KONICA MINOLTA QMS 1060 Reference Guide

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The digitally encoded software included w ith your QMS 106 0 Print System is Copyrighted © 1995 by QM S, Inc. All Rights R eserved. This software may not be reproduced, modified, d isplay ed, tr ans ferred, or cop ied in any form or in any manner or on any media, in whole or in par t, without the express written permiss ion of QMS, Inc.

36618. All Rights Reserve d. This manual m ay not be copie d in whole or in pa rt, nor transferred to any other me dia or language, w ithout the express written permiss ion of QMS, Inc.

1 Introduction

Introduction .................................................................................. 1-2

About This Manual .......................................................................1-2

Typographic Conventions 1-4

2 Print Media

Introduction .................................................................................. 2-2

Media Sizes and Imageable Areas ..............................................2-2

Med i a T y p e s and Weigh t s ........... . ............................................... 2-4

Paper Type 2-4 Paper Weight 2-4 Envelope Type 2-4 Transparency Type 2-5 Transparency Weight 2-5 Label Type 2-5 Label Weight 2-5

Storing Media ............................................................................... 2-6

3 Professional Printing

Introduction . . .... ... ..... ...... . ....... .... ... ..... ...... . ....... ..... .. ..... ...... ... ..... .. 3-2

About Typefaces and Fon ts ..................................................... .. 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 Fonts 3-9 Resident HP-GL Symbol Sets 3-10

Downloadabl e Fo nts ............. ......... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... 3-10

Opti onal Fonts .. .. ..... .............. ........ ........... ........ ..... .............. ......3-10

4 Printer Configuration

Introduction . . .... ... ..... ...... . ....... .... ... ..... ...... . ....... ..... .. ..... ...... ... ..... .. 4-2

Methods of Confi gu ratio n ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... .. 4-2

Using an Application 4-2 Using PS Executive Series Utilities 4-3 Using Printer Commands 4-3 Using the Control Panel 4-4 Using Remote Console 4-4

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Configuration Menu .....................................................................4-4

Accessing the Configuration Menu 4-5 Selecting Configuration Menu Options 4-6 Changing Character Information 4-8 Saving Configuration Changes 4-11 Canceling Configuration Changes 4-13 Setting the Message Window Language 4-14 Restoring the Factory Default Configuration 4-14 Rebooting the System 4-14

Configurati on Menu Opti on s ..... ... ..... ....... ..... ....... .... ..... ..... ..... ..4 -15

Collation ...................................................................................... 4-16

Enabling/Disabling Collation 4-16 Working with Chunk Collation 4-17 Chunk Collation 4-17 Collating PCL 5 File s 4-18

Copies ................................................ ....... .......... ....... ....... ....... ...4-1 9

Flas h Memory ............ .............. ..... .............. ........... ........ ........... ..4-19

Updating System So ftware . ........ ....... ............ ......... ............ .......4 -2 0

Choosing the Appropriate System Soft ware File s for Downloading 4-20 Installing the System Software 4-21 Downloading System Software to a Functional Printer—SYSTEMDL.PS

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Downloading System Software to a Functional Printer—SYSTEM.DL 4-

Downloading System Software to a Non-Functional Printer 4-30

Emulatio ns ........... ............ .............. .............. .............. .............. ... 4-3 5

Setting ESP Default Parameters 4-35 Setting HP-GL Parameters 4-35 Setting HP PCL5 Parameters 4-39 Setting Line Printer Parameters 4-46 Setting PostScript Parameters 4-49

Hard Disks ..................................................................................4-52

Formatting a Hard Disk 4-52 Installing an Optional Font 4-53 Removing an Optional Font 4-53

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Interfaces .................................................................................... 4 -53

Setting LocalTalk Interface Parameters 4-53 Setting Parallel Interface Parameters 4-56 Setting Serial Interface Parameters 4-61 Setting Optional Interface Parameters 4-68

Media Input ...... ..... ......... .................................... ..... ...... ........ ......4-68

Selecting a Media Input Source 4-68 Chaining Media Input Sources 4-68 Naming Media Input Sources 4-69

Media Orientation ...................................................................... 4-70

Media Output .............................................................................. 4-71

Naming the Media Outputbin 4-71

Media Size ................ .......................... .... .... .......................... .... ..4-72

Identifying the Media Size 4-72 Identifying a Default Media Size 4-73

Memory .. ................... .................... ................. ................. ............ 4 -73

Disk Cache 4-74 Display 4-75 Emulation 4-75 Emulation (Temporary) 4-76 Enable Disk Swap 4-76 Frame Buffer 4-77 PostScript F onts 4-78 PostScript H eap 4-79 Printer Memory 4-79 Spooling 4-79

Optional Features ...................................................................... 4-80

Passwords .... ....... ............ ....... ............ ....... ............ .............. ....... 4-81

Selecting Passwords 4-81 Enabling Passwords 4-82 Using Passwords 4-82

Printer Engine Features ............................................................ 4-83

Adjusting the Image Alignment 4-83 Setting Print Density 4-84 Specifying Page Recovery Action 4-84 Setting Default Resolution 4-85 Setting Toner Options 4-8 5 Setting Energy Conservation 4-86

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Printer Start-Up Option s ............. ....... ....... ..... ....... ....... ....... .......4 -8 7

Enabling/Disabling the Start -up Page 4-87 Enabling/Disabling the SYS\START File 4-88 Loading the PostScript Error Handler 4-88

Special Pages .............................................................................4-88

Using the Calibration Page 4-89 Working with Status Pages 4-89 Working with Header Pages 4-91 Working with Trailer Pages 4-92

Timeouts ..................................................................................... 4-93

Setting an Emulation Timeout 4-93 Setting an ESP Timeout 4-94 Setting a PostScript Emulation Timeout 4-94 Setting a Print Job Timeout 4-94 Setting a Manual Feed Timeout 4-95

5 Additional Technical

Information

Introduction .................................................................................. 5-2

Communi cation M od es ....... ........ ....... ....... ..... ....... ....... ....... ..... ....5 -2

About Gamma Cor recti on ....................... ...... ....... ....... ....... ..... ....5-3

Terms 5-3 Gamma Correction Concept 5-6 A Special Note for QuarkXPress Users 5-7

Memory .........................................................................................5-8

QMS Memory Management 5-9 Memory Terms 5-9 Evaluation of Your Printing Environment 5-12 Memory Clients 5-14

End J ob Mo d e . .......................................... . .................................5-22

Common Reasons to Use End Job Mode 5-23 Using the EOD Commands 5-24 Setting the End Job Mode for the S erial and Parallel Protocols 5-24 Setting the End Job Mode via the Control Panel 5-25 Adding an EOD Command to Your File 5-27 Creating a Network Job Separator 5-29

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Parallel Interface Modes ........................................................... 5-29

Byte Mode 5-30 Compatibility Mode 5-30 ECP (Enhanced Compatibility Port) Mode 5-30 EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) 5-31 Nibble Mode 5-31

PS Protocol Opti on . ... ..... ...... ... ..... ..... .... ... ...... ... ..... ..... .... ... ....... 5-31

Options 5-33 Advantages 5-34 Implementation 5-34

HP-GL Color Encoding .............................................................. 5-35

6 Printer Options

Introduction . . .... ... ..... ...... . ....... .... ... ..... ...... . ....... ..... .. ..... ...... ... ..... .. 6-2

Additional Media Cassettes .. ............................... ....................... 6-2

About the Option al Feeder ..................... ....... ...... ....... ....... ....... .. 6-3

Unpacking the Optional Feeder 6-4 Installing the Optional Feeder 6-4 Loading the Optional Media Cassette 6-7 Loading the Optional Envelope Cassette 6-7

Removing the Controller Board ................................................. 6-9

Procedure 6-10

Reinstalling the Controller Board ............................................ 6-11

Procedure 6-12

Opti onal Fonts .. .. ..... .............. ........ ........... ........ ..... .............. ......6-14

Font Card ... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... ...... ..... ... ....... 6-14

Using Font Cards 6-15 Removing Font Card 6-16

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Intellifo nt PR OM s ........... ... .... ... ... ...... . ...... ... ... .... ... ...... . ...... ... ... ..6 -1 7

What's in the Intellifont Kit 6-17 The Installation Procedure 6-17 Installing the Intellifont PROMs 6-17 Install the Intellifont PROMs 6-19 Replace the Controller Board 6-20 Increasing the Disk Cache Size 6-20 Verifying the Installation 6-21 Font List 6-22 Accessing the Fonts 6-24

Kanji Option Kit ..........................................................................6-24

Installing IDE-SCSI Board and IDE Hard Disk 6-25 Configuring the Printer for Kanji 6-25 Accessing the Kanji Fonts 6-25

Security Cards ....................... ...... .............. ..... .............. ....... .......6 -2 6

Using Secur ity C ards 6-26

Downloadin g an Emul atio n ........ ......... ....... ....... ......... ....... ...... ..6 -30

Single In-Line Memory Modules ............................................... 6-32

Installing a SIMM 6-32 Removing a SIMM 6-35

Optional Network Interfaces .....................................................6-38

Optional Network Interface Assembly Kit 6-39 Installing an Optional Network Interface 6-39 Using an Optional Network Interface 6-41

Storage Options .........................................................................6-41

IDE-SCSI Board 6-41 Internal IDE Hard Disk 6-50 External SCSI Hard Disks 6-54 Identifying Hard Disks 6-54 Turning on an External Hard Disk 6-56 Configuring Hard Disks 6-56 Using the Disk Operations Menu 6-57 Formatting a Hard Disk 6-58 Installing an Optional Font 6-59 Removing an Optional Font 6-61

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A QMS Customer Support

Sources of Supp ort ....... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ... ....... ....... ..A -2

Your QMS Vendor A-2 Your Application Vendor A-2 Q-FAX A-2 The QMS Corporate Bulletin Board System A-3 CompuServe A-3 Internet A-3 QMS Customer Response Center (CRC) A-4 QMS National Service A-5

QMS World-wide Offices .............................................................A-6

B Technical Specifications

Print Engine Specifications ........................................................B-2

Physical Characteristics .............................................................B-3

Controller Specifications ............................................................B-4

Electrical Requirements . ....... .... ... ..... .... ... ....... .... . ....... ...... . ....... ..B -5

Environmental Requirements ........... ....... .. ..... ..... .... ... ....... .. ..... ..B -5

Print Media ...................................................................................B-6

Print Media Sizes B-7 Print Media Selection B-8

Printer Option s .............. ..... ... ....... ..... ....... ...... ... ..... ..... ....... ....... ..B -9

Cons u ma ble Supplies ................... ........... ................... ..............B-10

Cable Pinouts ... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ...B -11

Centronics/IEEE1284 Parallel B-11 Notes to the Table B-12 Serial B-12 LocalTalk B-14 Macintosh to Serial B-14 Ethernet (Optional Interface) B-15

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Warranty Considerati ons . .......... ................... .............. ............. B -16

Consumables and Your Warranty B-16 Electrostatic Discharge and Your Warranty B-16

C Document Option

Commands

Introduction ................................................................................. C-2

Supported DOCs ............................................ ..................... ........ C -2

Header/Trailer Page Commands C-2 HP-GL Emulation Commands C-3 HP PCL 5 Emulation Comma nds C-3 Lineprinter Emulation Commands C-4 PostScript Emulation Commands C-4 Printer Commands C-4

PCL 5 Emulati on Term inology ....... ... .... ... ..... .... ... .... ... ...... . ..... ... C -5

Resource C-5 Object C-5 Fonts C-7 Font Index Numbers C-7

Updated PCL 5 DOCs ............. ..... .............. ..... .............. ....... ........ C -8

D Notices

Manual Notice ........... ....... ....... ....... ......... ....... ....... ........ ....... ..... ... D -2

Laser Safety ................................................................................. D-2

FCC Complian ce . ..... ....... ......... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... ..... ... D -2

Energy Star Compliance Cana dian Users Statem ent .............. D-4

Colophon .....................................................................................D-4

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E Configuration

Introduction . . .... ... ..... ...... . ....... .... ... ..... ...... . ....... ..... .. ..... ...... ... ..... ..E-2

Menu Chart Conventions E-2

Configuration Menu .....................................................................E-3

Administration/Emulations Menu E-4 Administration/Communications Menu E-5

Glossary

Index

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Introduction

In This Chapter . . .

