KONICA MINOLTA QMS 4525 Administrator Guide

QMS® 4525

Print System System

Administrator’s

Guide

1800266-001D

Trademarks

The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Those listed as registered are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Some trademarks are also registered in other countries. Other product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. QMS, the QMS logo, Crown, the Crown seal, PS Executive Series, imPRESS, and UltraScript/QMS, Inc. Adobe is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated, registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated for a page description language and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Throughout this manual, “PostScript Level 2” is used to refer to a set of capabilities defined by Adobe Systems for its PostScript Level 2 page description language. These capabilities, among others, are implemented in this product through a QMS-developed emulation that is compatible with Adobe's PostScript Level 2 language. Apple, AppleTalk, ImageWriter, LaserWriter, Macintosh, EtherTalk, and LocalTalk/Apple Computer, Inc. Centronics/Centronics Data Computer Corporation. Dataproducts/Dataproducts Corporation. DEC, DECnet, LN03, and VMS/Digital Equipment Corporation, PhoneNET®/Farallon Computing, Inc. FrameMaker/Frame Technology Corporation. CompuServe/H & R Block. HewlettPackard, HP, PCL, and HP-GL/Hewlett-Packard Co. IBM PC, AT, PC/XT, and TokenRing/International Business Machines Corporation. ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Garamond, ITC Zapf Chancery, and ITC Zapf Dingbats/International Typeface Corporation. Helvetica, Palatino, and Times/Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries. Novell and NetWare/Novell, Inc. Tektronix/Tektronic, Incorporated. TOPS/ Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX/UNIX Systems Laboratories, Inc. Ethernet and Xerox/ Xerox Corporation.

Proprietary Statement

The digitally encoded software included with the QMS 4525 Print System printer is Copyrighted © 1994 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 © 1994 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.

QMS 4525 Print System Administrator's Guide

1	Introduction
	About this Manual ........................................................................	1-2
	Typographic Conventions 1-5
	A Good Location for Your Printer ...............................................	1-6
	Physical Requirements 1-6
	U.S. Electrical Requirements 1-7
	Shipment Contents ......................................................................	1-7
	QMS Product Registration ..........................................................	1-8
	Power-up Sequence Control Panel ............................................	1-8
	Power-up Diagnostics Control Panel .........................................	1-9
	Printer Diagnostics Console .....................................................	1-10
	Printer Start-up Page .................................................................	1-10

Enabling/Disabling the Start-up Page 1-11

Installing Print System Software ..............................................

1-11

Installing from the Control Panel 1-11

Installing From the Parallel Port 1-14

2 Printer Configuration

Configuring the Printer ..............................................................

2-2

Printer Control Panel 2-2

Local and Remote Consoles 2-2

Console Modes 2-3

PS Executive Series Utilities 2-4

QMS Document Option Commands (DOC) 2-4

Supported QMS DOC Commands 2-4

Supported CCITT Group 3 and 4 Commands 2-8

Deciding Which Configuration Method to Use 2-8

Printer Status Page ...................................................................	2-10
Printing Status Pages 2-10
Using the Control Panel ............................................................	2-10
Message Display 2-12
Printer Configuration 2-12
Configuration Menu ...................................................................	2-16
Accessing the Configuration Menu System 2-16
Accessing the Operator Control Menu 2-17
Accessing the Administration Menu 2-17
Changing Default Settings ........................................................	2-18
An Enumerated List of Values 2-18
Alphanumeric Strings 2-19
Saving Configuration Changes 2-21

3 Operator Control and Installation

Menus

The Operator Control Menu ........................................................	3-2
Copies 3-2
Duplex ...........................................................................................	3-3

