KONICA MINOLTA QMS 4060 Guide

QMS® 4060

Print System

Options

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Proprietary Statement

The digitally encoded software included with your Courageous Print System is Copyrighted © 1998 by QMS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This software may not be reproduced, modified, displayed, transferred, or copied in any form or in any manner or on any media, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of QMS, Inc.

This manual is Copyrighted © 1998 by QMS, Inc., One Magnum Pass, Mobile, AL 36618. All Rights Reserved. This manual may not be copied in whole or in part, nor transferred to any other media or language, without the express written permission of QMS, Inc.

1 Memory and Storage

Introduction ..................................................................................	1-2
Single In-Line Memory Modules .................................................	1-2
Hard Disk Storage Options .........................................................	1-2

About Internal Hard Disks 1-3

External SCSI Hard Disks 1-3

Identifying Hard Disks 1-3

Turning on an External Hard Disk 1-4

Configuring Hard Disks 1-5

Using the Disk Operations Menu 1-5

Formatting a Hard Disk 1-5

Backing Up Data to a Jaz or Zip Drive .......................................	1-7
Error Messages 1-8
Restoring Data from a Jaz or Zip Drive ......................................	1-9

Error Messages 1-10

2 Optional Fonts

Optional Fonts .............................................................................	2-2
Downloading Disk Fonts .............................................................	2-2
Kanji SIMM Kit ..............................................................................	2-3

What's in the Kit? 2-4

Hardware Requirements 2-4

Software Requirements 2-4

Accessing the Kanji Fonts 2-5

If You are Using a Macintosh 2-5

If You are Using Windows 2-7

If You are Using DOS 2-7

	ProCollection Font SIMM ............................................................	2-8
3	Optional Interfaces
	Optional Network Interface .........................................................	3-2
	Optional Network Interface Assembly Kit 3-2
	Installing an Optional Network Interface 3-3
	Using an Optional Network Interface .........................................	3-3
	Setting Optional Interface Parameters 3-3
	Optional LocalTalk Interface ......................................................	3-4
	Optional LocalTalk Interface Assembly Kit 3-4
	Installing an Optional LocalTalk Interface 3-4
	Using the Optional LocalTalk Interface .....................................	3-5
	Interface 3-5
	Macintosh Interface Cabling 3-6
	Making the Connection 3-7
	Macintosh Printing Software ......................................................	3-8
	Installing Macintosh Utilities 3-8
	Testing Macintosh Communication 3-12
	Printing from the Macintosh 3-12
	Setting LocalTalk Interface Parameters 3-13
	Optional Serial Interface ...........................................................	3-16
	What's in the Serial Interface Kit 3-16
	Installing an Optional Serial Interface 3-16

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Serial Interface 3-16

Before Making a Serial Connection 3-16

What You Need for a Serial Interface 3-17

Making the Connection 3-17

PC Printing Software 3-18

Printing from the PC 3-20

Setting Serial Interface Parameters 3-20

4 Optional Emulations
Softloadable Emulations .............................................................	4-2
Procedure for Downloading an Emulation 4-2
Emulation Configuration .............................................................	4-5

5 New System Software
Updating System Software ..........................................................	5-2
Passwords and Updated System Software 5-2
Requirements 5-3
Procedure—Macintosh Users 5-3
Procedure—PC Users—Parallel and Serial 5-5

6	Hardware Options
	Large-Capacity Input Feeder ......................................................	6-2
	What's in the Kit? 6-2
	Installation Procedure 6-2
	2000-Sheet Large-Capacity Output Stacker ............................	6-10
	What's in the Kit? 6-10
	Unpacking the 2000-Sheet LCOS 6-11
	Hardware Contents 6-12
	Installation Procedure 6-13
	3000-Sheet Large-Capacity Output Stacker ............................	6-23
	What's in the Kit? 6-23

