Oce TCS500 User Manual

Océ User manual

Océ TCS500

User manual

Océ-Technologies B.V.

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Edition 2006-03

Trademarks

Océ, Océ TCS500, Océ TCS500 printer, Océ Doc Exec®, Océ Image Logic®, Océ

Scan Logic

, Océ Power Logic®, Océ Print Exec® and Océ Remote Logic® are

registered trademarks of Océ-Technologies B.V.

Adobe

and PostScript® 3 are registered trademarks of Adobe® Systems

Incorporated.

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, Windows® , Windows NT®, Windows 95/98®, Windows 2000®,

and Internet Explorer® are either registered trademarks or trademarks

Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc.

is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.

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is a registered trademark of Netscape Corp.

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Agency (EPA).

Products in this publication are referred to by their general trade names. In most, if not all cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Notes for the reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Available documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The product concept and complete workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Océ TCS500 users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 2

Get to know the Océ TCS500 colour printing system hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Océ TCS500 colour printing system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The scanner operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

The Océ Power Logic® controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

The Océ TCS500 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The Océ TCS500 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The printer operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The on-line mode and the off-line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

The finishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The finishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The optional copy receiving rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 3

Prepare the Océ TCS500 for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Turn on and off the Océ TCS500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Turn on and off the Océ TCS500 printer and the Océ Power Logic® Con-

troller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Turn on and off the Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Set the Océ TCS500 scanner timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Overview of the Océ TCS500 scanner timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

The set timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

The panel timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

The sleep mode timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Set the Océ TCS500 printer timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

The energy save mode timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

The sleep mode timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Define the display language of the Océ TCS500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configure the network settings of the Océ TCS500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Contents

Chapter 4

Use the PLC applications to control your workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Start the Océ Power Logic® controller applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Use the Océ Settings Editor to control your workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Introduction to the Océ Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

The user interface of the Océ Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Define the settings in the Océ Settings Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Define the job templates for your scanner operator panel . . . . . . . . . 82

Define the automatic original feed setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Define the original release mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Define the media sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Save, load and print the settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Use the Océ System Control Panel to control your workflow. . . . . . . . . . 88

Introduction to the Océ System Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

The user interface of the Océ System Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Use the Océ Queue Manager to control your workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Introduction to the Océ Queue Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

The user interface of the Océ Queue Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

User operations in the Océ Queue Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Use the Océ Scan Manager to control your workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Create destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Manage destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Define a file name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Manage the scanned files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Introduction to Océ View Station LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Overview of Océ View Station LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Use Océ Remote Logic® to control your workflow from a remote workstation 114

Introduction to Océ Remote Logic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Install Océ Remote Logic® on your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Start the applications with Océ Remote Logic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Connect to the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Log on to the controller applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Automatic logon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Change the password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chapter 5

Use the Océ TCS500 for scan-to-file jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Introduction to scan-to-file jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Use the scanner operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Do a basic scan-to-file job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Do an extended scan-to-file job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Contents

Stop a scan-to-file job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Settings for extended scan-to-file jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Available settings for scan-to-file jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

'File type' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

'Resolution' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

'Original type' and background compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

'Original width'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

'Remove strip' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Chapter 6

Use the Océ TCS500 for print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Send print jobs to the Océ TCS500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

What you need to know before you send your print jobs . . . . . . . . . 146

Send print jobs to the Océ TCS500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Use the printer drivers to send jobs to the Océ TCS500 printer . . . . 147

Use Océ Print Exec® Workgroup LT to send print jobs to the Océ TCS500

printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Use FTP to send jobs to the Océ TCS500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Stop, delete or hold an active job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Change job attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Define the correct media for your jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Change the default drying time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Cut the output and clean cut a roll of media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Set up unattended / overnight printing optimisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Chapter 7

Use the Océ TCS500 for copy jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Introduction to copy jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Use the scanner operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Do a basic copy job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Do an extended copy job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Stop a copy job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Extended copy jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Available settings for copy jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Improve the copy quality according to the original. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Make multiple sets of copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Scale to another media size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Make a copy and add a strip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Make a copy and remove a strip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Make a copy of a specific area of an original . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Make a copy and delete a specific area of an original . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Chapter 8