About this manual

Typographic conventions

Introduction

This manual provides information you may need only once in a while. Use it in conjunction with your other QMS 1060 Print System documentation.

Here’s a brief overview of what’s included in this manual.

About This Manual

The informati on in thi s manual is divided into the foll owing secti on s:

Introduction

Print Media

Professional

Printing Printer

Configuration

Additional

Technical Information

Provides an overview of the manual.

Lists print media sizes, margins, and imageable areas and provides media storage information.

Discusses typographic terms, displays the printer’s typefaces, and provides some page design tips.

Explains the methods of configuring the printer, demonstrates how to use the printer control panel, and provides a complete discussion of the configuration menu options including downloading system software to flash memory.

Discusses memory terms and configuration, end job mode, gamma correction, ESP modes, parallel interface modes, PS Protocol, and HPGL color encoding.

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Printer Options

QMS Customer

Support

Technical

Specifications

Document Option

Commands Notices

About This Manual

Describes how to install and use additional media input sources and a paper feeder; optional fonts; security cards; memory upgrades (SIMMs); network and LocalTalk interfaces; and SCSI or IDE internal hard disks. It also describes how to download an optional emulation.

Provides world-wide product sales and support telephone numbers and describes how to communicate with QMS through the QMS Bulletin Board, CompuServe, the Internet, and Q-FAX.

Provides technical specifications for the printer, shows cable pinouts, and lists available supplies and replacement parts .

Lists printer-supported D ocument Option Commands (DOCs) and updated PCL 5 terminology and DOCs.

Lists printer-supported D ocument Option Commands (DOCs).

Introduction

Configuration Menu

Glossary

Provides a menu chart that shows the structural layout of the configuration menu options.

Defines commonly used terms.

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About This Manual

Typographic Conventions

The following typographic conve ntions are used throughout this manual:

Mixed-Case Cour ier

Mixed-Case Italic Courier

UPPERCASE COUR IER

lowercase bold PostScript operators and DOS commands

lowercase italic

UPPERCASE File and utility names ↵ Press the Enter key (PC) or Return key (Macintosh) ^ Press and hold down the Ctrl key (PC)

» Note:

Notes contain tips, extra informati on, or important inform ation

Text you type, and messages and information displayed on the screen

Variable text you type; replace the italicized word(s) with information specific to your printer or computer

Information displayed in the printer message window

Variable information in text

that deserves emphasis or reiteration.

▲ Caution:

Cautions present information that you need to know to

avoid equipment damage, proce ss failure, or extreme annoyanc e.

WARNING !

Warnings indicate the possibi lity of personal inju ry if a specific procedure is not performed exactly as des cribed in the manual.

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ACHTUNG!

Bitte halten Sie sich exakt an die im Handbuch beschriebene Vorgehensweise, da sonst Verletzungsgefahr bestehen könnte.

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Print Media

In This Chapter . . .

Media sizes, imageable areas, and ma rg ins

Media storage

Introduction

This chapter lists t he media sizes and imageable areas supported by the QMS 1060 Print System, and then provides information on selecting and storing media.

Media Sizes and Imageable Areas

Your printer supports paper, envelopes, transparencies, and labels in a number of sizes. Each size has a certain imageable area, the maximum area a printer can access, which is limited by the physical media size, the margins required by the printer, and the amount of memory available for the full-page fram e buffer.

» Note:

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The media size must match the cassett e size. Since the cassette sends a size signal to the printer controller, using the wrong size media will cause your image to be positioned incorrectly on the page or clipped. You may purchase additional cassettes from your QMS vendor.

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Media Sizes and Imageable Areas

The following table lists the size, imageable area, feed ed ge (the edge of the media drawn in the printer), and input source (tray or cassette from which media is accepted) for all support ed me dia.

Media Media Size Imageable Area Feed

Inches Millimeters Inches Millimeters

A4 8.2x11.7 208x297 7.94x11.34 201.68x288.04 Short M S O B5 ISO 6.93x9.85 176x250 6.59x9.5 167.39x241.30 Short M Executive 7.25x10.5 184x267 6.94x10.17 176.28x258.32 Short M Legal 8.5x14.0 216x356 8.19x13.66 208.03x346.96 Short M S O Letter 8.5x11.0 216x279 8.16x10.69 207.26x271.53 Short M S O Com 9 3.88x8.88 99 x226 3.38x 8.56 85. 85x2 17.4 2 Short M S O Com 10 4.13x9. 50 10 5x24 1 3.81x9. 19 96.77x23 3.4 3 Short M S O DL 4.33x8.67 110x220 3.17x7.50 80.52x190.50 Short M S O Monarch 3.88x7.50 99x191 2.69x6.32 68.33x160.53 Short M S O C5 6.38x9.01 162x229 5.19x7.82 131.83x198.63 Short M S O Envelope

Postcard 4.13x5.83 105x149 3.83x5.50 97.28x139.70 Short M

*Input Source Key: M = Multipurpose Tray; S = Standard Feeder; O = Optional Feeder

3.6 to 6.65

5.86 to 9.43

91 to 169 x 149 to 240

2.4 to 5.7

4.66 to 8.64

60.96 to 144.78

118.36 to 219.46

Edge

Short M S O

*Input Source

Working Within the Imageable Area

The imageable areas for print media on your QMS 1060 Print System are not centered vertically on their respective pages and may vary

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" (1.6 mm). You can align the image in several different ways:

Adjust the margins or page size through your application

Use the printer's control panel (Administ rati on/E ng ine/ Im age Alignment menu)

Use the PS Executive Series Utilities

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Media Type s and Weights

Use the PostScript translate and scale operators to reduce image size and change its placement on the page.

Setting Page Margins

Margins are set through your application. Some applications allow you to set custom page sizes and margins while others allow only standard page sizes and margins. If you choose a standard format, you may lose part of your image due to imageable area constraints. If you can custom-size your page, use exactly those sizes given for the imageable area.

Media Types and Weights

Paper Type

The printer supports plain paper, recycled paper, letterhead/memo, thick paper, and postcard. Use only paper recommended for laser printers, such as Hammermill Laser Print.

» Note:

We do not recommend printing on perfo rated or 3-hole punched paper.

Paper Weight

The printer supports plain paper, 16-24 lb (64-90 g/m2), in cassettes and thick paper, 24-42 lb (90-157 g/m

Envelope Type

The printer supports the following envelopes: Com m er cial 9, Commercial 10, Monarch, Internati onal DL, International C5, and custom envelopes in the multipurpose tray or in an optional envelope cassette.

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), in the manual feed tra y.

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Media Type s and Weights

▲ Caution:

envelope to make sure it can withstand the fusing temperature before starting a big job.

The heat of the fuser may seal some envelopes. Test an

Transparency Type

The printer supports transparencies mee ting normal photocopier standards, such as 3M PP2500.

» Note:

Use only transparencies recommended for laser printers.

Transparency Weight

The printer supports transparencies up to a weight of 36 lbs (135 g/m

Label Type

Use only labels recommended for laser printers, such as Avery 5260. Adhesive label stock has pressure-sensitive (peel and stick) adhesive backing.

» Note:

Always use the multipurpose tray to print labels.

Label Weight

The printer supports 24-42 lb (90-157 g/m2) labels.

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Storing Med ia

Storing Media

How you store paper and other media can make 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 good condition by storing it

In its wrapper

On a flat surface

In a closed cabinet

In a cool, dry area

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Professional

Printing

In This Chapter . . .

About typefaces and fonts

Typography term s

Typeface classif ication

Resident typefaces, font s, and symbol set s

Introduction

This chapter displays the printer’s resident typefaces, offers suggestions for using them, and includes page design tips. A bibliography for graphic design and desktop publishing can be found at the end of this chapter.

About Typefaces and Fonts

Many of the terms and phrases used in desktop publishing are derived from the language of professional printers and typesetters. This section explains common words and phrases used when discussing typefaces.

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Typeface

A named design of a set of printed characters, such as Times, that has a specified obliqueness (degree of slant) and stroke weight (thickness of stroke). It does not define a particular size.

Font

A set of characters of the same typeface (such as Times), style

italic

(such as (such as bold), and point size (such as 10). Although you hear the term “font” used more generally, as if referring to a typeface, it’s really a subset of a typeface.

), stroke weight

Typeface Family

A group of similar typefaces. For example, the Times typeface family consists of four typefaces: Times Roman, Times

Bold, Times Italic, and Times Bold Italic.

Character Set

A collection of symbols designed for various printing applications. Many character sets are composed of the letters (uppercase and lowercase A-Z), digits (0-9), and any symbol (such as blank space, dollar sign, and ampersand). Other character sets are composed entirely of symbols.

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About Typefaces and Fonts

Typeface Classification

One way of classifying the different typefa ces is to group them into the following categories:

Serif

A serif is a decorative line or tail on the ends of the strokes of a letter. Serifs, usually on the lower half of a letter, have also been

referred to as feet or curlicues.

Times Roman

and Times are serif typefaces. In the example shown, all the letters except “e” and “o” have serifs.

Sans Serif

Sans serif (“sans” is French for “without”) indicates a typeface without any of these small tails. A

sans serif typeface is decorative by the shape and styling of its letters but has less detail than a serif typeface. Helvetica, Helvet ica Condensed, Helvet ica Narrow, and ITC Avant Garde Gothic are all sans serif typefaces. In the example shown above, the slight curving at the bottom of the letters “t” and “a” is not a serif. It is part of the line forming the letter rather tha n a decorative line added on.