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	Tumble Duplex .............................................................................	3-3
	Collation ........................................................................................	3-4
	Orientation ....................................................................................	3-4
	Inputbin .........................................................................................	3-6
	Print Media Sizes and Imageable Areas 3-6
	Page Policy ...................................................................................	3-7
	Outputbin ......................................................................................	3-8
	Chain Inputbins ............................................................................	3-9
	Accounting .................................................................................	3-10
	Crown Accounting 3-10
	Accounting Menu 3-11
	Accounting Mode 3-11
	File Size 3-11
	Reset Accounting 3-12
	File Segmentation 3-13
	Copy to Floppy 3-13
	How Crown Accounting Works 3-14
	Accounting File Format Description 3-15
	Accounting Files Description of Fields 3-16
	Copying the Accounting Files 3-23
	Processing Accounting Information on the Host 3-25
	The Installation Menu ................................................................	3-25
	Operator Passwrd 3-25
	Use Operator Pwd 3-26
	Admin Passwrd 3-26
	Use Admin Pwd 3-26
	Password Disk 3-26
4	Communications Menu
	The Communications Menu .......................................................	4-2
	Timeouts ......................................................................................	4-2
	PS Wait Timeout 4-3
	Emul Timeout 4-3
	Job Timeout 4-3

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ESP Timeout 4-4

Serial Communication .................................................................

4-4

Mode 4-5

Emulation 4-5

Min K Spool 4-5

Spool Timeout 4-6

End Job Mode 4-6

Baud Rate 4-7

Parity 4-7

Ignore Parity 4-7

RCV SW Flow Ctl 4-7

XMIT SW Flow Ctl 4-7

Data Bits 4-8

Stop Bits 4-8

Hdwe Flow Ctl 4-8

PS Protocol 4-8

Parallel Communication ..............................................................	4-9
Mode 4-10
Emulation 4-10
Min K Spool 4-10
Spool Timeout 4-10
Data Bits 4-11
End Job Mode 4-11
PS Protocol 4-11

AppleTalk Communication .......................................................	4-12
Mode 4-12
Connection 4-13
Min K Spool 4-13
Network 1 and Network 2 ..........................................................	4-14

5 Emulations Menu

The Emulations Menu .................................................................	5-2
ESP Default ..................................................................................	5-2
PostScript .....................................................................................	5-3

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PostScript Emulation Level 5-3

PCL 5 .............................................................................................

5-3

Default Font 5-4

Symbol Set 5-4

Lines Per Page 5-5

Line Termination 5-6

Point Size X100 5-6

Retain Temporary 5-7

Scalable Fonts 5-8

Default Font ID 5-8

Monochrome GL/2 5-9

Emulations LN03+ Menu ...........................................................

5-10

Product ID 5-10

AutoWrap 5-10

Paper Size 5-10

Paper Override 5-10

X Origin Inset 5-11

Y Origin Inset 5-11

Reset Override 5-11

Orientation 5-11

imPRESS .....................................................................................	5-12
Lineprinter ..................................................................................	5-12

Font 5-12

Point Size in 100ths 5-13

Character Map 5-13

Line Numbering 5-13

Tab Stops 5-13

LF is CRLF 5-13

CR is CRLF 5-13

FF is CRFF 5-14

Orientation 5-14

Autowrap 5-14

Lines Per Page 5-14

Margins 5-14

HP-GL ..........................................................................................

5-15

Plotter 5-15

Scaling Percent 5-15

Origin 5-16

Reverse Image 5-16

Contents

Enhanced Mode 5-16

Expand Mode 5-16

Paper Type 5-17

Pens 1-8 5-17

6 Special Pages and Startup Options

Menus

Special Pages Menu ....................................................................

6-2

Header Page 6-2

Header Inputbin 6-2

Trailer Page 6-2

Trailer Inputbin 6-3

Status Page Type 6-3

Startup Options Menu .................................................................	6-3
Do Start Page 6-3
Do Sys Start 6-4
Do Error Handler 6-4

7	Memory Menu
	Memory Menu ..............................................................................	7-2
	Memory: An Overview .................................................................	7-2
	QMS Memory Management 7-3
	QMS Memory Definitions ............................................................	7-4
	Evaluation of Your Printing Environment .................................	7-6
	Evaluation Questions 7-6
	Memory Clients ............................................................................	7-7
	Frame Buffer 7-7
	K Mem for Spool 7-8
	K Mem for PS Heap 7-10
	K Mem PS Fonts 7-10
	K Mem Emulation 7-11
	K Mem Emul Temp 7-12
	K Mem Display 7-12

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K Mem Disk Cache 7-13

System Memory 7-14

8 Engine, Miscellaneous, and Disk

Operations Menus

Engine Setup Menu ......................................................................