Ensure the best output quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Introduction to how to ensure the best output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Contents

Define the output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

The quality modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Output type, output quality and print speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Recommended media types and quality modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Colour Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

'Colour Management' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

'Colour feel'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

'Enhanced colours: RGB input data'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

'Enhanced colours: CMYK input data' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

'Enhanced colours: Rendering intent'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Check the output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Output quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

'Quality check' print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

'Tone scale area check' print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

'Demo print' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Optimise the output quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Optimise the output quality on the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Use the Optimise print quality wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Chapter 9

Optional Document Management applications for your Océ TCS500 . . . . . . 217

Océ Account Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

An overview of Océ Account Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Océ Account Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Introduction to Océ Account logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Summary of Océ Account Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Océ Account Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Introduction to Océ Account Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Océ Repro Desk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Océ Engineering Exec®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Chapter 10

License management with Océ License Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Introduction to Océ License Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

The possibilities of Océ License Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

The basic workflow of license activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

The structure of license files and licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Log on to Océ License Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

View the current active licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Get the host id of the Océ system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Save the current active licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Perform a license activation job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Contents

Chapter 11

Maintain the Océ TCS500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Maintain the Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Calibrate the scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Clean the scan area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Maintain the Océ TCS500 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Replace the media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Replace the ink tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Replace a defective printhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Replace the maintenance cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Chapter 12

System messages and solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

The Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Clear an original jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Scanner error-messages and solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

The Océ TCS500 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Required media not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

End of roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Cover or door opened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Remove jammed media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Temperature or humidity out of range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Carriage away from home position too long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Clear the set memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Correct system errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Deal with permanent errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Appendix A

Specifications of the Océ TCS500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

The Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Specifications Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Original types for the Océ TCS500 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

The Océ TCS500 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Specifications Océ Power Logic® controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Specifications Océ TCS500 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Preferred media types and sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Typical drying times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Standard scale factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Specifications Océ Scan Logic®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Specifications drivers and job submission software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Contents

Appendix B

Reader's comment sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Reader's comment sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Appendix C

Addresses of local Océ organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Addresses of local Océ organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Chapter 1 Introduction

Notes for the reader

Introduction

This manual helps you to use the Océ TCS500. The manual contains a description of the Océ TCS500 and guidelines to use and operate the Océ TCS500. There are also tips to increase your knowledge of the Océ TCS500 and to help you manage the workflow even better.

Definition

Attention Getters

Parts of this manual require your special attention. These parts provide important, additional information or are about the prevention of damage to your properties.

Note, Attention and Caution

The words Note, Attention and Caution indicate these important parts.

■ The word Note comes before additional information about the correct operation

of the Océ TCS500 or a tip.

■ A part marked with Attention contains information to prevent damage to items,

for example the Océ TCS500, an original or a file.

■ A part marked with Caution contains information to prevent personal injury.

Caution is found only in manuals that describe physical products.

Safety information

The safety information for this product is included in a separate manual with the title Safety manual. This manual is part of the documentation set that you received with your product.

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How to use this manual

Introduction

You can access a topic quickly through the following methods.

■ Refer to the alphabetical index at the end of the manual.

■ Refer to the table of contents at the beginning of this manual.

Before you turn to the complete table of contents, you can also use the following table to find a topic quickly.

The sections of this manual

The following table gives an overview of how the chapters are arranged logically.

[1]