Courier, ITC Bookman, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino,

Helvetica

Script

Script typefaces simulat e handwriting or brush letterin g. Each letter is

Zapf Chancery

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connected visually, if not physically . ITC Zapf Chancery is a script typeface.

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About Typefaces and Fonts

Pi or Symbol

Pi or symbol typefaces are collections of assorted specialpurpose characters (f or example, decorative, graphic, math, or monetary characters). They are especially useful for highlighting items in lists, providing graphics, and displaying symbols that might otherwise have to be drawn in by hand. Many typefaces today include a complement of the more commonl y used pi characters. Symbol and ITC Zapf Dingbats are pi typefaces.

Typography Terms

Monospacing

The terms “monospaced” and “fixed-pitch” refer to a typeface whose characters all have uniform and equal spacing. These typefaces a re useful for spreadsheets and other documents with colum nar data. Monospacing is the opposite of proporti onal spacing.

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Proportional Spacing

The term “proportionally spaced” refer s to a typeface in which the width of each character varies. For example, the letter “i” is thinner than the letter “m” and therefore takes up less space. Proportional spacing saves page space and is easier on the eye. This manual’s text uses the Helvetica font, a proportionall y spaced typeface.

Because proportionally spaced type-

alphabet

between a monospaced typeface (Courier) and a typeface (Times).

faces place each character according to its individual size, they increase legibility and readabil ity. This example shows the difference

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About Typefaces and Fonts

Bitmapped Font

A bitmapped font is a one in which each character is represented by a set of dot patterns. Each font size requires a different set of dot patterns.

Scalable Font

A scalable font is one in which each character’s dot pattern (bitmap) is generated from a mathematical representation (or outl ine) of the character. Scalable fonts elimi nate the need to store many different font sizes.

Point Size

Point size refers to the height of a proportionally spaced typeface. A point is a unit of measure equal to size, the larger the letter. The following example shows cha racters in 8, 10, 12, 24, and 36 point sizes:

Pitch

Pitch refers to the number of characters per horizontal inch (cpi) in a monospaced typeface. Therefore, the larger the pitch, the smaller the letter. For example, a ten-pitch typeface prints ten characters per inch (or 10 cpi) while a twelve-pitch typeface prints twelve characters per inch (or 12 cpi). The example shows ten-pitch and twelvepitch Courier.

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/72". Therefore, the larger the point

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mathematic

mathematical

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About

Typefaces and Fonts

Stroke Weight

Stoke weight (light/ m 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.

Italic and Oblique Forms

Italic was originally developed in the early sixteenth century as a typeface based on cursive handwriting. Today’s italics are still individually crafted typefaces designed to blend with a specific roman (upright) typeface.

ITC Avant Garde Roman

ITC Avant Garde Oblique

individually but are mechanically slanted versions of the roman form from which they derive.

Times Roman

Times Italic

Oblique (or slanted) type forms, however, are not designed and crafted

Orientation

Orientation is the direction of the print or image on a page. Portrait orientation reads from left to right, across the narrower dimension of the page. Landscap e orientatio n also reads from left to right but places the print across the wider dimension of the page. Spreadsheet and table applicatio ns commo nly use landscape printing. Both terms

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Resident Fonts, Typefaces, and Symbol Sets

derive from painting; a portrait is usually a vertical view while a landscape is usually a horizontal view.

Portrait

Abcd efghijklmnopq rstuvw x yzAbc d efghijklmnop qrstuvwxyzAbcd efghijklmnopqrstuvw xyz Ab cd e fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAb c de fghijklmnopqr st uvwxyzAbcde fghijklmnopqrstuvw x yzA bc defg hijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbc d efghijklmnopqrs tu v wxyzAbc d efghijklmnopqrstuvwx yz Abcde fghijklmnopqrstuvw xyz Ab cd ef ghijklmnop qrstuvwxyzAbc def ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzA bcd e fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbc d efghijklmnopqrs t uvwxyzAbc defghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Ab c defg hijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAb c de fghijklmnopqrstuv wxyzAbc d efghijklmnopq rstuv wx yz Abcde fghijklmnopqrstuvw xy zA bc def ghijklmnop qrstuvwxyzAbcd ef ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAb cd e fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbc d efghijklmnopqrs t uvwxyzAb c d efghijklmnopqrst u vw xyz A bc d ef g hijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAb c de fghijklmnopqrst uv wxyzAbcd efghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Abcd efghijklmn opqrstuvwx yz Ab cd e fghijklmnop qrstuvwxyzAbc d efghijklmnopqrs tuvwx y zAb c d e fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbc defghi jklmnopqrst

Landscape

Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx yzA b cd efghi jklmnopqrstuvwx yzA bc defghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzA bc def ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Ab c defg hijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbcdefghi jklmnopqrstuvwx yzA bc d efghijkl mnopqrstuvwxyzAb cd efghijklmnopqrstuvw xy zAb cd e fghijklmno pqrstuvwxyzAb cd efghi jklmnopqrstuvwx yzA bc d efghijklmnopqr s tuvwxyzAbc de fghijklmnopqrst uvw xyzA b cd ef ghijklmnopqrstuvw wxyzAbc d efghijklmnopq rstuv wx yzAb cd efghijklmnopqrs tuvwxyz Abcd efghijklmnopq rstuvw x yzAbc d efghijklmnopqrs tuvwx yz Ab c defghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Ab c d efghijklmnopqrstuv w x yzAbc d efg hijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAb cd e fghijklmnopqrstuvw xy zAb c d efghijkl mnopqrstuvwxyzAbcd efghijklmnopqrs tuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyzAbc de fghijklmnopqrs tuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmnopqrs tuvwxyzAb c defghi jklmnopqrstuvw xy zA bc de fghijklmnopqrstuv w

Resident Fonts, Typefaces, and Symbol Sets

Resident PostScript Fonts

The following 39 PostS cript fonts are re sident in your printer. See your QMS vendor if you are interested in expanding your printer's typeface families.

All of these typeface families are authent ic: they are license d, they carry the true name, and they have multilingual character sets.

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Serif Fonts

ITC Bookman Light

ITC Bookman Light Italic

ITC Bookman Demibold

ITC Bookman Demibold Italic

Palatino Roman

Palatino Italic

Palatino Bold

Palatino Bold Italic

New Century Sch oolbook Roman

New Century Schoolbook Italic

New Century Schoolbook Bold

New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic

Courier

Cour ier Oblique

Courier Bold

Courier Bold Oblique

Sans Serif Fonts

ITC Avant Garde Got hic Book

ITC Avant Garde Got hic Book Oblique

ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demibold

ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demibold Obliqu e

Helvetica

Helvetica Oblique

Helvetica Bold

Helvetica Bold Oblique

Times Roman

Times Italic

Times Bold

Times Bold Italic

Helvetica Condensed

Helvetica Condensed Oblique

Helvetica Condensed Bold

Helvetica Condensed Bold Oblique

Helvetica Narrow

Helvetica Narrow Oblique

Helvetica Narrow Bold

Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique

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Script Font

ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic

Pi or Symbol Fonts

Σψµβολ (Symbol)

Dingbats

(ITC Zapf Dingbats)

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Resident HP PCL Fonts

Your print er has the following resident HP PCL fonts. All fonts can be automatically rotated to landscape orientation. Some are fixed in pitch and point size while others are scalable. Unless otherwise noted , samples are show in 10 point size.

Serif Fonts

Courier 12 pitch 10 point

Courier 12 pitch 10 point Italic

Courier 12 pitch 10 point Bold

Times (scalable)

Times Italic (scalable

Times Bold (scalable)

Times Italic Bold (scalable

)

Courier 10 pitch 12 point

Courier 10 pitch 12 point Italic

Courier 10 pitch 12 point Bold

Sans Serif Fonts

Univers (scalable)

Univers Italic (scalable)

Univers Bold (scalable)

Univers Italic Bold (scalable)

Pi or Symbol Font

Dingbats

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Univers Condensed (scalable)

Univers Condensed Italic

Univers Condensed Bold (scalable)

Univers Condensed Italic Bold

(ITC Zapf Dingbats)

(scalable)

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Downloadab l e Fonts

Resident HP-GL Symbol Sets

Your print er has the following resident HP-GL s ymbol sets. All come in both fixed- and variable-spaced versions, and all are scalable.

9825 Character Set ANSI ASCII

French/German ISO French ISO German ISO IRV (International Reference Version) ISO Italian ISO Norway, Version 1 ISO Norway, Version 2

ISO Portuguese ISO Spanish

ISO Swedish ISO Swedish For Names ISO United Kingdom JIS ASCII Katakana Roman Extensions Scandinavian Spanish/Latin American Special Symbols

Downloadable Fonts

The printer s upports T ype 1 an d T ype 3 ho st-res ident and card-res ident downloadable fonts and an y PostScript format TrueType fonts. TrueType fonts in HP PCL format are not supported.

Optional Fonts

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The printer supports Kanji fonts on a hard disk and Intellifont fonts on PROMs.

Kanji Fonts

The six optional Kanji fonts are available through the Kanji Option Kit and they can be printed at a variety of point sizes and in different

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styles and resolutions. (See chapter 6, “Prin ter Options, ” later in th is manual for more informat ion on t hese font s.)

Intellifont PROMs

The optional Intellifon t PROM s increases the number of PCL 5 fonts from 20 to 37 for LaserJet 4Si compatibility. (See chapter 6, “Printer Options,” later in this manual for more inform ation on these fonts. )

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Printer

Configuration

In This Chapter . . .

Methods of printer configuration

Using the printer control panel

Using the printer configurat ion me nu

Introduction

This chapter begins by listing and describing the different ways you can configure your printer to meet your special printing needs.

The next section describes how to use the printer control panel to access the configuration menu and how to make configuration changes.

The rest of the chapter provides basic printer configuration information about all configuration menu options. Menu features are grouped according to task. Each feature is introduced, then a table describes the feature’s location in the configuration menu, the available choices for that feature, and the factory default (the value set at the factory).

Methods of Configuration

You have four maj or ways to configure your printer to meet your printing needs. In order of priority, they are

Through an application

Through PS Executive Series Utilities

Through printer commands

Through the printer control panel

Through remote console, for TCP/IP Tel net , NetWare, EtherTalk, and LAN Manager/LA N S er ver

Using an Application

Using your application is the best way to control your printer since most printing is done on a per-job basis. This helps prevent confusion in network environments and saves you from making changes at the printer control panel. Your application documentation explains how to control your printer settings: probably by choosing options from a printing menu.

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Methods of Configuration

Applications use printer drivers to send the appropriate commands automatically to the printer for the requested tasks. If your application doesn't have a QMS 1060 Print System driver, you can select a comparable PostScript driver, such as another QMS driver or a LaserWriter driver. However, comparable drivers may not allow you to access all of your printer's features, such as 600x600 dpi printing or collating. For best results, use the driver that ac compa nied your new printer. See Chapter 3, “Connecting t o a Macintosh,” or Chapt er 4, “Connecting to a PC,” of the instructions about using a printer driver.