Unpacking the 3000-Sheet LCOS 6-23

Hardware Contents 6-26

Installation Procedure 6-28

Preparing the Printer 6-32

Contents

iii

Connecting the 3000-Sheet LCOS to the Printer 6-42

Connecting Cables and Turning on the LCOS 6-44

Using the 3000-Sheet Large-Capacity Output Stacker 6-46

Adjusting the Paper Guides 6-48

	Custom Tray ..............................................................................	6-51
	Custom Tray Installation 6-51
	Standard Paper Sizes 6-54
	Security Key ...............................................................................	6-55
	What's in the Kit? 6-55
	Procedure 6-56
	BuzzBox Lite ..............................................................................	6-58
	What's in the Kit? 6-58
	Installing BuzzBox Lite 6-59
	Using BuzzBox Lite 6-60
7	CrownCopy
	Introduction ..................................................................................	7-2
	Print System Requirements 7-2
	What's in the Kit 7-2
	Installation ....................................................................................	7-3
	Flatbed Scanning .........................................................................	7-6
	ADF Scanning ..............................................................................	7-7
	Memory Configuration 7-7
	Procedure 7-8
	Menu Configuration ...................................................................	7-10
	The Copier Menu 7-10
	Copy Quality Decisions 7-12
	Making Changes to the CrownCopy Menu 7-13
	Menu Settings 7-13
	Troubleshooting ........................................................................	7-20
	Error Messages 7-20
	Other Problems 7-21

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A QMS Customer Support

Sources of Support .....................................................................

A-2

Your QMS Vendor A-2

Your Application Vendor A-2

Q-FAX A-2

CompuServe A-3

Internet A-3

QMS Customer Response Center (CRC) A-3

QMS World-wide Offices ............................................................

A-5

Index

Contents

Memory and

Storage

In This Chapter . . .

n“Single In-Line Memory Modules” on page 1-2

n“Hard Disk Storage Options” on page 1-2

Introduction

This chapter discusses memory and storage options available for use with your QMS 4060 Printer.

Single In-Line Memory

Modules

Single in-line memory modules (or SIMMs) are compact circuit boards with surface-mount memory chips. The QMS 4060 Print System base model is standard with two 16 MB SIMMs. However, it is possible to add up to a total of 128 MB of RAM. The memory system on the printer uses interleaved memory mapping. Because of this, new SIMMs must be installed in matching pairs.

Additional printer memory allows you to download more fonts and increase the printer's buffer (area where data sent from the computer is stored while it’s waiting to be printed).

QMS requires that only QMS-certified service technicians install memory upgrades to your QMS 4060 Print System. See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for information on how to contact QMS National Field Service.

Hard Disk Storage Options

Hard disks provide true virtual memory as well as storage for character bitmaps, downloaded outline fonts, and other files.

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Hard Disk

Storage

Options

About Internal Hard Disks

Your QMS 4060 Print System includes an internal IDE hard disk. This disk is used for storing system software, downloaded fonts, softloadable emulations, and spooling from the host computer.

External SCSI Hard Disks

For information on installing your external hard disk, see the documentation that comes with your hard disk.

»Note: See FAQ 7181 for a list of approved hard disks, their manufacturers and part numbers, and the QMS products on which they can be used. You can access QMS FAQs through the Internet at http://www.qms.com/support/supportbase/ or through Q-FAX. (See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” to find out how to access Q-FAX documents).

FAQ numbers are subject to change, so yo may want to obtain a directory of Q-FAX documents before requesting a specific document.

Identifying Hard Disks

The hard disks are identified by their device numbers. The internal hard disk attached has a device number of DSK7. If optional external hard disks are attached to the printer, their device numbers can range from DSK0 to DSK6. (DSK5 which translates to SCSI ID 5 is reserved for the scanner). Device numbers of external disks can be set on the back of the hard disk by the installer.

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Hard Disk

Storage

Options

▲Caution: If you connect to this printer an external hard disk you previously used with an earlier QMS Crown printer (1660E, QMS 1725E, QMS 2025, or QMS 3225), this QMS 4060 Print System software release will automatically reorganize the files on the hard disk when the printer is turned back on again. (The printer release number is listed on both the start-up and the status page.) Once this reorganization is done, the files on the hard disk can no longer be accessed if the hard disk is reattached to an earlier QMS Crown printer.

This reorganization process takes time. If, when you first turn the printer on after attaching a previously used 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.

Turning on an External Hard Disk

For the printer to recognize one or more external hard disks, each hard disk must be turned on before you turn on the printer. If the printer recognizes the disk(s) and the start-up page is enabled, check to ensure that DISK ONLINE prints on that page. If the start-up page is not enabled, print a status page and check to see if DISK ONLINE prints on that page. (See chapter 4, “Printer Configuration,” of the Reference manual, for information on how to print a status page.)