Chapters Section To pi cs

How to use this manual

1 Introduction

2 Get to know the system

3 Prepare the system for use

4 Use the PLC applications

to control your workflow

5-6-7 Use the system

8 Ensure the best quality

output

■ Explanation of the product concept

■ The main components of the Océ

TCS500

■ Overview of available

documentation

■ Scanner

■ Controller

■ Printer

■ Finishing options

■ Turn the system on and off

■ Define the time-outs

■ Set the system language

■ Configure the network settings

■ Océ Settings Editor

■ Océ System Control Panel

■ Océ Queue Manager

■ Océ Scan Manager

■ Océ Remote Logic®

■ Scan-to-file jobs

■ Print jobs

■ Copy jobs

■ Define the output quality

■ Check the output quality

■ Optimise the output quality

How to use this manual

Chapters Section To pi cs

9 Optional Document

Management

10 Optional License

■ Océ Account Center

■ Océ Repro Desk

■ Océ Engineering Exec

■ Océ License Logic

Management

11 Maintain the system

12 System messages and

solutions

Appendix A Specifications

■ Maintain the scanner

■ Maintain the printer

■ System messages

■ Scanner messages

■ Printer messages

■ System specifications

■ Supported media types and sizes

Appendix B General information Reader's comment sheet Appendix C General information Addresses of local Océ organisations

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Available documentation

Introduction

This manual is part of a complete documentation set. The following table shows a complete overview of the available documentation.

Available documentation

[2] Available documentation (1 – 2)

Product Documentation Medium

Océ TCS500 Océ TCS500 User manual CD-ROM, as a PDF file in

Océ Power Logic

Océ Windows Driver

Océ PostScript

[2]

Océ TCS500 Safety Manual Hardcopy manual

controller Océ TDS-TCS connectivity

manual Océ Power Logic

applications On-line Help

Printer

Océ Windows® Printer Driver User Manual

Océ Windows Driver On-line Help

3 driver Océ PostScript® 3 driver

Getting Started

Océ PostScript Getting Started

Printer

3 driver

multiple languages.

(multilingual). CD-ROM, as a PDF file in

English only. Embedded in the applications,

as an on-line help file in multiple languages.

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in multiple languages on Océ Driver Pack CD-ROM.

Embedded in the driver application as on-line help file in multiple languages.

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in multiple languages on Océ Driver Pack CD-ROM.

Embedded in the driver application as on-line help file in multiple languages.

Available documentation

[2] Available documentation (2 – 2)

Product Documentation Medium

Océ Account Center Océ Account Center User

Manual Océ Account Logic on-line

help

Océ Account Console on-line help

Océ License Logic Océ License Logic on-line

help

Océ Print Exec

Workgroup Océ Print Exec® Workgroup

User Manual

Océ Print Exec

Workgroup

on-line help

Note: Visit Océ on the internet at www.oce.com for the latest information.

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in multiple languages.

Embedded in the application, as an on-line help file in multiple languages.

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in multiple languages.

Embedded in the driver application as on-line help file in multiple languages.

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The product concept and complete workflow

Definition

A complete Océ solution includes several different hardware and software products to manage your complete document workflow. The complete document workflow includes several different jobs and documents. The following illustration gives an overview of a complete Océ solution and the document workflow.

Illustration

[1]

Document

Management

Job

Submission

[1] Overview of a complete Océ solution. The system set-up and control.

Different documents

The complete workflow includes the following different documents.

[3]

Nr. Document

1 Original 2Copy 3Print 4File

Different products

The complete Océ solution is a combination of the following elements.

■ Scanner

■ Controller

■ Printer

■ Finishing options

■ Job submission software

■ Document management software.

Scanner Controller

Printer

Finishing

Options

The product concept and complete workflow

Different jobs

The arrows in the illustration show the different possible jobs (see figure 1 on

page 17). The complete document workflow of the Océ solution includes the

following different jobs.

■ Print job.

A print job starts with a file (4) and ends with a print (3).

■ Copy job.

A copy job starts with an original (1) and ends with a copy (2).

■ Scan-to-file job.

A scan-to-file job starts with an original (1) and ends with a file (4).

■ Set-up and control the complete workflow.

Do which job where

Use the following products to do the following jobs.

■ Print jobs on the job submission software or printer drivers.

■ Copy jobs on the scanner operator panel

■ Scan-to-file jobs on the scanner operator panel

■ Set up and control the complete workflow on the controller.

Note: A setting in the job submission software or driver always overrules a system setting.

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The Océ TCS500 users

Introduction

The Océ TCS500 has the following types of users.

■ Common user

■ Repro operator

■ Key operator

■ System administrator.

Note: (see ‘User modes’ on page 121) for or more information about the user modes and how to log on as a specific type of user.