Getting Started

guide, for detailed

Using PS Executive Series Utilities

You can also use the PS Executive Series Utilities (shipped with your printer) to control the printer from your host. See the README file on the utilities disk for inform ati on on install ing th e utiliti es, and see the utilities on-line documentat ion for detail s on using the software.

Using Printer Commands

Printer commands (such as QMS Docume nt Option Commands [DOCs], PostScript operators, and HP -GL and HP PCL command s) can enable job-specific featu re s your application or page description language can’t access. See appendix C, “Document Opt ion Com mands,” of this manual for a list of the DOCs this printer support s. See the for purchase from your QMS vendor) for more detailed information on these commands. See appendix E, “Manual Updates,” of this manual for updated PCL 5 DOC informat ion.

Printer Configuration

QMS Crown Document Option Commands

manual (available

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Configuration Menu

Using the Control Panel

Your print er is configured at the factory for the m ost typi ca l printi ng environments, so most users don't have to use the control panel often. However, if you do need to change a printer setting for all print jobs (not just on a per-job basis), you can do so through the control panel. If you are working in a shared printing environment, your system administrator should be the only person to make changes through the printer's control pane l.

Using Remote Console

Many of the configuration choices that can be made at the control panel can be made through a remote console in a TCP/IP Telnet, NetWare, EtherTalk, or LAN Manager/LAN Server environment. To avoid confusion in a shared printing envi ronment, only the s ystem admi nistrator should make configurat ion change s.

» Note:

If a remote console has the printer off line, pressing the Online/ Offline key will not take effect until the console puts the printer ba ck on line.

The rest of this chapter explains the configuration m enu.

Configuration Menu

The printer ’s confi gurat ion men u allows you to change the defaul t printer configuration settings. I n other words, any changes you make affect all subsequent print jobs.

The options in the configuration menu are organi zed under three main menu s:

Administration Menu

Use this menu to maintain print er-host com mun icati on info rmation, and for selecting and configuring printe r emulat ion s, confi guring special pages, printing engi ne calibrat ion, and configu ring hard disks (if installed).

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Installation Menu

Use this menu to establish passwords for the Operator Control and Administration menus. This menu displays only when an optional security card is installed.

Operator Control Menu Use this menu to maintain document processing options (number

of copies, media type, and paper orientation). Th ese capabilit ies are usually handled most efficiently within specific print jobs since each job has its own requirements. However, if there is no way of specifying these options wit hin a job, you may do so from the control panel.

Accessing the Configuration Menu

To access the configuration menu, make sure the printer is idle (IDLE displays in the message window), then press the Online/Offline key to take the printer off line (the Ready indicator is not light ed), and finally press the Menu key.

Example

The following table shows how to use the control panel menu keys to access the printer configuration menu. Press the control panel keys in the order shown. The printer responds by displaying a status message or configuration menu in the control panel message window.

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Configuration Menu

» Note:

You may need to press the Next key more than one time to

advance through the list of options.

Press this key...

Online/ Offline

The printer must be off line and idle before you can access the configuration menu to change printer configurati on.

to... For 1.5

seconds, th e message window reads...

Turn off the Ready indicator and enable printer configuration.

Access the configuration menu.

IDLE IDLE

CONFIGURATIONOPERATOR

and then it reads...

CONTROL

Selecting Configuration Menu Options

Once you access the configuration menu, you use the control pane l keys to move through the menu to access the appropriate option. Use the following keys:

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Press this key...

Next Advance to the next option or submenu wit hin a

Previous Return to the previous option or subme nu with in a

Select Select an option or enter a submenu.

to...

menu.

Example

To change the default printer emulation from ESP to PostScript, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following tabl e.

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» Note:

You may need to press the Next key more than one time to

advance through the list of selections or options.

Press this key...

to... For 1.5

seconds, th e message window reads ...

Online/ Offline

Turn off the Ready indicator and

IDLE IDLE

enable printer configuration.

Access the

CONFIGURATIONOPERATOR

configuration me nu.

Advance to the Operator Cont rol/

OPERATOR

CONTROL Administ ratio n menu.

Select

Access the

ADMINIS TRATIONCOMMUNICATION Administ ra tio n menu.

and then it reads ...

CONTROL

ADMINI S TRATION

Select

Access the Communications menu.

Next (more than once)

Select

Advance to the Communications/ Parallel menu.

Access the Parallel menu.

Advance to the Parallel/Emulat ion menu.

Printer Configuration

COMMUNICATI

TIMEOUTS

ONS

TIMEOUTS PARALLEL

PARALLEL MODE

MODE EM ULATION

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Select

Access the

EMULATION *ESP

Emulat ion men u.

Next (more than once)

Select

Advance to the Emulat ion/ PostScript menu.

Select PostScript as the default

POSTSCRIPT

POSTSCRI PT IS SELECTE D

emulation After 3 seconds you

PARALLEL EMULATION are returned to the Parallel/Emulat ion menu.

» Note:

Shaded table cells indicate that the message scrolls.

Changing Character Information

Sometimes, rather than selecting an opt ion, you need to enter character information. A character is any letter, digit, or symbol. A field is a group of characters that have meaning. Use the printer co ntrol panel to enter character information in the message window during printer configuration. The maxi mum length of the message wind ow is 16 characters.

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Entering character information through the control pane l is similar to setting the time and date on a digital watch. You enter one character at a time. The current input character flashes. Use the following keys to change the current input character:

Press this

to...

key... Next Advance to the next choice for the current input

character.

Previous Return to the previous choice for the current input

character.

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Once you have changed the current input character, use the following keys to move the cursor to another input chara cter:

Press this key...

Select Advance the cursor to the next character. Menu Return the cursor to the previous character.

To exit from the character selection process, 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 left) and press the Menu key.

When you exit, the printer verifies the character inform ation and con firms it in the message window. If the character information is valid, you are returned to the previous menu; if it is invalid, you are returned to the input field. Press the Menu key to cancel any changes to the character information.

If the current character information is longer than the value that you need to enter, replace each extra character with a space. The printer interprets a space at the end of character information as a blank.

to...

Example

To change the HP-GL em ulat ion scaling percen t, pre ss the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. Th e printer responds by displaying a status message or configuration menu in the message window. An flashing cur sor indicates the current input character in the message window.

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Configuration Menu

» Note:

You may need to press the Next key more than one time to

advance through the list of selections or options.

Press this key...

Online/ Offline

to... For 1.5 seconds,

the messa ge window reads ...

Turn off the

IDLE IDLE

Ready indicator and enable printer configuration.

Access the

CONFIGURATION OPERATOR

configuration menu.

Advance to the Administ ration

OPERATOR CONTROL

menu.

Select

Access the

ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATION Administ ra tio n menu

and then it reads ...

CONTROL

ADMINISTRATION

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Select

Next (one or more times)

Select

Advance to the Communications /Emulation menu.

Access the Emulat ion men u.

Advance to the Emulations/HPGL menu.

Access the HPGL menu.

COMMUNI CATIONSEMULATIONS

EMULATIONS *ESP

HP-GL

HP-GL PLOTT ER

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Select

Next (4 times)

Select

Advance to the HP-GL/Sca ling Percent menu.

Access the Scaling Percent menu.

Lower the current character to 0.

Select 0 and move the current character to the next 0.

Advance the current character to 5.

Select 5 and move the current character to last

PLOTTER SCALING

PERCENT

000

050

Select

Select 50 as the default scal ing percent.

After 3 seconds

HP-GL SCALING you are returned to the HP-GL/ Scaling Percent menu.

Saving Configuration Changes

Before the printer can accept print jobs with configurat ion changes, the changes m ust be saved.

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50 IS SELEC T ED

PERCENT

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Configuration Menu

Example

To save your configuration changes, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window.

Press this key...

Online/ Offline or Menu

Select

Online/ Offline

to... For 1.5 seconds, the

message window reads...

Exit from the

SAVE CHANGES? *NO menu and be prompted to save your change (Online/ Offline) or return to the previous menu (Menu).

Advance to the Save Changes?/ Yes opti on.

Select Yes. The printer saves your changes, and returns to idle.

Turn on the Ready indicator and enable the printer to accept and print new jobs.

then it reads ...

YES

IDLE

» Note:

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Some Admin istrat ion me nu changes require that the printer be restarted before they take effect . Some changes restart the printer automatically while others display the message REBOOT NOW? in the control panel message window. If this message appears, select YES to restart the printer and have the changes take effect immediately, or select NO to wait until you manually resta rt the printer befo re the changes take effect.

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Canceling Configuration Changes

If you change a configuration option and then decide to cancel that change, you can do so when exiting from the configuration me nu.

Example

To cancel your configuration changes before they have actually taken effect, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window.

Press this key...

Online/ Offline or Menu

Select

Online/ Offline

to... For 1.5 seconds, the

message window reads...

Exit from the

SAVE CHANGES? *NO menu and be prompted to save your change (Online/ Offline) or return to the previous menu level (Menu).

Select No. The printer does not save your changes, and returns to idle.

Turn on the Ready indicator and enable the printer to accept new jobs.

then it reads ...

IDLE

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Configuration Menu

Setting the Message Window Language

Status messages and configuration me nus can be displayed in the message window in English, French, German , or Spanish. If you need to change the message window language, use the Keypad Language option in the Administration/M iscellane ous menu.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration/Miscellaneous/Keypad Language English, French, German, Spanish English This printer must be restarted for changes to the Keypad

Language menu to take effect.

Restoring the Factory Default Configuration

If you need to cancel all of the configuration changes yo u have made to the printer’s configurat ion menu, you can reset all of the configuration values to their factory defaults .

Menu Choices Default Notes

» Note:

Administration /Miscella neous/ Restore Def ault s Yes, No No This process takes several minutes to complete.

If you save a change and for some reason wish to return to the

previous state, use the Advanced Status Page as a reference.

Rebooting the System

Use this option to restart the system after making a group of configuration menu changes. Aft er changing any opti on that requires a system restart, you are prompted to REBOOT NOW?, if you use this option, you can choose No because you want to make other configuration changes, then you should use this option to restart the system and have all configuration menu ch anges take effect .

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Choices

Default Notes

» Note:

Yes, No Yes—Reboots the system. No—Does not reboot the system. No This process takes several minutes to complete.

If you save a change and for some reason wish to return to the

previous state, use the Advanced Status Page as a reference.

Configuration Menu Options

The rest of this chapter describes the options in the printer configuration menu. Information is organized in the following order:

Collation

Copies

Emulati o ns

Flash Memory

Hard disks

Interfaces

Media input

Media orientation

Media output

Media size

Memory

Optional features

Passwords

Printer engine

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Collation

Printer start-up opt ions

Special pages

Timeouts

Collation

One of the features of your printer is collation: the printing of sets of multiple copies of a document in numeric order. Your printer is capable of delivering multiple copie s of your files in collated order to the output tray. The following figure shows the collat ed and uncoll ate d stacking for two copies of a four-page file.