8-2

Laser Setup 8-2

Image Alignment 8-4

InputBin 1 Name 8-5

InputBin 2 Name 8-6

Toner Low Action 8-6

Manual Feed Timeout 8-6

Gamma Correction 8-6

Sorter Setup 8-7

Finisher Setup 8-7

Miscellaneous Menu ....................................................................	8-7
Restore Defaults 8-8
Clock Operations 8-8
Printer Name 8-10
Printer Type 8-10
Disk Operations Menu ...............................................................	8-10
Identifying Hard Disks 8-11
Installing an Option 8-11
Removing an Option 8-13
Formatting a Disk 8-14
Backing Up a Hard Disk 8-15
Restoring the Hard Disk 8-17
Control Panel—BootROM User Menu ......................................	8-18
Boot System Menu 8-19
Install to Disk 8-23
BootROM Error Messages .........................................................	8-29
Console—BootROM User Menu ...............................................	8-32
BootROM User Menu 8-34
Load System 8-34
Install/Restore Diskette(s) 8-34

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Back-up User Files 8-34

Back-up All Files 8-34

Reinstall Hard Disk 8-34

Copy Hard Disk to Hard Disk 8-35

Invoke Diagnostics 8-35

9	Using the Sorter
	Introduction ..................................................................................	9-2
	Configuring a Sorter 9-3
	Maximum Capacity 9-3
	Choose Binmap Menu 9-3
	Modify Binmap Menu 9-6
	Separation 9-8
	Sort Mode 9-8
	Next Bin Not Empty 9-9
	Bin Groups 9-9
	Logical Bin Names 9-9
	Binmap Templates 9-10
	Emptying Sorter Bins ................................................................	9-10
	Default Sorter Bin ......................................................................	9-11

10 Stacker/Stapler

Introduction ................................................................................	10-2
Setting Up the Stacker/Stapler .................................................	10-3

Mode 10-3

Bin Capacities 10-4

Output Bin Names 10-6

Offset Stacking 10-6

Stapling 10-6

11 Printer-Host Connection

Introduction ................................................................................

11-2

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Simultaneous Interface Operation (SIO) ..................................	11-2
Emulation Sensing Processor (ESP) ........................................	11-4
Communication Modes ..............................................................	11-4
Connecting via the LocalTalk Port ...........................................	11-5
Macintosh Interface Cabling 11-5
Macintosh Printing Software .....................................................	11-7
PS Executive Series Utilities 11-7
Macintosh Printer Drivers 11-8
Printer Description Files 11-9
Testing Macintosh Communication 11-10
Connecting via the Parallel Port .............................................	11-11
Testing Parallel Communication 11-13
Connecting via the Serial Port ................................................	11-14
Printing via the Serial Port 11-16
Testing Serial Communication 11-16
Changing Serial Port Settings 11-18
PC Printing Software ...............................................................	11-20
Installing PS Executive Series Printer Utility Software 11-21
Installing a PostScript Printer Driver 11-21
PC Screen Fonts 11-22
Connecting via an Optional Network Interface .....................	11-22
Local Console Connection ......................................................	11-22
External SCSI-2 Port ................................................................	11-23

