QMS® 1060 Print System Reference 1800338-001B 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/ 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. Adobe, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe PageMaker/Adobe System Incorporated. Intellifont/ Agfa Division, Miles, Inc. Apple, AppleShare, AppleTalk, ImageWriter, LaserPrep, LaserWriter, Macintosh, EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TrueType/Apple Computer, Inc. Centronics/Centronics Data Computer Corporation. CompuServe/H & R Block. DEC, DECnet, VMS, LN03/Digital Equipment Corporation. PhoneNet/Farallon Computing. Hewlett-Packard, HP, PCL, HP-GL, LaserJet/Hewlett-Packard Co. IBM PC, AT, PC/XT, Token-Ring/International Business Machines Corporation. ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Zapf Chancery, ITC Bookman and ITC Zapf Dingbats/International Typeface Corporation. Helvetica, Palatino, and Times/Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries. Intel/Intel Corporation. Aldus FreeHand/Macromedia, Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows/Microsoft Corporation. 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Contents 1 Introduction Introduction .................................................................................. 1-2 About This Manual ....................................................................... 1-2 Typographic Conventions 1-4 2 Print Media Introduction .................................................................................. 2-2 Media Sizes and Imageable Areas .............................................. 2-2 Media Types and Weights ........................................................... 2-4 Paper Type 2-4 Paper Weight 2-4 Envelope Type 2-4 Transparency Type 2-5 Transparency Weight 2-5 Label Type 2-5 Label Weight 2-5 Storing Media ............................................................................... 2-6 3 Professional Printing Introduction .................................................................................. 3-2 About Typefaces and Fonts ....................................................... 3-2 Typeface Classification 3-3 Typography Terms 3-4 Resident Fonts, Typefaces, and Symbol Sets .......................... 3-7 Resident PostScript Fonts 3-7 Resident HP PCL Fonts 3-9 Resident HP-GL Symbol Sets 3-10 Downloadable Fonts ................................................................. 3-10 Optional Fonts ........................................................................... 3-10 4 Printer Configuration Introduction .................................................................................. 4-2 Methods of Configuration ........................................................... 4-2 Using an Application 4-2 Using PS Executive Series Utilities 4-3 Using Printer Commands 4-3 Using the Control Panel 4-4 Using Remote Console 4-4 ii QMS 1060 Print System Reference Configuration Menu ..................................................................... 4-4 Accessing the Configuration Menu 4-5 Selecting Configuration Menu Options 4-6 Changing Character Information 4-8 Saving Configuration Changes 4-11 Canceling Configuration Changes 4-13 Setting the Message Window Language 4-14 Restoring the Factory Default Configuration 4-14 Rebooting the System 4-14 Configuration Menu Options .....................................................4-15 Collation ......................................................................................4-16 Enabling/Disabling Collation 4-16 Working with Chunk Collation 4-17 Chunk Collation 4-17 Collating PCL 5 Files 4-18 Copies .........................................................................................4-19 Flash Memory .............................................................................4-19 Updating System Software ........................................................4-20 Choosing the Appropriate System Software Files for Downloading 4-20 Installing the System Software 4-21 Downloading System Software to a Functional Printer--SYSTEMDL.PS 4-23 Downloading System Software to a Functional Printer--SYSTEM.DL 425 Downloading System Software to a Non-Functional Printer 4-30 Emulations ..................................................................................4-35 Setting ESP Default Parameters 4-35 Setting HP-GL Parameters 4-35 Setting HP PCL5 Parameters 4-39 Setting Line Printer Parameters 4-46 Setting PostScript Parameters 4-49 Hard Disks ..................................................................................4-52 Formatting a Hard Disk 4-52 Installing an Optional Font 4-53 Removing an Optional Font 4-53 Contents iii Interfaces .................................................................................... 4-53 Setting Setting Setting Setting LocalTalk Interface Parameters 4-53 Parallel Interface Parameters 4-56 Serial Interface Parameters 4-61 Optional Interface Parameters 4-68 Media Input ................................................................................. 4-68 Selecting a Media Input Source 4-68 Chaining Media Input Sources 4-68 Naming Media Input Sources 4-69 Media Orientation ...................................................................... 4-70 Media Output .............................................................................. 4-71 Naming the Media Outputbin 4-71 Media Size .................................................................................. 4-72 Identifying the Media Size 4-72 Identifying a Default Media Size 4-73 Memory ....................................................................................... 