Collated Uncollated

The main advantage of collation is convenience and the time savings derived from not having to separate and sort individual copies of a document. Each copy of the document exists as a whole unless chunk collation has occurred.

Enabling/Disabling Collation

Menu Choices

Default

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Operator Control/C ollat ion On—Enable collation. Off—Disable collation. On

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Collation

Working with Chunk Collation

For a multiple copy document with collati on On, there must be enough display list memo ry to hold the display list blocks (R1) for all pages in the collation range. See the “Memory” section of the

for more information on the Display List compressed blocks. If

ence,

there is not enough memory, then a chunk collation boundary is forced after the last compiled page of the collation range.

Chunk Collation

This mechanism of introducing a forced boundary is known as chunk collation. Chunk collat ion breaks a document into several smaller, more manageable sets. For exampl e, in the following illustration, copies “a” and “b” of each set must be manually combined to create one collated document. The order of printing is copy 1(a), copy 2(a), copy 3(a), copy 4(a), copy 1(b), copy 2(b), copy 3(b), and copy 4(b)

Refer-

To greatly improve collation perform ance which allows you to print longer and more complex print jobs on the QMS 1060 Pri nt system , you can do one of the following:

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Collation

Add more printer memory which autom aticall y increases the Display List client’s memory values. See chapter 6, “Printer Options,” of this manual for information on how to install additional memory.

Take memory not being use d by other clients and add it to the Display List client.

▲ Caution:

This option should only be used by individuals who are

familiar with adjusting memory clients values. Incorrect use of this option could cause your system to operate incorrectly.

If your printer has an optional hard disk and if Administration/ Memory/Enable Disk Swap is set to On, then any extra memory is distributed to all clien ts.

Collate through your application.

» Note:

Collating through your application is more time consuming than collating through the print e r. The application sends the complete job the requested number of times rather than sending it once and holding data in printer memo ry.

Collating PCL 5 Files

PCL 5 allows you to set the number of copies you want to print per page rather than per file. When collation is turned off, the printer prints the requested number of copies for each page. However, when collation is turned on, the printer looks at the number of copies for the first page and prints that many copies of each page.

Example— You have a 3-page PCL 5 file and specif y 3 copies of page 1, 1 copy of page 2, and 2 copies of page 3.

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With collation t urned off, the pages print in the following orde r: 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3.

With collation t urned on, the pages print in the following order: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3.

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Copies

While it is usually preferable to use your application to select the number of copies of your document you want to print, you can change the default number of copies for all print jobs through the printer co ntrol panel.

Copies

Menu Choices Default Notes

Operator Control/C opies 001-1000 001 Sets the default number of copies for all subsequent

print jobs. When power is turned off and then back on again, the number of copies is restored to the default setting of 001.

Flash Memory

The system software in your QMS 1060 Print System is stored on 4 MB of flash memory that can be erased and rewritten to “in a flash.” This allows you to update the system software without opening up the printer and installing new PROM s. Updated s ystem software allows you to take advantage of future enhancements to the print er.

Enabling/Disabling New Flash Image

Use the Administration /Miscella neous/ New Flash Ima ge menu to update the system software (image in flash ROM).

Menu Choices

Default

Administration/Miscellaneous/New Flash Image Yes—Download new system code

No—Don’t download new system code No

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Updating System Software

Updating the system software is a three-step procedure:

1 Choose the appro priate comp resse d system softwa re files. 2 Install the system software on your com puter. 3 Download the system software to the printer.

The following sections explain these steps in detail.

▲ Caution:

Some fonts downloaded on your printer ’s hard disk are copy-protected. Therefore, when you upgrade the system upgrade (release 2.0 or later firmware) on your QMS 1060 Print System, these fonts must be re-downloaded in order for the printer to recognize them. See your font documentation for downloading inst ructio ns.

Choosing the Appro priate System Software Files for Downloading

System software is contained on 8 disks—4 PC and 4 Macintosh. The disks you use depend on the type of computer you are using, whether your printer is functioning or not, the current firmware relea se, and how you plan to download the system software to the printer.

Computer Disk Set to Use Hard Disk

Space Needed

(approx.)

Macintosh SYSTEMLOADER 1.75 MB

SYSTEMDL.PS 3.25 MB

PC SYSTEM.DL 1.75 MB

SYSTEMDL.PS 3.25 MB

Functional Non-Functional

Printer Firmware

Release

√√ √ √√

√

1.x Serial

2.x All

1.x Parallel,

2.x All

Interfaces for

Downloadi ng

Serial

* The pri nter’s firm w ar e r e le as e nu m be r is l is ted on bo th th e s ta r t-u p an d s ta t u s pa ge s.

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Updating System Software

Installing the System Software

Once you have identified the appropriat e print sy stem soft ware disk set (using the table in the previous section), you must install the software on your computer’s hard disk before you can download it to the printer.

1 Ensure tha t your computer has enough free hard disk space

for the system software.

2 Create a new folder (Macinto sh) or directory (PC) on your

computer.

3 Insert Disk 1 of the appropriate print system softw are disk

set in your computer ’s disk drive.

4 Install the files on your com puter’s hard disk.

Macintosh

a Open the Installer application.

If you’re using the SY STE MDL .PS file (see the table in the previous section), double-click the PRINTSYSTEM.INSTALLER file icon.

b In the dialog box that appears, change the Install

Location to the folder you created in step 2. Use the dropdown list box to select Select Folder, in the Select the Installatio n Folder dialog box select the appropriat e di sk

and folder, and then click Select. c Click Inst all to begin the install ati o n. d When prompted, insert disk 2 of the system softwa re.

The installatio n takes approximate ly 1.5 minut es. The

Installer places the appropriat e s ystem softwa re file

(either SYS TE M DL.PS or SYSTE M L OADER) in the

folder you selected in step b.

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If you’re using the SY STE M.DL fil e (see the table in the previous section), double-click the SY STE MLOADER.1 icon.

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e When the installation is finished, you’re prompted to click

Quit to exit the Installer program.

a At the DOS C:\

:system↵ where

directory you created in step 2, and disk drive in which you inserted Disk 1.

b Follow the prompt s. They instru ct you to insert the

system softwa re disks in the followi ng order:

Last disk (system software disk 2)

Disk 1 (system software disk 1)

Disk 2 (system software disk 2)

UNIX

a Follow the instructi ons given above for eit her the

Macintosh or the PC.

b After the system softwa re file has been decompressed

on hard disk of the Macintosh or the PC, upload the decompressed file to the UNIX system.

5 Download the system software to the printer.

The procedure for downloading system softwa re depends on whether the print system software is funct iona l (the printer starts up normally, and IDLE displays in the message window) or nonfunctional (the printer can’t start up; the message win dow remains blank), and which system software file you decompressed in the previous step.

Downloading System Software to a Non- Functional Printer

If the print system software is functional (the printer starts up nor mally, and IDLE displ ay s in the message window), go to one of the previous sections, “Downloading Syst em Software to a Functional Printer—SY STE MDL. PS ” or “Downloading System Softwa re to a Functional Printer—SYSTEM.DL.”

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If the print system software is non-functio nal (the print er ca n’t start up), use these instructions to downlo ad the sy stem soft ware.

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Updating System Software

Macintosh

If the current print system software is not functioning, you must connect your Macintosh to the printer’s serial port to reinstall the system software. The downloading procedure will not work over the LocalTalk or CrownNet interface in this case.

» Note:

1 Connect the Maci ntosh to the printer’s serial port.

You can use eithe r the printer or modem port on the Macint o sh. However, the modem port provides the fastest download.

» Note:

To use the printer port you must first disabl e AppleTalk in

the Chooser.

2 Turn on the printer. 3 When the control pane l indicators stop flas hing (the mes-

sage window will remain blank sin ce the printe r is non-functional), send the new system software file SYSTEM.D L to the printer.

a At the Macintosh, double-click the Sy stemLoade r icon. b In the dialog box that appears, make sure the correct

download port is selected, and then choose the Send butt on to start the download.

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Updating System Software

» Note:

The new flash image does not erase the old image

until the printer verifies that the new image is valid.

PC—Parallel Port

If the current print system software is not functioning, you must connect your PC to either the printer ’s parallel or serial port to reinstall the system software. The downloading procedure will not work over the CrownNet interface in this case.

Using the parallel port is the recommended method for downl oading from a PC because the parallel port is faster than the serial port and because no additional cab les or changes of port se ttings are n ec essary.

» Note:

If you’re using a serial port, skip to the following section, “PC—

Serial Port.”

1 If necessary, connect the PC to the printer ’s parallel port. 2 Turn on the printer. 3 When the control pane l indicators stop flas hing (the mes-

sage window will remain blank sin ce the printe r is non-functional), send the new system software file SYSTEM.D L to the printer.

Type

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copy /b system.dl lpt

where

is 1 to 3. (/b refers to binary files.) If you’re not sure of the

number of the parallel port, check your PC’s documentation.

↵

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» Note:

The new flash image does not erase the old image until the

printer verifies that the new image is valid.

PC—Serial Port

This method for downloading the system software from a PC should be used only when a parallel port is not available because it’s slower and because it requires a null modem cable (see the “Cable Pinouts” section of appendix B, “Technical Specifications,” for more information) and special software to set the PC’s serial port to 38400 baud (see step 2, below).

» Note:

If you’re using a parallel port, refer to the previous section, “PC—Parallel Port .”

1 If necessary, connect the PC to the printer ’s serial port,

using a null modem cable.

2 Download the DO S Mod eX program from the QMS Bulletin

Board.

Using your modem, dial in to the QMS Bulletin Board, as described in appendix A, “QMS Customer Support.” After you access the QMS Main Library through the L (Library of Files) selection, do the following:

a Choose D (Download a File). bType hibaud.exe↵ c E xi t from the Bulle tin Board.

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3 T ype hibaud↵ to extract the ModeX files. 4 Set the PC’s baud rate to 38400 by typing

5 Turn on the printer. 6 When the control pane l indicators stop flas hing (the mes-

d Terminate the connection.

modex.exe↵ modex

where this program.

sage window will remain blank sin ce the printe r is non-functional), send the new system software file SYSTEM.D L to the printer.

Type

copy /b system.dl com

where number of the serial port, check your PC’s documentation.

38400 n 8 1↵

is 1-4. See the MODEX.DOC file for more information on

↵

is 1 to 4. (/b refers to binary files.) If you’re not sure of the

» Note:

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The new flash image does not erase the old image until the printer verifies that the new image is valid.

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Emulations

Use the Administration /Em ulat ions me nu to set the parame ters for the available printer em ulat ions. Optional print ing em ulat ion s appear only if installed.

Emulations

» Note:

To choose an emula tion or ESP for a particular interface, use the appropriate interface menu in the Administration/Communications menu. See “Interfa ce s,” late r in this chapter, for more information.