A QMS Customer Support

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

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 National Service A-4

Contents

	QMS Customer Technical Assurance (CTA) A-5
	QMS World-wide Offices .............................................................	A-6
B	Cable Pinouts
	LocalTalk ......................................................................................	B-2
	Serial .............................................................................................	B-2
	IBM PC/XT, PC/AT, and Compatible Computers .......................	B-3
	Centronics Parallel ......................................................................	B-4
	Notes to Centronics Parallel Cable Pinouts Table B-5
	Dataproducts Parallel ..................................................................	B-5
	Local Console Connection .........................................................	B-6
	External SCSI-2 Port ....................................................................	B-7
C	Manual Notices
	Manual Notice ..............................................................................	C-2
	FCC Compliance ..........................................................................	C-2
	Laser Safety .................................................................................	C-3
	International Notices ...................................................................	C-3
	Canadian Users C-3
	Vfg 1046/1984 Conformity Statement C-4
	Bescheininigung des Herstellers/Importeurs C-4
	Declaration of Manufacturer/Importer C-4
	Electronics Emissions C-4
	Colophon ......................................................................................	C-5
D	Technical Specifications
	Print Engine Specifications ........................................................	D-2
	Type D-2

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Resolution D-2

Laser Safety D-2

Printing Speed D-2

Warm-up Time D-2

Input Bins D-2

Output Bins D-3

Photoconductor D-4

Charging System D-4

Exposure System D-4

Developing System D-5

Fusing Mechanism D-5

Toner D-5

Cleaning System D-5

Power Consumption D-5

Physical Specifications ..............................................................

D-6

Weight D-6

Outer Dimensions D-6

Space Requirements D-7

Room Ventilation D-7

Room Volume D-7

Acoustic Noise Emission D-7

	Hard Disks ...................................................................................	D-8
	Print Media Specifications .........................................................	D-8
	Supported Print Media D-8
	Print Media Sizes and Imageable Areas D-9
	Consumables .............................................................................	D-10
	Toner D-10
	Master Belt D-11
E	Manual Updates
	Introduction .................................................................................	E-2
	Hardware Requirements .............................................................	E-2
	QMS Crown Technical Reference Manual Updates .................	E-3
	Communications E-3
	PostScript Operators E-6
	CCITT Group 3 and 4 Commands E-10

Contents

QMS Document Option Commands (DOC) .............................	E-11
Lineprinter Emulation E-11
LN03 Plus Emulation E-13
Document Formatting E-13
Layout Terminology E-14
Sessions .....................................................................................	E-17
What is a Session? E-17
How is a Session Used? E-18
Session Command E-20
Session Command Examples E-22
Sessions Document Finishing Terminology E-25
Document Finishing DOC Commands E-26
About Collation, Stapling, and Jogging ..................................	E-29
Collation .....................................................................................	E-30
Chunk Collation E-31
Controlling Collation E-32
Setting Collation E-33
Controlling Stapling ..................................................................	E-35
Using QMS DOC E-35
Stapling and Collation E-36
Controlling Jogging ..................................................................	E-40
Using QMS DOC E-41
Jogging and Collation E-41
Combining Stapling with Jogging ...........................................	E-45
PCL 5 Emulation Terminology .................................................	E-46
Resource E-46
Object E-47
Fonts E-48
Font Index Numbers E-48
PCL 5 Emulation DOC Commands ..........................................	E-49

Index

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Introduction

In This Chapter . . .

„About this manual

„Typographic conventions

„Shipment contents

„QMS product registration

„Printer and power-up diagnostics

„Print system software upgrades

About this Manual

This manual is designed to help the system administrator configure, control, monitor, and maintain the QMS 4525 printer, including the optional sorters and the stacker/stapler.

„Chapter 1 - Introduction

Introduces the manual, describes typographic conventions, lists the contents of your shipment, tells you how to register the warranty on your printer, and covers power-up diagnostics and printer diagnostics. Also covered in this chapter are the instructions on how to reinstall system software in case of system failure and how to install system upgrades.

„Chapter 2 - Printer Configuration

Explains how to use the keys on the printer control panel, and how to use the menu system to control and configure the printer.

„Chapter 3 - Operator Control Menu

Describes how to specify the default number of copies to print, whether to print in duplex or tumble duplex (or neither), whether to collate or use an optional sorter bin or the stacker/stapler, what the default page orientation is, which paper size combination the paper trays are set up for, and whether to use accounting.