If DISK ONLINE does not print, see the Operation guide, chapter 9, the “Internal Hard Disk Problems” section, for more information.

Properly installed disks will also appear in the “Options” section, of the start-up page (if it’s enabled) and on the status page as %%diskx% (where x is a 7 for an internal IDE hard disk and 0 - 6 (SCSI ID 5 is reserved for the scanner) for any external SCSI hard disks, depending on the SCSI ID set on the back of the hard disk.

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Hard Disk

Storage

Options

Configuring Hard Disks

To configure the hard disk(s) you may need to either Enable Disk Swap or increase the Disk Cache size, dependent on your printer’s memory.

After the Administration/Memory/Enable Disk Swap or Administration/ Memory/Disk Cache menu settings are reconfigured and the printer is restarted, you need to print a status page to check that the Disk Cache size is increased. (Notice that VM remaining memory is also increased.)

Using the Disk Operations Menu

The Administration/Disk Operations menu contains all of the options you need to format a hard disk.

Error Messages

The following two messages may appear while you are using the Disk Operations menu.

Message	Meaning	Action
FORMAT	The hard disk	Press the Menu key to
FAILED	cannot be used.	remove the message, and
		contact your QMS vendor.

WRITE ERROR	The hard disk	Press the Menu key to
	encountered a write	remove the message, and
	error, or there is no	restart the operation from
	room for the data on	the beginning.
	the hard disk or in
	RAM.

Formatting a Hard Disk

You have three ways of formatting a hard disk:

nPrinter configuration menu

nCrownAdmin

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Hard Disk

Storage

Options

nRemote Console

Using the Printer Configuration Menu

After you have accessed the Administration/Disk Operations menu, 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 (DSK refers to the hard disk,# is the hard disk number).

▲Caution: Do not format the internal hard disk. It is identified by SCSI address #7 or DSK#7. The hard disk contains all of the system code for the printer.

»Note: You may need to press the Next key one or more times to advance through the list of selections or options.

Press this	to ...	and the message
key ...		window reads ...

Select	Access the Disk Operations/	FORMAT DISK
	Format Disk menu

Select	Access the Format Disk/Dsk#:	DSK#:
	menu.

Next or	Advance through the list of	DSK#:
Previous	attached disks.

Select	Select the disk and display a	ARE YOU SURE?
	format confirmation message.

Select	Begin the formatting process.	FORMATTING...
	While the system reboots, the hard
	disk is being formatted.

Using CrownAdmin

See the QMS CrownNet System Administrator’s Guide on the QMS Software Utilities CD-ROM or the online help for CrownAdmin for information on how to format an external hard disk.

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Backing Up

Data to a Jaz or

Zip Drive

Using Remote Console

See “Formatting a Hard Disk” in the “Disk Operation Commands” section of chapter 6, “Local and Remote Console,” of the Operations manual for instructions on formatting a hard disk using a remote console.

Backing Up Data to a Jaz or Zip Drive

»Note: You cannot back up data to an internal or external hard disk.

Attach Jaz or Zip drive to which you’ll be backing up data to the printer’s SCSI port or SCSI chain. Then access the Administration/ Disk Operations menu, and then 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 (DSK refers to the device, and # is the device number).

»Note: You may need to press the Next key one or more times to advance through the list of selections or options.

Press this	to...	and the message
key...		window reads...

Next	Advance to the Disk Operations/	DISK OPERATIONS
	Backup Hard Disk menu	BACKUP HARD DISK

Select	Access the Backup Hard Disk/Dsk#:	BACKUP HARD DISK
	menu.	DSK#x

Next or	Advance through the list of attached	BACKUP HARD DISK
Previous	devices.	DSK#x

Select	Access the DSK#x/Full menu.	DSK#x
		FULL

Next	Access the DSK#x/Incremental menu.	DSK#x
(optional)		INCREMENTAL

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Backing Up

Data to a Jaz or

Zip Drive

Press this	to...	and the message
key...		window reads...

Select	Begin the backup process. The printer	COPYING DATA
	creates a Backup directory on the Jaz
	or Zip drive to which you’re backing
	data up and stores the data in that
	directory.
	If the drive has not already been
	formatted, the printer automatically
	formats it.
	If the drive already has a Backup
	directory, the new backed up data
	overwrites the data in that directory.