Setting ESP Default Parameters

The ESP Default Emul sets the ESP defaul t emulat ion used when ESP is unable to identify the language of a print job. This allows the system administrat or to select alternat e default emul atio ns.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Emulations/ ESP Default HPGL, Lineprinter, PCL5, PostScript PCL5

Setting HP-GL Parameters

Fifteen configuration ch oices are available under Emul ati ons/HP -G L.

Enhanced Mode

Increases the resolution of the grid for downloaded characters. The GL UC (User-defined Character) command allows you to download and draw characters using an encoding scheme consisting of sequences of pen control movements and coordinat e sequences. The characters are drawn on a grid that is superimposed on the character plot cell.

Printer Configuration

Administration /Em ulat ions/ HP GL/ Enhanced Mo de

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Choices

On—Standard reso luti on for fixe d- and variable-spaced

fonts (4x8 grid ).

Off—Enhanced resolution for variable-spaced fonts

(26x36 grid).

Default

Off

Expand Mode

Defines a larger imageable area which affect s the def ault placement of the scaling points P1 and P2.

Menu Choices

Default Notes

Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Expand Mode On—Turn on expand mode

Off—Use default scaling point s, plot ting range, and plotting area.

Off The available range of plotter units for a particular media

size is only partially determ ined by sett ing the Expand Mode to On. When the printer/plot t er senses the media size it automatically sets the hard clip limit to 15mm on three sides and 39 mm on the fourth. If Expand Mode is On, then the hard clip limits are set to 5mm on three sides and 29 mm on the fourth side. This is what allows you to define a larger imageable area.

The HP-GL emulat ion senses the media t yp e if the paper type is set to Scale to Paper. It is also possible to have the HP-GL emulat ion use a particular medi a size by setting Original Paper Type through the control panel or by using a Document Option Command.

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Origin

Sets the image offset from the plotte r’s origin in 0.01" increments.

Menu Choices Default

Administration /Emulations/HP GL/ Origin/X Direction 0000-8500 (0"-8.5") 0000

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Menu Choices Default

Administration /Emulations/HP GL/ Origin/Y Direction 00000-11000 (0"-11.0") 00000

Paper Type

Identifies the original image’s paper size.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Paper Type A, A3, A4, B, Scale to Paper Scale to Paper

Pen 1 - Pen 8

Sets the width and color for the eight plotter pens. E ach pen has a width and a color option available.

» Note:

See chapter 5, “Additiona l Technical Inform at ion, ” for more information on the HP-GL emulation color encoding equa tion.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Pen x/Width 0-60 (0.0-6.0 mm) 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 Menu

A choice of 0 defaults to a pixel of “1”. Administration /Em ulat ions/ HP GL/Pen x/Color

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Choices

Black, Blue, Brown, Cyan, Gray-25%, Gray-50%, Gray75%, Green, Magenta, Orange, Red, Violet, Yellow

Default

Pen 1—Black (100% black) Pen 2—Black (100% black) Pen 3—Red (70% black) Pen 4—Green (41% black) Pen 5—Blue (89% black) Pen 6—Violet (59% black) Pen 7—Orange (25.8% black) Pen 8—Brown (50% black)

Plotter

Identifies the HP-GL plotter type.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Plotter 7475A, 7550A, 7470A, ColorPro 7550A

Reverse Image

Determines whether an image is printe d in reverse.

Menu Choices

Default

Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Reverse Im a ge On—Print a white image on a black background. Off—Print a black im age on a white backgroun d. Off

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Scaling Percent

Identifies the percentag e to reduce or enlarge an image.

Menu Choices Default

Administration /Em ulat ions/ HP GL/ Scal ing P er cent 001-150 (1-150%) 100 (100%)

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» Note:

To scale plots, select the paper size originally used for the plot in the Paper Type menu and then enter the reduction or enlarg eme nt needed to fit the plot on the new page in the Scaling Percent menu. If necessary, enter new x,y coordinates in the Origin menu to reposition the plot on the page.

Setting HP PCL5 Parameters

The PCL 5 menu maintains PCL 5 emulation att ribut es such as default font, symbol set, and point size. There are ten configurat ion settings. See appendix E, “Manual Updates,” for updated information on the PCL 5 emulation DOC commands.

Default Font

Sets the printer ’s default font .

Menu Choices

Default Notes

Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Default Font Courier12, Courier12bold, Courier12itali c, Courier10,

Courier10bold, Courier10itali c, Lineprinte r, Times*, Times*italic, Times*bold, Times*blditalic, Univ*, Univ*italic, Univ*bold, Univ*bldit ali c, Unicond*, Unicond*italic, Unicond*bol d, Unicond*bldi tlc, Select by index,

Courier12 Fonts with an asterisk “*” in their names are scalable.

Their default point size is set by the Point Size X100 option. Choosing Select byindex as the def ault font selects the font by the index that is set through the Default Font Index option.

All courier fonts (courier10 and courier12) and lineprinter are bitmap fonts, so they have a fixed point size. Selecting a bound, bitmap fo nt overrides the default settings for symbol set and point size. An unbound font uses the specified default symbol set if possib le, and a scalable font uses the default font size.

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Download Location

Controls the default storage locat ion of PCL obje cts (fonts, ma cros, and patterns) when it is not otherwise specified through DOC commands.

Menu Choices

Default Notes

Administration /Em ulat ions/ HP PCL 5/Downld Locat ion Disk—All downloaded PCL objects are stored in the

default disk resource, if present. Memory—All downloaded P CL objects are stored in

temporary storage in RAM. Disk

» Note:

DOC commands specifying resources override this option on a per-job basis.

If this option is set to Disk and no hard disk is installed, memory is used as the default storage location.

If the printer has both a hard disk and a large amount of memory, setting this option to Memory enhances printer performance.

Symbol Set

Before downloading a n y fonts, macros, or patterns ensure that the printer has enough mem o ry to do the download. See chapter 6, the “Problems Downloading Fonts” section , for information on increasing printer memory when downloading fonts.

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Selects the default symbol set for the emulatio n. Not all symbol sets are available with certain resident fonts. In particular, the Desktop, PS Math, Math 8, Microsoft Pub, Pi Font , PS Text , Ventura Intl, Ventura Math, Ventura US, and Windows symbol sets can not be used with the resident bitmap fonts: courier10, courier10bold, courier10 italic, courier12, courier12bold, courier12italic, and lin eprint e r.

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Emulations

The five Dingbat symbol sets (PS-Z apf -D ingbat s, Ventura-Dingbats, Zapf-Dingbats-100, Zapf-Ding bats20 0, Zapf-Din gbat s300) can be used with all fonts.

Menu Choices

Administration /Em ulat ions/ HP PCL 5/Sym bol Se t Roman-8, PC-850, PC8-US, PC8-DN, ECMA-94, Legal,

HPGerman, HPS panish, ISO-2, ISO-4, ISO-6, ISO-10, ISO-1 1 , ISO-14, ISO-15, ISO-16, ISO-17, ISO-21, ISO25, ISO-57, ISO-60, ISO-61, ISO-69, ISO-84, ISO-85, Desktop, PS Math, Mat h 8, M icrosoft -Pub, Pi-Font, PSText, Ventura-Intl, Ventura-Math, Ventura-US, Windows, PS-Zapf-Dingbat s, Ventura-Dingbats, ZapfDingbats100, Zapf-Dingbats20 0, Zapf-Din gbats3 00

Default Notes

Roman-8 If a mismatch between symbol set and fonts occurs, the

standard PCL font selection m echanism is used to locate a font that matches the selected symbol set. With the standard set of fonts distributed for your printe r, this matches the Times* font, but other user-installed fonts could change this result.

Lines Per Inch

Sets the default lines printed per inch in PCL jobs, regardless of page size.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Lines/Inch X100 100 to 4800 600 You m ust enter the num ber of line s per inch times 100.

For example, 6 lines per inch is entered as 600; 6.6 liner per inch is entered as 660.

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Emulations

Line Termination

Indicates the default line term inat ion m ode. This setting specif ies the treatment of line feeds and carriage returns. (See Appendix E , “Manual Updates” for more informati on on line termin ati on ).

Menu Choices

Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Line Termination CR=CR LF=LF CR=CR+LF LF=LF CR=CR LF=CR+LF CR or LF=CR+LF

Default

CR=CR LF=LF

Point Size x100

Sets the point size for scalable default fonts in units of hundreths of a point. For example, a 24 point default point size is selected by entering 2400. The smallest increment allowed in point size is .25 point (for example, 8.5 point and 8.75 point fonts are allowed, but 8.6 poi nt is not).

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Point Size x100 00025-99975 (0.25-999. 75 points ) 01200 (12 points) If the font is not scalable or if a bitmap font is specified,

the setting is ignored.

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Emulations

Retain Temporary

Allows you to control the PCL print environment ac ross print jobs.

Menu Choices

Default Notes

Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Retain Temporary Off, On, O n Compatibility

Off—Resets PCL to its default state at the end of each PCL

print job, executes an implicit <ESC>E at the start and end of the job, and deletes any t emporary fo nts, macros, and patterns.

—Resets PCL to its default state at the end of each PCL

print job. Temporary fonts, macros, and patterns from previous PCL jobs are retained in memory after the print job has completed. You can recall these downloaded fonts, macros, or patterns from within your PCL file without having to download them again.

On Compatibility

the temporary macros, fonts, and patterns from previous PCL jobs.

—Retains the entire state of PCL as well as

Off A retained state is cleared if the user does the following :

Explicitly clears the PCL state by sending an <ESC>E or Printer Job Language.

Turns off the printer. (Note that if Retain Temporary is set to On or On Compatibility and power is turned off and back on again, all temporary objects on the disk’s standard resource will become permanent. RAM-based temporary objects are lost).

Printer Configuration

Changes any PCL front panel option.

Sends any PCL-specific DOC commands (except the DOC emulation command).

Sends a PCL job from a different communicatio ns port. For example, the state set up by a PCL job using the parallel port is cleared if a subsequent PCL job arrives at the serial port).

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Emulations

Scalable Fonts

Specifies whether to enable or disable the printi ng of PCL 5 scalable fonts by an application. This feature may be useful when printing PCL 4 documents which may inadvertently se lect unwanted scalable fonts.

Menu Choices

Administration /Em ulat ions/ HP PCL 5/Scala ble Fonts Enable, Disable Enable—Allow s selection of scalable fonts. Whe n you

print PCL 4 documents, PCL 5 may substitute scalable fonts that could cause your PCL 4 documents to print incorrectly.

Disable—Prints using bitmap fonts only.

Default

Enable

Default Font Index

Sets the Default Font Inde x when the Defau lt Font is set to selectbyindex.

Menu Choices Default

Administration /Em ulat ions/ HP PCL 5/Defau lt Font Idx 0 to 32767 Selectbyindex value

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Emulations

Monochrome GL/2

Allows your printer to emulate a monochrome or color plotter.

Menu Choices

Administration /E mulat ions/ HP PCL 5/M ono ch ro me GL /2 On, Off

On—Sets the printer to monochrome (2 pen ). Off—Sets the p rinter to color (8 pen). Since a

monochrome print system has two pen colors only (black and white), grayscale patterns are substituted for other colors.