4-73 Disk Cache 4-74 Display 4-75 Emulation 4-75 Emulation (Temporary) 4-76 Enable Disk Swap 4-76 Frame Buffer 4-77 PostScript Fonts 4-78 PostScript Heap 4-79 Printer Memory 4-79 Spooling 4-79 Optional Features ...................................................................... 4-80 Passwords .................................................................................. 4-81 Selecting Passwords 4-81 Enabling Passwords 4-82 Using Passwords 4-82 Printer Engine Features ............................................................ 4-83 Adjusting the Image Alignment 4-83 Setting Print Density 4-84 Specifying Page Recovery Action 4-84 Setting Default Resolution 4-85 Setting Toner Options 4-85 Setting Energy Conservation 4-86 iv QMS 1060 Print System Reference Printer Start-Up Options ............................................................4-87 Enabling/Disabling the Start-up Page 4-87 Enabling/Disabling the SYS\START File 4-88 Loading the PostScript Error Handler 4-88 Special Pages .............................................................................4-88 Using the Calibration Page 4-89 Working with Status Pages 4-89 Working with Header Pages 4-91 Working with Trailer Pages 4-92 Timeouts .....................................................................................4-93 Setting an Emulation Timeout 4-93 Setting an ESP Timeout 4-94 Setting a PostScript Emulation Timeout 4-94 Setting a Print Job Timeout 4-94 Setting a Manual Feed Timeout 4-95 5 Additional Technical Information Introduction .................................................................................. 5-2 Communication Modes ................................................................ 5-2 About Gamma Correction ........................................................... 5-3 Terms 5-3 Gamma Correction Concept 5-6 A Special Note for QuarkXPress Users 5-7 Memory ......................................................................................... 5-8 QMS Memory Management 5-9 Memory Terms 5-9 Evaluation of Your Printing Environment 5-12 Memory Clients 5-14 End Job Mode .............................................................................5-22 Common Reasons to Use End Job Mode 5-23 Using the EOD Commands 5-24 Setting the End Job Mode for the Serial and Parallel Protocols 5-24 Setting the End Job Mode via the Control Panel 5-25 Adding an EOD Command to Your File 5-27 Creating a Network Job Separator 5-29 Contents v Parallel Interface Modes ........................................................... 5-29 Byte Mode 5-30 Compatibility Mode 5-30 ECP (Enhanced Compatibility Port) Mode 5-30 EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) 5-31 Nibble Mode 5-31 PS Protocol Option .................................................................... 5-31 Options 5-33 Advantages 5-34 Implementation 5-34 HP-GL Color Encoding .............................................................. 5-35 6 Printer Options Introduction .................................................................................. 6-2 Additional Media Cassettes ........................................................ 6-2 About the Optional Feeder ......................................................... 6-3 Unpacking the Optional Feeder 6-4 Installing the Optional Feeder 6-4 Loading the Optional Media Cassette 6-7 Loading the Optional Envelope Cassette 6-7 Removing the Controller Board ................................................. 6-9 Procedure 6-10 Reinstalling the Controller Board ............................................ 6-11 Procedure 6-12 Optional Fonts ........................................................................... 6-14 Font Card .................................................................................... 6-14 Using Font Cards 6-15 Removing Font Card 6-16 vi QMS 1060 Print System Reference Intellifont PROMs .......................................................................6-17 What's in the Intellifont Kit 6-17 The Installation Procedure 6-17 Installing the Intellifont PROMs 6-17 Install the Intellifont PROMs 6-19 Replace the Controller Board 6-20 Increasing the Disk Cache Size 6-20 Verifying the Installation 6-21 Font List 6-22 Accessing the Fonts 6-24 Kanji Option Kit ..........................................................................6-24 Installing IDE-SCSI Board and IDE Hard Disk 6-25 Configuring the Printer for Kanji 6-25 Accessing the Kanji Fonts 6-25 Security Cards ............................................................................6-26 Using Security Cards 6-26 Downloading an Emulation .......................................................6-30 Single In-Line Memory Modules ...............................................6-32 Installing a SIMM 6-32 Removing a SIMM 6-35 Optional Network Interfaces .....................................................6-38 Optional Network Interface Assembly Kit 6-39 Installing an Optional Network Interface 6-39 Using an Optional Network Interface 6-41 Storage Options .........................................................................6-41 IDE-SCSI Board 6-41 Internal IDE Hard Disk 6-50 External SCSI Hard Disks 6-54 Identifying Hard Disks 6-54 Turning on an External Hard Disk 6-56 Configuring Hard Disks 6-56 Using the Disk Operations Menu 6-57 Formatting a Hard Disk 6-58 Installing an Optional Font 6-59 Removing an Optional Font 6-61 Contents vii A QMS Customer Support Sources of Support .....................................................................A-2 Your QMS Vendor A-2 ...