„Chapter 4 - Communications Menu

Describes the Communications menu that you use to set communications timeouts and how to configure the serial, parallel, AppleTalk, and optional communications interfaces.

„Chapter 5 - Emulations Menu

Describes the Emulations menu that you use to set the default configurations of the PostScript, CCITT, PCL 5, HP-GL, imPRESS, Lineprinter, and LN03 Plus emulations, and the ESP default language.

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About this Manual

„Chapter 6 - Special Pages and Startup Options Menus

Describes the Special Pages Header, Error, and Trailer Pages options that you use to turn header and/or trailer page printing on and off, to describe the input bins to print these pages from, and to explain whether to print timing messages on the error page. Special Pages also allows you to select the status page type. Startup Options describes the Do Start Page, Do Sys Start, and Do Error Handler options.

„Chapter 7 - Memory Menu

Explains memory management and describes the Memory menus that you use to set the default sizes of the following memory clients: spool buffer, PS heap, PS fonts, emulations, emulations temporary space, disk cache, and printer memory.

„Chapter 8 - Engine, Miscellaneous, and Disk Operations Menus

Explains how to use the Engine menu to set up default laser intensity, test page, image alignment, input bin names, low toner action, manual feed timeout, gamma correction, sorter setup, and finisher setup (if installed). It also explains how to use the Miscellaneous menu to restore the printer to factory default settings, set the printer name for a console system, set the control panel language, and set clock operations. The Disk Operations menu allows you to perform file operations using the printer 's hard disks.

„Chapter 9 - Using the Sorter

Describes how to use the 20-bin and 40-bin sorters.

„Chapter 10 - Using the Stacker/Stapler

Describes how to setup and use the stacker/stapler, and how to use offset stacking.

„Chapter 11 - Printer-Host Connection

Briefly explains your printer's Simultaneous Interface Operation (SIO) and Emulation Sensing Processor (ESP) technology. Then the chapter describes how to connect a host to the printer's

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About this Manual

LocalTalk, parallel, or serial port, and how to test communications.

„Appendix A— QMS Customer Support

Lists useful telephone numbers and describes how to communicate with QMS through Q-FAX, the QMS Corporate Bulletin Board, CompuServe, Internet, and QMS Customer Technical Assurance.

„Appendix B — Cable Pinouts

Provides the recommended pinouts for LocalTalk, serial, IBM PC/ XT, IBM PC/AT, and both Centronics and Dataproducts parallel cables.

„Appendix C- Manual Notices

Provides safety and FCC compliance statements.

„Appendix D— Technical Specifications

Provides technical specifications for the printer.

„Appendix E- Manual Updates

Provides updated information, such as new DOC commands or PostScript operators, that may be created for this printer, but are usually documented in other QMS manuals. Information in this section will be merged into other QMS manuals as they are revised.

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About this Manual

Typographic Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used throughout this manual:

Mixed-Case	Text you type, and messages and
Courier	information displayed on the console.
UPPERCASE	Information displayed in the printer
or	message window.
Mixed-Case
Courier
Mixed-Case	Variable text you type. Replace the
Italic	italicized word(s) with information
Courier	specific to your printer or computer.
bold	PostScript operators and DOS, DOC,
	CCITT, VMS, and UNIX commands.
lowercase italic	Variable information in text and
	command variables.
UPPERCASE	File and utility names.
	Press the Enter key (PC) or Return
	key (Macintosh).

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A Good Location for Your Printer

Your QMS 4525 Print System requires an appropriate operating environment.

Physical Requirements

The location should meet the following requirements:

„Be away from cooling sources, heating sources, extreme temperature changes, direct sunlight, excessive dust, and corrosive chemicals or vapors.

„Be away from any strong electromagnetic field (such as that created by an air conditioner) and excessive vibration.

„Have a temperature range of 41° F (5° C) to 95° F (35° C).

„Have a relative humidity range of 30% to 80%.

„Be well ventilated. You should have at least 24" (600 mm) on each side of the printer for adequate access and ventilation.

