately and more easi ly rasterized
or more efficiently stored for concurrent compiling,
rasterizing, and printing. This allows the printer to
maintain full print speed under maximum job activity.
■ User-configurable Input Buffers
Printer memory can be configured to enable the most
efficient spoo ling for a particul ar environm ent. Chapter 4,
“Printer Configuration,” contains more information on
printer memory.
■ Spooling Overflow
Data is spooled transparently to the internal hard disk, so
input buffers aren’t limited to RAM capacity.
■ Compressed Data Format
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Data is compressed so that ent ire document s can be stored
in the printer, allowing us ers to take advantage of advanced
document handling features such as jam recovery without
resendin g files.
Media Flexibility
With this printer, you can print on plain paper,laser paper,
transparencies, labels, envelopes, and thick stock in letter, A4,
executive, and legal sizes. Plain paper, economical and widely
available, is the ideal choice when adding spot color to reports,
newsletters, and other documents. Laser paper, such as
Hammermill’s Laser Print , allows the richest col or output and most
consistent coverage (especially for large areas) for the highest
quality document s or prepress proofs. See chapt er 5, “Print Med ia
and Daily Operations,” for detail ed information on different media
types.
Automatic Jam Recovery
The printer has jam recovery, so that after a jam is removed, the
printer automatically reprint s the jamm ed page(s) and fini shes th e
job.
Convenient Control Panel Operation
The keypad and message window on the control panel allow e asy
access to the Configuration menu, through which you can change
printer defaults to suit your needs. The message window and the
LEDs indicate printer status. Messages can be displayed in Engli sh,
French, Spanish, or German. An optional security card allows
access through the printer control panel to be password protected,
so that only users who know the password can change printer
configuration.
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PS Executive Series Utilities
Once you install this software on your ho st, use its menus to access
printer features, such as printer naming and font and emulation
downloading. PS Exec also contains sample files that illustrate
some of your printer’s capabilities. The PS Exec software is
accompanied by Macintosh screen fonts and a P C screen printing
utility. You can also load new system software through PS Exec.
A README file explains how to install PS Executive Series
Utilities, and its onli ne help expl ains how to use the utili ti es.
PostScript Level 2 Compatibility
The printer’s Level 2 emulation is fully compatible with Adobe’s
PostScript Level 2 page description language, whose features
include devic e-independent color, i mproved memory and resource
management, data compressio n/decompressi on filters, and pattern
and form caching. Full support (selectable through PS Executive
Series Utilities or the control panel) for Po stScript Level 1 files is
also included in this print er.
Resident HP PCL 5C and HP-GL Emulation
Your printer emulates the HP PaintJet XL300 PCL 5C printer. This
emulation supports the complete set of color commands in the
XL300, 13 outline typefaces, and 7 PCL Courier and Lineprinter
bitmap fonts (see “The Resident HP PCL Fonts” in chapter 7,
“Optimizing Color Output,” for a font list). It also supports
HP-GL/2 vector graphics. This printer also emulates the followin g
HP-GL plotters: 7550A, 7470A, 7475A, an d ColorP ro .
Intel RISC-based Controller
A 33 MHz Intel 80960CF RISC microprocessor boosts processing
speed.
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39 Resident PostScript Fonts
Your printer comes with 39 licensed PostScript fonts. All these
fonts have multilingual character sets. See “The Resident
PostScript Fonts” in chapter 7, “Optimizing Color Output,” for a
list.
Printer Options
■ Full-color 600 dpi print ing in all supported page sizes
If you upgrade to 28 MB RAM or more, you can print
four-color documents in all supported page sizes in 600
dpi. See appendix B, “Technical Specifications,” for
specific information on RAM requirements and color
resolution.
■ User-upgradable RAM (Random Access Memory)
The resident RAM is user-upgradable to as much as 64
MB, which allows your printer’s capacities to grow with
your needs. Additi onal RAM expands p rinting capabili ties
and can improve system performan ce.
■ Font and Emulati on Cards
Fonts and printer em ulations are contained on sm all printer
circuit boards called cards, which can be plugged into slots
on the front of the printer. Contact your QMS vendor for
a complete list of available cards.
■ Direct Network Interface for Ethernet or Token-Ring
A direct network interface is available for DECnet,
EtherTalk, LAN Manager/LAN Server, Novell NetWare,
TCP/IP, and EtherTalk on Ethernet networks, as well as
LAN Manager/LAN Server, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP
on Token-Ring networks.
■ Hard disk expandability
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Your printer comes standard with an upgradable 80 MB
internal hard disk. Als o, through th e resident 25-pin S CS I
connector port, the printer’s capabilities can be expanded
with up to six external hard disks. A hard disk provides
storage for a cache of character bitmaps, downloaded
outline fonts , and other files.
■ 250-sheet Optional Sheet Feeder
The cassette in the opt ional sh eet feeder can hold up to 250
sheets, which allows you to spend less time refilling
cassettes and to use different types of media more
conveniently (for example, you could load transparencies
in the standard cassette and plain paper in the
sheet-feeder’s cassette.)
■ Envelope Cassette
You can purchase an envelope cassette from your QMS
vendor. This cassette holds up to 30 DL or Com 10
envelopes and fits in the standard or optional
media-cassette slot.
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