The printer maps each pen to its assigned color, t hen converts the color to a grayscale using the National Television System Committee (NTSC) color standard for luminosity coefficients (Additive System):

Y = .3R + .59G + .11B

Examples on How to Use the Color Standard Formula

White Y = [ (1* 0.3) + (1*0.59) + (1*0.11)]—100% gray Black Y = [(0*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—0% gray Red Y = [(1*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—30% gray Green Y = [(0*0.3) + (1*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—59% gray Yellow Y = [(1*0.3) + (1*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—89% gray Blue Y = [(0*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (1*0.11) ]— 11% gray MagentaY = [(1*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (1*0.11)]—41% gray Cyan Y = [(0*0.3) + (1*0.59) + (1*0.11)]—70% gray

Default On

Printer Configuration

Pen Color Defaults:

Pen 0 = White Pen 1 = Black Pen 2 = Red Pen 3 = Green Pen 4 = Yellow Pen 5 = Blue Pen 6 = Magenta Pen 7 = Cyan

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Emulations

Setting Line Printer Parameters

The following twelve configu ration optio ns are available.

Autowrap

Indicates whether long lines are to be wrapped to the next line instead of being truncated.

Menu Choices

Default

Administration /Emulations/Line Printer/Autowrap On—Wrap long lines. Off—Truncate long lines. On

Character Map

Specifies the type of character map to be used.

Menu Choices Default

Administration /Emulations/Line Printer/Character Map ASCII, EBC DI C ASCII

CR IS CRLF

Stipulates whe ther each carriage return (CR) in the print job is translated to a carriage return/line feed (CRLF) combination .

Menu Choices

Default

Administration/Emulations/ Line P rint er/CR IS C R LF On—Translate all carriage returns to line feeds.

Off—Use carriage returns only as carriage returns.

Off

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FF IS CRFF

Stipulates whether each form feed (FF) in the print job is translated to a carriage return/form feed (CRFF) combination.

Menu Choices

Administration/Emulations/ Line P rint er/FF IS CRLF On—Translate all form feeds to carriage return/form

feed combinations. Off—Use form feed s onl y as form feeds.

Default

Font

Sets the printer fonts for the current print job . Any PostScript fonts available on the printer can be used. To see a list of available PostScript fonts, print an advanced status page through the printer configuration menu or through the PS Executive Serie s Utilities.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Emulations/ Line P rint er/Font All printer-resident PostScript font s . Courier

LF IS CRLF

Stipulates whether each line feed (LF) in the print job is translated to a carriage return/line feed (CRLF) combination.

Menu Choices On—Translate all line feeds to carriage return/line feed

Administration/Emulations/Line Printer/LF IS CRLF

combinations.

Off—Use line feeds only as line feeds.

Default

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Emulations

Line Numbering

Specifies that a five-digit num ber is to be prefixed to the beginning of each line.

Menu Choices

Administration /Emulations/Line Printer/Line Numbering On—Number all lines. Off—Don’t number lines.

Default

Off

Lines Per Page

Specifies the number of lines printed on a page bef ore an autom at ic page eject. Interline spacing is set to the selected point size. Logical pages consisting of more lines than specified are split into m ultiple pages.

Menu Choices Default

Administration /Emulations/Line Printer/Lines per Page 1-128 87

Margins

Defines the left, right, top, and bottom marg ins in 1/100" increment s .

Menu Choices Bottom 0-1400 (0"-14.00")

Default Bottom 0

Administration /Emulations/Line Printer/Margins

Left 0-1400 (0"-14.00") Right 0-1400 (0"-14.00") Top 0-1400 (0"-14.00")

Left 0 Right 0 Top 0

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Orientation

Specifies whether text and graphics are placed on the pag e in a portrait or landscape orientation.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Emulations/ Line P rint er/Orientation Landscape, Portrait Portrait

Point Sz 100ths

Sets the five-digit value used to specify the point size of the font for the current print job.

Menu Choices Default

Administration /Em ulat ions/ Line Print er/P oin t Sz 100ths 00400-25600 (4-256 points) 00880 (8.8 points)

Tab Stops

Specifies the number of spaces between tab stops.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Emulations/ Line P rint er/Tab Stops 0-256 8

Setting PostScript Parameters

The PostScript menu allows you to select a PostScript emulation level. and halftone type, and it enables gamma correction.

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Emulations

Emulation Level

Sets the default PostScript emulation level. This is useful if you have files prepared in an application which is not fully compatible with Adobe’s PostScript Level 2 page description language.

Menu Choices

Administration /Em ulat ions/ Po stS cript/ Em ulat ion Level Level 2—For PostScript Level 2 files and most Level 1

files.

Level 1 B/W—For files that contain only black-and-white

PostScript Level 1 operators. This mode does not support the PostScript color operators, and use of color operators could even cause the print job to fail.

Level 1 Color—For files that contain color PostScript

Level 1 operators. This mode accepts color PostScript Level 1 operators and translates these commands to the appropriate grayscale. This is the recommended setting for Level 1 comp ati bility sin ce it contains all of the commands in Level 1 B/W and the color commands.

Default

Level 2

Halftone Type

Sets the halftone type.

Menu Choices

Default

Administration /Em ulat ions/Po stS cript/Hal ftone Type Basic—Regular dot placemen t at 53 lpi for 300x300

resolution or 71 dpi for 600x600 resolution. Advanced—Variable dot placement according to the

grayscales within the image. Generally, this option provides smoother transitions between grayscales within the image .

Advanced

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Gamma Correction

Sets the print engine’s gamma correction. For more inform ation on gamma correction, see chapter 5, “Print Quality,” in the guide...

Operation

Choices

Default Notes

Administration /Em ulat ions/Po stS cript/Ga mm a Correction

No—Disables gamma correction. Yes— En ables gamma correctio n.

No Gamma correction is autom at ically adjusted when you

change your printer’s resolution, if this option is set to Yes.

Gamma correction applies only to PostScript images. If turning on gamma correction doesn’t yield a suitable

gray-scale image for your needs, set a specific gamm a correction value through your drawing application or through the PostScript settransfer operator. (See your drawing application documentation or the

Language Reference Manual

for more information. )

PostScript

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Hard Disks

Use the Administration /Di sk Operation s menu to perform disk operation processes that appear only when one or more optional hard disks are installed.

▲ Caution

previously used with an earlier QMS Crown printer (QMS 860, QMS 860 Plus, QMS-PS 1700, QMS 1725, QMS 1725 SLS, QMS-PS 2000, QMS 2025, QMS-PS 3200, QMS 3225, QMS 4525, QMS ColorScript 210/230, QMS Laser 1000, or QMS magicolo r Laser Printer), this QMS 1060 Print System sof tware relea se will automatically reorganize the files on the hard disk when the printer is turned back on again. (The printer release number is listed on bot h the start-up and the status page.) Once this reorganizat ion is done, the files on the hard disk can no longer be accessed if the hard disk is re-attached to an earlier QMS Crown printer again.

This reorganization process takes time . If, when you first turn the printer on after attaching a previously use d hard disk, it does not come on line immediately, be patient. Interrupting the reorganization process could cause all files on the hard disk to be lost.

: If you connect to this printer an external hard disk you

Formatting a Hard Disk

Use this selection to format a hard disk. See chapter 6, “Printer Options,” for informat ion on how to format a disk.

Hard disk specifications are included in Q-FAX document 6502, “QMS-tested SIMMs and Hard Disks.” See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” of this manual for information on accessing Q-FAX documents.

» Note:

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If a FORMAT FAILED message displays in the message window during the Format Disk operation, the disk cannot be used. Press the Menu key to remove the message and contact your QMS vendor.

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Interfaces

Installing an Optional Font

Use this selection to add options, such as fonts to the hard disk via a font card. This selection copies data from the card to the hard disk. See chapter 6, “Printer Opti ons,” for more info rmat ion on how to install an option.

» Note:

If an error message displays in the message window during this operation, press the Menu key to remove the message and restart the operation from the beginni ng.

Removing an Optional Font

Use this selection to remove a previously installed option and all of its files. See chapter 6, “Printer Options,” for more information on how to remove an option.

» Note:

If an error message displays in the message window during this operation, press the Menu key to remove the message and restart the operation from the beginni ng.

Interfaces

You can custom ize all of the printe r ’s interf aces through the Admin istration/Com municat ions me nu.

Setting LocalTalk Interface Parameters

Use the Administration /Com m unicat ions/ LocalTalk menu to set the LocalTalk interface values used for printer-host comm unication.

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Interfaces

Mode

Enables or disables the communicat ion interfa ce.

Menu Choices Enabled—Establishes one-way L ocalTalk communication from

Default Notes

Administration/Communications/LocalTalk/Mode

the host to the printer)

Disabled—Turns off the LocalTalk interface, and the printer

stops accepting LocalTalk interface print jobs)

Enabled The printer must be restarted for changes to the Mode

menu to take effe ct. Changing t he Mod e setting will cause the REBOOT NOW? prompt to appear. Your can either choose to restart the printer now and this change takes effect immediately or you can manually restart the printer and have this change take effect later.

Min K Spool

Sets the minimum number of kilobytes of system memory allocated to the AppleTalk interface.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ A ppleTalk/Min K Spool 00000-99999 00015 This value must be less than K Mem For Spool

(Administrat ion/ M emory menu). A 00000 value does not turn off the spooling buffer for

the LocalTalk int erface. If the value is set to 00000, the printer calculate s the Min K Spool automatically at initializati o n.

The printer is immediately restarted when a change is made to this option. (For example, change the value to 35, press the Select key, and the menu changes to LocalTalk. Press the Online/O ffline key and the printer automatically reboots.

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Connection

Allows you to enable or disable print spooling.

Interfaces

Menu Choices C o nventional—Allows one LocalTalk connection and accepts

Default

Administration/Communications/LocalTalk/Connection

only one print job at a time. If two users send print jobs to the printer, the workstation belonging to the first user is unavailable until the first job has been printed, and the workstation belonging to the second user is unavailable until both jobs have been printed.

Spool—Allows multiple LocalTalk connections and accepts

(spools) more than one print job at a time. Workstations are available while jobs are printing.

Both—Allows both single and multiple LocalTalk connections.

Conventional

PS Protocol

Sets the binary communicat ions protocol (BCP) for communicat ing over a LocalTalk interface to a PostScript printer. See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for a full discussion of PS Protocol.

Administration/Communications/LocalTalk/PS Protocol

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Choices

Default

Normal—Enable stand ard, A S CII hex protocol. Data is sent 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 alter the PS protocol value through Post Script operators.

Normal Fixed—Enable standard, ASCII hex protocol. Print jobs cannot alter this value through PostScript operators.

Binary—Enable binary comm uni cation s prot ocol. Print jobs can alter this value through PostScript operat ors. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints.

Binary Fixed—E nable binary commu nications protocol. Print jobs can not alter this value through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints.