„Have a room volume of at least 883 feet3 (25 meters3)

„Have room ventilation of at least 442 feet3/hour (12.5 meters3/ hour). This minimum ventilation rate, with the minimum room volume given above, holds ozone buildup within acceptable levels. To remove heat, additional ventilation may be required.

„Be as close to the host as possible: 6 feet (approximately 1.8 meters) or less for parallel communication, 25 feet (approximately 7.5 meters) or less for serial communication.

„Be level and capable of supporting the printer weight:

Printer with 20-bin sorter - 1,028 lbs (approx.) Printer with 40-bin sorter - 1,124 lbs (approx.)

U.S. Electrical Requirements

Following are U.S. electrical requirements.

„Single-phase 230 V (±10%); max. 16 A; 60 Hz (±2%)

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Shipment Contents

„The electrical connection should be direct, not via a branched socket.

„Noise-generating equipment should not be connected to the same electrical outlet as the printer.

Shipment Contents

Your shipment contains the following:

„The QMS-PS 4525 Print System

„The QMS 4525 Print System User's Guide

„The PS Executive Series Utilities software (on disk)

„The QMS Crown Document Options Commands documentation

„The QMS Crown Technical Reference documentation

„The QMS Crown Remote Console User's Guide

„The QMS Crown Network Notes (on disk)

„The imPRESS Programmer's Guide

„The HP PCL 5 Technical Reference manual

„Two binders

„Two bottles of toner

„A warranty card

Make sure all items are included in your shipment before setting up you printer. If any items are missing or damaged, contact your shipping company or your QMS vendor. See appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for product sales and support information.

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QMS Product

Registration

QMS Product Registration

Call QMS toll-free at 1 (800) 637-8049 (US) to register your QMS product. For contact information outside of the United States, refer to Appendix A, “QMS Customer Support.”

Please take a few minutes to call. Your input helps us to continue developing new products to address your changing printing needs.

Power-up Sequence Control Panel

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The following sequence of messages display on the control panel to indicate the status of the BootROM:

Initializing...

This message indicates that the BootROM is initializing. When the initialization is complete, the BootROM runs a set of internal diagnostics that take about 30 seconds to complete. As each diagnostic is started a message is displayed identifying the diagnostic that is being executed. If an error is detected, the error code is displayed and the next test is started. (See “Power-up Diagnostics,” later in this chapter, for the list of diagnostics and messages.)

When the diagnostics are complete, the following message displays in the message window:

QMS Softload x.x Ready to boot

After this message displays, a 10 second waiting period begins. Any key pressed during this period aborts the auto boot process and accesses the BootROM User menu. If no key is pressed during the 10

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Power-up

Diagnostics

Control Panel

second period, the BootROM starts the auto boot process and the control panel displays

Boot Systemloading

The bar at the end of the display keeps rotating to indicate that the print system is downloading. When the downloading is completed, printer initialization begins and the control panel displays

INITIALIZING

See Chapter 8, the “Control Panel—BootROM User Menu” section, for more information on this menu.

Power-up Diagnostics Control Panel

At power-up, the print system performs the following diagnostics via the control panel:

ROM	FLOPPY DISK controller
DRAM	Z80 - Appletalk I/F
CACHES	HARD DISK controller
TLB	PARALLEL port
NOVRAM/TOD	OPTIONAL I/O 1 Board
VIA	OPTIONAL I/O 2 Board
ENGINE duart	FLOATING POINT UNIT

As each diagnostic is started a message is displayed identifying the diagnostic that is being executed.

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Printer Diagnostics

Console

Printer Diagnostics Console

The following diagnostic tests are available from the console:

1.	DRAM	8.	Parallel Port
2.	CPU	9.	Floppy Disk
3.	Engine	10.	VIA
4. Hard Disk		11. NOVRAM/TOD
5.	Optional I/O	12.	Perform all tests
6.	AppleTalk	13.	View test results
7.	Serial Port	14.	Return to Main Menu

These diagnostic tests are intended for use by QMS Service Engineers. See Chapter 8, the “Console—BootROM User Menu” section, for more information on this menu. Menu selection 12, Perform all tests, is the comprehensive self-test.