	If the backup requires more than one	INSERT MEDIA x
	Jaz or Zip drive, the message display	(x is the disk number)
	prompts you. Be sure to number the
	drives since the restore process
	requires you to use them in the proper
	sequence.

	You’re prompted when the backup	BACKUP COMPLETE
	process has finished.

Menu	Exit from the configuration menu.	CONFIGURATION
(several		ADMINISTRATION
times)

Online	Put the printer back on line.	IDLE

Error Messages

The following error messages may appear while you are using the Disk Operations menu:

Message	Meaning	Action

WRITE PROTECT	The drive is write-	Remove the drive’s write
	protected.	protection.

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Restoring Data from a Jaz or Zip Drive

Attach the Jaz or Zip drive from which you’ll be backing up data to the printer’s SCSI port or SCSI chain. Then access the Administration/ Disk Operations menu, and then 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 (DSK refers to the device, and # is the device number).

»Note: You may need to press the Next key one or more times to advance through the list of selections or options.

Press this	to...	and the message
key...		window reads...

Next	Advance to the Disk Operations/	DISK OPERATIONS
	Restore Disk menu	RESTORE DISK

Select	Access the Restore Disk/Dsk#: menu.	RESTORE DISK
		DSK#x

Next or	Advance through the list of attached	RESTORE DISK
Previous	devices.	DSK#x

Select	Begin the restore process.	COPYING DATA

	If the original backup required more	INSERT MEDIA x
	than one Jaz or Zip drive, the message	(x is the disk number)
	display prompts you. Be sure to insert
	the drives in the proper sequence.

	You’re prompted when the backup	RESTORE COMPLETE
	process has finished.

Menu	Exit from the configuration menu.	CONFIGURATION
(several		ADMINISTRATION
times)

Online	Put the printer back on line.	IDLE

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Restoring Data from a Jaz or Zip Drive

Error Messages

The following error message may appear while you’re using the Disk Operations menu:

Message	Meaning	Action

SEQUENTIAL	The backup drives	Remove the drive and insert
ERROR	have been inserted in	the correct one.
	the wrong sequence.

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Optional Fonts

In This Chapter . . .

n“Optional Fonts” on page 2

n“Downloading Disk Fonts” on page 2

n“Kanji SIMM Kit” on page 3

n“ProCollection Font SIMM” on page 8

Optional Fonts

The following types of optional fonts are available for the QMS 4060 Print System:

nA disk containing typefaces (fonts) such as the ProCollection for the HP emulations on your printer or other special fonts.

nA Kanji Option Kit that contains the Kanji SIMM.

nA SIMM containing 65 ProCollection fonts for the HP emulation on your printer.

Downloading Disk Fonts

Optional typefaces (fonts), such as the ProCollection for the HP emulations on your printer and other special PostScript fonts, are available as PostScript files on floppy disks for your PC. See your QMS vendor for the available optional fonts. This section describes how to download an optional font from the floppy disk to the printer’s hard disk.

»Note: At least one optional hard disk (internal or external) must be installed on the printer before you can download a font. If more than one hard disk is available, the font automatically installs itself on the disk with the most free storage space.

Once a font is downloaded, the only way to remove it is to reformat the hard disk (Administration/Disk Operations/Format Disk menu ).

Procedure

This procedure contains the instructions for downloading the fonts from a floppy disk onto your hard disk.

1If necessary connect the PC to the printer’s parallel or serial port.

2Turn on the printer, and wait for IDLE to appear in the message window.

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Kanji SIMM Kit

3Insert the emulation disk in your PC’s 3.5" disk drive, and

change to that drive (for example, if you’re using the A drive, type a: ).

4Send the emulation to the printer’s hard disk.

nIf your PC and printer are connected through the parallel port, type

copy /b *.ps lpt#

where # is 1 to 3. (/b refers to binary files.)

nIf your PC and printer are connected through the optional serial port, type

copy /b *.ps com#

where # is 1 to 4. (/b refers to binary files.)

5 When the downloading is complete, reboot the printer.

Kanji SIMM Kit

The QMS Kanji SIMM Kit contains a Kanji SIMM with Kanji fonts and other files. These fonts can be printed at a variety of point sizes and in different styles and resolutions.

Once the SIMM is installed on your QMS 4060 Print System, the Kanji fonts are available for use just as if they were resident in the printer.