Normal

Def Job Prio

Allows you to specify which jobs are printed first, according to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously. In other words, you can give jobs received via the LocalTalk interface priority over jobs received via the parallel and serial interfaces.

Menu Choices Default

Administration /Communications/ LocalTalk/Def Jo b Prio 001-100 (highest-lowest priority) 001 (highest priority)

Setting Parallel Interface Parameters

Use the Administration /Com m unicat ions/ P arallel menu to set the parallel interface values used for printer-host comm uni cati on s.

Mode

The Centronics IEEE 1284 parallel interface sup ports five modes of operation: byte, compat ibi lity, ECP (enhanced compatibilit y port),

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EPP (enhanced parallel port), and nibble. See ch apter 5, “Addition al Technical Information,” for a discussion of the different modes.

Menu Choices Interactive—Establish bidirectional (IEEE 1284)

Default Notes

Administration/Communications/Parallel/Mode

communication between the host and the pri nter.

Noninteractive—Establis h unidirectional (IEEE 488)

communication from the host to the printer.

Disabled—Turn off parallel communication with the host. The

printer stops accepting print jobs over the parallel interface.

Noninteractive The printer must be restarted for changes to the Mode

Emulation

Sets the parallel interfa ce ’s default emulat ion .

Menu Choices

Default

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ Parallel /Em ulat ion ESP, Hexdump, HPGL, PCL5, PostScript, Lineprinter

Other optional emulat ions also appear, if installed. ESP

Min K Spool

Sets the minimum number of kilobytes of system memory allocated to the parallel interface.

Menu Choices

Printer Configuration

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ Parallel /Min K Spool 00000-99999

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Default Notes

00015 This value must be less than K Mem For Spool

(Administrat ion /Mem ory men u). A 00000 value does not turn off the spooling buffer for

the parallel interf ace. If the value is set to 00000, the printer calculate s the Min K Spool automatically at initializati on.

Spool Timeout

Sets the number of seconds the interface waits for data from the host before terminating a sp ooled prin t job.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration/Communications/Parallel/Spool Timeout 00000-99999 00030 If the spool timeout value expires before the printer has

received all data for a job it is spooling, the printer terminates the spooled print job.

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Data Bits

Sets the number of data bit s transmi tted per chara cter in the dat a stream from the host.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ P arallel/Dat a B its 7 Bits, 8 Bits 8 Bits Set this value to match the num ber of data bit s

transmitted by your host.

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End Job Mode

Enables (and identifies an end-of-job se quence) or disables data stream sensing for the end-of-documen t (EOD) comm and. These sequences allow hosts to enforce print job sequencing without considerations for interacting timeouts. See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for detail s on how to implement this feat ure on your QMS 1060 Print System.

Menu Choices N one— T he printer recognizes only the language specific

Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ Parallel /End Job Mod e

terminator commands such as the PostScript ^D command.

QMS EOD—The printer recognizes only the QMS

%%EndOfDocument command.

HP EOD—The printer recognizes only the HP <ESC>%-

12345X command.

None Only one form of EOD is used at a time.

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Def Job Prio

Allows you to specify which jobs are printed first, according to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously. In other words, you can give jobs received via the parallel interface priority over jobs received via the LocalTalk and serial interfaces.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Communicat ions/ P arallel/Def Job Prio 001-100 (highest-lowest priority) 001 (highest priority)

PS Protocol

Sets the binary communicat ions protocol (BCP) for communicat ing over a parallel interface to a PostScript print er. See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Informat ion,” for a full discussion of PS Protocol.

Menu Choices

Administration/Communications/Parallel/PS Protocol Normal—Enable stand ard, A S CII hex protocol. Data is

sent 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 alter the PS protocol value through Post Script operators.

Normal Fixed—Enable standard, ASCII hex protocol. Print jobs cannot alter this value through PostScript operators.

Binary—Enable binary communi cation s protocol. Print jobs can alter this value through PostScript operat ors. Data in the printable ASCII range also print.

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Binary Fixed—E nable binary commu nications protocol. Print jobs cannot alter this value through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints.

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Setting Serial Interface Parameters

Use the Administration/Communications/Serial menu to set the serial interface commu nicati on va lues used for print er-h ost comm uni cations. Fifteen options are available.

Mode

Enables or disables the PostScript interactive m ode from the host.

Menu Choices Interactive—Establish two-way communication between the

Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ Serial/ M ode

host and the printer.

Noninteractive—E stabli sh on e-wa y commu nication from t h e

host to the printer.

Disabled—Turn off serial communication with the host. The

printer stops accepting print jobs over the serial interface.

Interactive If you are not using the serial interface, you may select

Disabled to prevent any jobs from being received through that interface.

The printer must be restarted for changes to the Mode menu to take effe ct. Changing t he Mod e setting will cause the REBOOT NOW? prompt to appear. Your can either choose to restart the printer now and this change takes effect immediately or you can manually restart the printer and have this change take effect later.

Emulation

Sets the serial interface emul ati o n.

Menu Choices

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ S erial/ Emul ati on ESP, Hexdump, HPGL, PCL5, PostScript, Lineprinter.

Other optional emulat ions also appear, if installed.

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Default Notes

ESP If you want to emulate an Adobe printer when using the

PostScript emulation, you must also set Mode to Interactive.

Min K Spool

Sets the minimum number of kilobytes of system memory allocated to the serial interface.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration/Communications/Serial/Min K Spool 00000-99999 00015 This value must be less than K Mem For Spool.

A 00000 value does not turn off the spooling buffer for the serial interface. If the value is set to 00000, the printer calculate s the Min K Spool automatically at initializati on.

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Spool Timeout

Sets the number of seconds the interf ace wait s for additional dat a from the host before termi nating a spoo led print job.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ S erial/S pool Timeout 00000-99999 00030 If you change this setting, you must ensure that the new

setting does not conflict with the PS Wait Timeout and Emul Timeout values. If this value expire s bef ore the printer has received all data for a job it is spooling, the printer terminates the spooled print job.

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End Job Mode

Enables (and identifies an end-of-job se quence) or disables data stream sensing for the end-of-docum ent (EOD) comma nd. S ee ch apter 5, “Additional Technical Informat ion,” for detai ls on how to implement this feature on your QMS 1060 Prin t System .

Menu Choices N one— T he printer recognizes only the PostScript ^D

Default Notes

Administration/Communications/Serial/End Job Mode

command.

QMS EOD—The printer recognizes only the QMS

%%EndOfDocument command.

HP EOD—The printer recognizes only the HP

<ESC>%12345X) command.

None If your host uses hardware flow control, set this option to

match the type used by your host.

Def Job Prio

Allows you to specify which jobs are printed first, according to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously. In other words, you can give jobs received via the serial interface priority over jobs received via the LocalTalk and parallel interfaces.

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Communications/Serial/Def Job Prio 001-100 (highest-lowest priority) 001 (highest priority)

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Baud Rate

Sets the rate at which data is transmitted (bits per second) by the host over the serial interface.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ Serial/ B aud Rate 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 192 00, 3840 0 9600 Set this option to match the baud rate used by your host.

Baud rates of 19200 and 38400 require RTS/CTS protocol hardware flow control (Admi nistration/ Communications/Serial/Hdwe Flow Ctl menu).

If you select a baud rate of 2400 or below, the Administration/Communications/Timeouts/Emul Timeout value should be increased to the following values:

Baud Rate Emulation Timeout (seconds)

2400 10* 1200 20

600 40 300 80

* A baud rate of 2400 works with an Emulation Timeout

value of 5, but there is no margin for delays between characters.

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Parity

Sets the check bit used to identify data transmission error s.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ Serial/ P arity Even, Ignore Parity, None, Odd None The printer’s parity setting must match that of the host or

application.

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Ignore Parity

Allows you to set the Ignore Parity option .

Interfaces

Menu Choices Default

Administration/Communications/Serial/Ignore Parity On, Off Off

Receive Software Flow Control

If your host uses software flow control, this option allows you to choose the type of flow control used by the printer for its communi ca tion with the host.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ S erial/Rcv S w Flow Ct l ETX/ACK, None, Robust XON/XOF F, XON/XOFF XON/XOFF Set this option to match the typ e of flow control used by

your host.

Transmit Software Flow Control

If your host uses software flow control, this option sets the soft ware flow control used by the host for its communication with the printer..

Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ S erial/X mi t SW Flow Ctl

ETX/ACK, None, XON/XOFF None Set this option to match the typ e of flow control used by

your host.

Data Bits

Sets the number of data bit s transmi tted per chara cter in the dat a stream by your host.

Menu Choices

Printer Configuration

Administration/Communications/Serial/Data Bits 7 Bits, 8 Bits

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Default

8 Bits Set this value to match the num ber of data bit s

transmitted by your host.

Stop Bits

Sets the number of stop bits tran smitt ed per characte r.

Menu Choices Default Notes

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ S erial/S top B its 1 Bit, 2 Bits 1 Bit Set this option to match the num ber of stop bits

transmitted by your host.

Hardware Flow Control

Controls the flow of data between the printer and the host.

Menu Choices

Administration /Com m unicat ions/ Serial/ Hdwe Fl ow Ctl DSR POL DSR DTR POL DTR RTS CTS

Normal, Reverse Off, On Normal, Reverse Off, On Off, On Off, On

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

6 Printer Options

B Technical Specifications

D Notices

Glossary

Index

Introduction

About This Manual

Introduction

Typographic Conventions

Print Media

Introduction

Media Sizes and Imageable Areas

Media Types and Weights

Paper Type

Paper Weight

Envelope Type

Transparency Type

Transparency Weight

Label Type

Label Weight

Storing Media

Introduction

About Typefaces and Fonts

Typeface Classification

Resident Fonts, Typefaces, and Symbol Sets

Resident PostScript Fonts

Resident HP PCL Fonts

Resident HP-GL Symbol Sets

Downloadable Fonts

Optional Fonts

Introduction

Methods of Configuration

Using an Application

Using PS Executive Series Utilities

Using Printer Commands

Using the Control Panel

Using Remote Console

Configuration Menu

Accessing the Configuration Menu

Selecting Configuration Menu Options

Changing Character Information

Saving Configuration Changes

Canceling Configuration Changes

Setting the Message Window Language

Restoring the Factory Default Configuration

Rebooting the System

Configuration Menu Options

Collation

Enabling/Disabling Collation

Working with Chunk Collation

Chunk Collation

Collating PCL 5 Files

Copies

Flash Memory

Updating System Software

Choosing the Appro priate System Software Files for Downloading

Installing the System Software

Downloading System Software to a Non- Functional Printer

Emulations

Setting ESP Default Parameters

Setting HP-GL Parameters

Setting HP PCL5 Parameters

Setting Line Printer Parameters

Setting PostScript Parameters

Hard Disks

Formatting a Hard Disk

Installing an Optional Font

Removing an Optional Font

Interfaces

Setting LocalTalk Interface Parameters

Setting Parallel Interface Parameters

Setting Serial Interface Parameters