Printer Start-up Page

The printer start-up page prints each time the printer is turned on. The page provides the following printer information:

„Product name

The product name, “QMS 4525,” prints in the upper-left corner of the page.

„Printer name

The name of the printer specified with the Printer Name option of the Administrtion/Miscellaneous menu.

„Pages printed

The number of pages printed by the current controller/hard disk configuration.

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Installing Print

System Software

„Interface

Current configurations of the standard and optional interfaces.

„Release

Printer firmware release date.

Enabling/Disabling the Start-up Page

To enable printing of the start-up page each time the printer is turned on, set the Do Start Page option in the Administration/Startup Options menu to Yes. To disable the start-up page, set the option to No. The factory default setting is Yes.

Installing Print System Software

Occasionally, you may need to reinstall the printer system software for your QMS 4525 Print System or to install a software upgrade. Print system software for your printer is supplied on eight 3.5" 1.44 MB diskettes.

Installing system software requires copying the contents of the disks to the printer's internal hard disk. You load the software through the control panel, or through the parallel or LocalTalk port using PS Executive Series Utilities (see the utilities on-line help for details). The control panel loading procedure is explained in the next section.

Installing from the Control Panel

To install system software from the control panel, you need to access the BootROM User menu and perform the following steps:

1Turn the system off and back on again. The following message displays in the message window:

QMS Softload x.x Ready to boot

2Once this message displays, you have 10 seconds to press any key.

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Any key pressed during this period, aborts the auto boot process and accesses the BootROM User menu. The following message displays:

QMS Softload x.x Boot System

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Boot Systemloading /

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3After the BootROM User menu displays, press the Previous or Next key until the following displays in the message window:

QMS Softload x.x Install To Disk

4Press the Enter key to access the Install to Disk menu and the following displays:

Install To Disk

Diskette

5Press the Enter key to load the software from the system diskettes. The following message displays

Install To Disk

Target Disk 6

6Press the Previous or Next keys to display other disks or press the Enter key to select hard disk 6 as the target.

Disk 6 is the printer's internal hard disk.

7Open the printer's left-side door to access the floppy disk drive.

8Insert the first diskette into the floppy disk drive, and then press the Enter key.

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9When BootROM is done with the diskette, it prompts for the next diskette by displaying

Install to Disk

Next Diskette

To continue, place the next diskette in the disk drive and press the Enter key. This process continues until all the diskettes have been loaded. Remember, press the Enter key after inserting each diskette.

10You have now completed installing the system software and are ready to boot the system.

After the contents of all the diskettes have been loaded, press the Back key. The message window displays the following message:

QMS Softload x.x

Install To Disk

11Press the Previous or Next key until the message window displays:

QMS Softload x.x

Boot System

12Press the Enter key, and then press the Previous or Next to display

Boot System

Hard Disk

13 Press the Enter key and the following displays:

Boot System

Hard Disk 6

14Assume that hard disk 6 is the print system's internal hard disk. If you have any external hard disks connected, you can cycle through them by pressing the Next key. For this example we are using the internal hard disk. Press the Enter key. The system begins loading, and the following message displays:

Boot System booting /

15At this point, DO NOT TOUCH ANY KEYS until the system has completed loading. The slash bar on the right end keeps rotating until the download is completed. As soon as downloading is done, the BootROM give the CPU to the downloaded image immediately. When the system rebooting and

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printer initialization is complete, the following message displays:

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Installing From the Parallel Port

To install system software from the parallel port, follow these instructions:

1Turn the printer off and back on again. The following message displays in the message window:

QMS Softload x.x

Ready to boot

2Once this message displays, you have 10 seconds to press any key. Any key pressed during this period, aborts the auto boot process and accesses the BootROM User menu. The following message displays:

QMS Softload x.x

Boot System

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Boot System x.x loading /

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