Optional Fonts

2-3

Kanji SIMM Kit

What's in the Kit?

Your Kanji SIMM kit contains the following items:

nOne anti-static wristband

nOne Kanji SIMM with the following 2 Kanji fonts:

This Font	Licensed to QMS by...


Ryumin Light-KL	Morisawa and Company, Ltd.
Gothic BBB-Medium

If anything is missing, call your QMS vendor. See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for locations and telephone numbers.

Hardware Requirements

To use your QMS Kanji SIMM fonts, you need

nA QMS Kanji SIMM Kit

nMinimum of 32 MB memory

nA Macintosh, IBM PC, or compatible computer with a Kanji operating system and a Kanji application. See the following section for software requirements.

Software Requirements

To use the QMS Kanji SIMM fonts, you need an application (such as a word processing or desktop publish package) that supports both the Kanji fonts and PostScript printing:

The following system software is also required:

Macintosh System Software

nKanjiTalk, version 1-6.0.7 or later

nSystem File, version 1-6.0.7 or later

nLaser Prep, version 1-6.0.1 or later

nLaserWriter, version 1-6.0.2 or later

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Kanji SIMM Kit

nPrint Monitor, version 1-1.3 or later

nMultiFinder, version 1-6.1.7 or later

PC System Software

nIf you’re using Windows, version 3.1 or later

nIf you’re using DOS, version 5.0 or later

The Installation Procedure

QMS requires that only QMS certified service technicians install the Kanji SIMM on your QMS 4060 Print System. See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for information on how to contact QMS National Field Service.

Accessing the Kanji Fonts

After installation of the Kanji SIMM and configuration of the printer, you are ready to access the Kanji fonts. From the list of sections below, locate the section that matches your printer environment, and follow the instructions to access the Kanji fonts.

n“If You are Using a Macintosh” on page 5

n“If You are Using Windows” on page 7

n“If You are Using DOS” on page 7

If You are Using a Macintosh

For your Macintosh system, you will need to install the bitmapped screen fonts and Kanji APD and PPD files. The bitmapped screen fonts display an image of how a printed typeface looks, and they also provide metrics information used by the application to determine which outline font to used when formatting text.

Optional Fonts

2-5

Kanji SIMM Kit

Install the Screen Fonts

Install the bitmapped screen fonts from the floppy disk to your Macintosh as follows:

»Note: Make sure that the bitmapped screen fonts disk is copied only to the KanjiTalk System Folder. If bitmapped fonts are installed in another folder, they will not appear in your application.

1Insert the bitmapped screen fonts disk into the Macintosh computer’s disk drive.

2If you are using System 6, install the fonts using normal Macintosh procedures for Font/DA Mover.

If you are using System 7 or System 8, select the fonts from the floppy disk and drag the fonts to the Fonts folder in the System folder.

3Restart your Macintosh.

Add the Printer Description File

Most Macintosh applications obtain font information from the printer. But applications such as Adobe Separator, QuarkXPress, and Aldus PageMaker, refer to the font list of the PPD file for font information.

1Replace the APD and PPD files you installed when you purchased your QMS printer.

Follow the instructions in your application documentation or in your printer user’s guide “Printer Description Files” section.

Download the JFontPrep File

When downloading Adobe Type Library or Morisawa Type Library Kanji fonts, you need to also download the JFontPrep file.

1Access the Administration/Emulation/PostScript/Emulation Level and select Level 2.

See chapter 4, “Printer Configuration,” in the Reference manual for detailed printer configuration information.

2Open PS Exec on your computer.

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3From the File menu, choose Download PS File.

4Choose JFontPrep, click Send, and then download to the printer.

»Note: The JFontPrep PostScript file is automatically downloaded to RAM. The Japanese PostScript fonts are downloaded to disk.

5When the Status window is gone, close PS Exec.

6Download the font(s). See the Adobe Type Library User’s Guide for instructions on downloading fonts.

▲Caution: Do not select Clear Font Cache in the Disk menu even though the Adobe/Morisawa Type Library User’s Guide states that you should select this option, it could cause your printer to lock up.

7After downloading the fonts, if necessary, reset Emulation Level to its initial value.

8Turn the printer off and then back on again.

If You are Using Windows

Make sure that you have the correct version of the system software for running Kanji. Install the QMS Windows driver using the instructions given in the README.TXT file on the Windows Drivers disk.