Common user

The common user is a person who uses the system for print jobs. The common user has no permission to change the system settings. Therefore, the common user is referred to as an anonymous user. In order to be consistent with the Océ Power

Logic anonymous user.

controller software, in this manual the common user is referred to as an

The Océ TCS500 users

Note: You do not need a password if you are a common user or an anonymous user

Repro operator

The repro operator is responsible for the daily use of the Océ TCS500 in a central repro department. The repro operator has no permission to change the settings in the Océ Settings Editor. The repro operator has full permission in the Océ Queue Manager.

Note: The default password for the repro operator is ReproOp .

Key operator

The key operator is responsible for the user maintenance and the system settings of the Océ TCS500. The key operator has the permission to define the key operator settings in the Océ Settings Editor.

The Océ TCS500 users

[4]

Key operator settings Mode Settings to change

Key operator

The key operator has full permission in the Océ Queue Manager.

Note: The default password for the key operator is KeyOp .

System administrator

The system administrator is responsible for the installation and the configuration of the Océ TCS500 in the network environment.

The system administrator has the permission to define the system administrator settings in the Océ Settings Editor.

[5]

System administrator settings Mode Settings to change

System administrator

■ System settings

■ Printer settings

■ Job settings for print jobs

■ System settings

■ Security settings

■ Connectivity settings

■ Printer PDL settings

■ Printer pen settings

Note: The default password for the system administrator is SysAdm .

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Chapter 2 Get to know the Océ TCS500 colour printing system hardware

The Océ TCS500 colour printing system

Introduction

The Océ TCS500 is a modular wide-format colour printing system. The Océ TCS500 offers a wide range of print functionality. The Océ TCS500 uses the CMYK colour model. The printer contains printheads for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) and is based on thermal inkjet technology.

The Océ TCS500 colour printing system consists of the following modules.

■ The scanner

■ The Océ Power Logic

■ The printer

Controller.

The modular construction of the Océ TCS500 allows you to create a customised configuration. The Océ Power Logic

The Océ TCS500 main components

If you have a configuration without a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse directly connected to the controller, you can place the Océ Power Logic the controller cabinet of the printer. If you have a configuration with a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse directly connected to the controller, you cannot place the Océ Power Logic the controller cabinet of the printer. You can always place the Océ Power Logic cabinet.

The following figure shows a Océ TCS500 colour printing system.

[2]

123

Controller is required for all configurations.

controller inside

controller inside a separate controller

[2] The Océ TCS500 colour printing system

1. The scanner

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The Océ TCS500 colour printing system

2. The Océ Power Logic® controller inside a separate controller cabinet with a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse directly connected to the controller

3. The printer

The Océ TCS500 scanner

Introduction

The Océ TCS500 scanner is a wide-format scanner with an optical resolution of 575 dpi.

Illustration

[3]

[3] The Océ TCS500 scanner

The main components of the Océ TCS500 scanner

[6]

Number Component Function

1 Top cover Get access to the glass plate. 2 Original feed table Feed the original. 3 Operator panel Define the job settings. 4 On / off switch Turn the Océ TCS500 scanner on

and off.

5 Integrated receiving tray Receive the originals.

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The scanner operator panel

Introduction

Use the scanner operator panel to do a copy or scan-to-file job.

Illustration

[4]

The scanner operator panel

[4] The operator panel of the Océ TCS500 scanner

The scanner operator panel

The keys and their functions

[7]

[7] The keys and their functions (1 – 2)

Number Component Function

1 Green and red light Indicate the status of the scanner.

2 Screen Show the system information in text and

3 and 12 Upper softkeys The upper-left softkey can have one of the

■ A green light indicates that the scanner is

ready.

■ A blinking green light indicates that the

scanner is busy.

■ A red light indicates that an error occurred.

■ A blinking red light indicates that the

scanner is busy and an error occurred.

icons.

following functions.

■ Select the job, 'Copy' or 'Scan-to-file'.

■ Return to the home screen with the 'Home'

function.

■ Cancel a set with 'Cancel set' in case of a

set copy.

The upper-right softkey can have one of the following functions.

■ Cancel a setting with the 'Cancel' function.

■ Create and close a set with the 'Create set'

and 'Close set' function.