If You are Using DOS

To run a Japanese application in the DOS environment, you need MS-DOS/V 5.0J. Most major Japanese word processing applications are available for the DOS/V environment.

»Note: Not all Japanese applications for the DOS/V environment support PostScript printing.

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ProCollection

Font SIMM

ProCollection Font SIMM

The QMS ProCollection SIMM Kit contains a ProCollection SIMM with 65 ProCollection fonts and other files.

Once the SIMM is installed on your QMS 4060 Print System, the ProCollection fonts are available for use just as if they were resident in the printer.

The Installation Procedure

QMS requires that only QMS-certified service technicians install the ProCollection SIMM on your QMS 4060 Print System. See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for information on how to contact QMS National Field Service.

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Optional

Interfaces

In This Chapter . . .

n“Optional Network Interface” on page 3-2

n“Optional LocalTalk Interface” on page 3-4

n“Using the Optional LocalTalk Interface” on page 3-5

n“Optional Serial Interface” on page 3-16

Optional

Network

Interface

Optional Network Interface

In addition to the two standard interfaces (CrownNet for Ethernet and Centronics/IEEE 1284 parallel) your printer supports optional interfaces such as DECnet-TCP/IP, IBM 3270/5250A, and Token-Ring. Additional interface options allow greater flexibility when working in a complex network environment.

»Note: The LocalTalk network or single Macintosh interface information is contained in the “Using the Optional LocalTalk Interface” section, and the serial interface information is contained in the “Optional Serial Interface” on page 3-16, later in this chapter.

An optional network interface may be installed in the optional interface opening on the back of the printer. This opening is to the left of the other interface ports and it is covered with a rectangular metal plate.

The printer’s simultaneous interface operation (SIO) allows the optional interfaces to be active at the same time as the other ports. In other words, your printer can communicate through up to five ports with five host computers or computer networks. One host can interface through the parallel port, one through the optional serial port, one through the Ethernet port, and one through the optional interface port. See your QMS vendor for a list of available optional network interfaces available.

Optional Network Interface Assembly Kit

The optional network interface assembly kit includes the following:

nA network interface card (NIC)

nNetwork interface documentation

The kit may also include additional parts not required for network interface installation on this printer.

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Using an

Optional

Network

Interface

Installing an Optional Network Interface

QMS requires that only QMS-certified service technicians install the optional network interface on your QMS 4060 Print System. See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for information on how to contact QMS National Field Service.

Using an Optional Network

Interface

Once an optional network interface is installed, refer to the following for more information:

nChapter 4, “Connecting to an Ethernet Network,” in the Getting Started manual provides information on connecting to the network, installing the software, and configuring the interface and the network. Chapter 2, “Printer Configuration,” of QMS CrownNet Interface System Administrator’s Guide (on the QMS Software Utilities CD-ROM), provides information on setting the Ethernet interface parameters. Chapter 5,“Additional Technical Information,” of the Reference manual contains a full discussion of the PS Protocol option that appears in the Administration/Communications/CrownNet menu.

nThe documentation provided with the optional network interface contains information about all other options in the new network interface menu as well as instructions for connecting the printer to the network and for printing over the network.

nYour application and network documentation contain information on printing over the network.

Setting Optional Interface Parameters

If you install an optional network interface such as Ethernet or TokenRing, the appropriate interface and its options will be listed in the Administration/Communications/CrownNet menu. The documentation

Optional Interfaces

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Optional

LocalTalk

Interface

provided with the interface contains complete configuration information.

Optional LocalTalk Interface

In addition to the two standard interfaces—parallel and Ethernet—the QMS 4060 Print System supports an optional Ethernet network, Token-Ring network, LocalTalk network, or a single Macintosh interface.

An optional interface may be installed in the optional interface opening on the back of the printer. This opening is to the left of the other interface ports and it is covered with a rectangular metal plate.

Optional LocalTalk Interface Assembly Kit

The optional network interface assembly kit includes the following:

nA LocalTalk interface card

nLocalTalk interface notice

The kit may also include additional parts not required for interface installation on this printer.

Installing an Optional LocalTalk Interface

QMS requires that only QMS-certified service technicians install the optional LocalTalk interface on your QMS 4060 Print System. See appendix A,“QMS Customer Support,” for information on how to contact QMS National Field Service.

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