4 Scroll-wheel key

5 Scroll wheel

■ Open a template or a setting

■ Close a setting

■ Define a toggle setting.

■ Scroll to a setting or template

■ Define the value of a setting.

6 and 10 Lower softkeys The lower-left softkey can have one of the

following functions.

■ Select another language.

■ Reset the settings of the templates with the

'Defaults' function.

The lower-right softkey can have one of the following functions.

■ Close a setting with the 'Close' function.

■ Open the system settings with the 'System'

function.

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The scanner operator panel

[7] The keys and their functions (2 – 2)

Number Component Function

7 Start key Start a copy or scan-to-file job. 8Stop key

■ Stop a copy or scan-to-file job.

■ Release an original.

9 Numeric keys Enter a numeric value. 11 Left softkeys

■ Open a template.

■ Define a setting that contains two values.

This setting is called a toggle setting.

■ Open a setting that contains various values.

■ Open a setting that contains various

settings. This setting is called a grouped setting.

Note: The function of a softkey depends on where you are in the definition the job settings step.

The Océ Power Logic® controller

Introduction

The Océ Power Logic Embedded.

Use the Océ Power Logic

■ define the default system settings

■ receive jobs over the network

■ process the scan-to-file jobs

■ process the copy jobs

■ process the print jobs

■ manage the job queue

■ manage the set memory

controller is based on a PC platform running Windows® XP

controller to do the following.

The location of the Océ Power Logic

You can place the Océ Power Logic

[8]

[8] The location of the Océ Power Logic® controller

Location of the controller

Integrated in the right-hand side of the Océ TCS500 printer.

Inside a separate controller cabinet. When you have a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse connected to the Océ

Power Logic

controller, the controller is always placed inside a separate controller cabinet.

controller

controller in one of the following locations.

[5]

[5] The Océ Power Logic® Controller (printer)

[6]

[6] The Océ Power Logic® Controller (stand alone)

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The Océ Power Logic® controller

The applications that run on the Océ Power Logic® controller

[9]

[9] Océ applications that can run on the Océ Power Logic® controller (1 – 2)

Application Function Description

Océ Settings Editor

Océ System Control Panel

Setup your workflow With the Océ Settings Editor you

can view or edit the default settings of the system. The repro operator and the anonymous users can only view the default settings. To edit the default settings you need a password. There are two types of settings.

■ Key Operator settings

To edit the key operator settings you need a key-operator password.

■ System Administrator settings

To edit the system administrator settings you need a system administrator password.

Control your workflow: information about the system status

■ Display the status of the printer

■ Display the media available on

the system

■ Display the volume of set

memory in use

■ Print the configuration settings

■ Print a demo print.

Océ Queue Manager

Control your workflow: information about the current print jobs

■ Control and view the job queue

■ Inspect the progress of a job by

set and page.

■ Cancel jobs

■ Delete jobs

■ Pause and restart jobs

■ Move jobs to the top of the

queue

■ Reprint multiple sets from the

history queue.

■ Print jobs from the inbox queue

■ View and edit the properties of

jobs in the print queue, inbox queue and history queue.

The Océ Power Logic® controller

[9] Océ applications that can run on the Océ Power Logic® controller (2 – 2)

Application Function Description

Océ Remote

Logic

(Server)

Possibility to setup and control your workflow from a remote workstation

If you install Océ Remote Logic

(Client) on your remote workstation, you can access the Océ System Control Panel, the Océ Settings Editor, and the Océ Queue Manager on the Océ Power

controller.

Logic

Océ License Logic

Manage the licenses for the Océ software applications

Océ Account Logic

Create an exact record of the print, copy and scan-to-file volume for accounting purposes.

Note: To perform some of these actions you need a password.

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+ 276 hidden pages

Oce TCS500 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Océ-Technologies B.V.

Trademarks

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Notes for the reader

How to use this manual

Available documentation

The product concept and complete workflow

The Océ TCS500 users

Chapter 2 Get to know the Océ TCS500 colour printing system hardware

The Océ TCS500 colour printing system

The Océ TCS500 scanner

The Océ TCS500 scanner

The scanner operator panel

The Océ Power Logic® controller