IBM 1725 SLS - Manuals

Contents v Printing a Single Envelope 3-10The Optional Envelope Feeder 3-11 Tray Chaining ............................................................................. 3-11 Collating Output ......................................................................... 3-12 End Job Mode .....................

QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide vi Installing the Toner Cartridge .................................................... 5-3 Handling the Printer .................................................................... 5-5 Keeping the Printer Clean .....................................................

Contents vii Not All Pages Print 6-24Printer Will Not Duplex 6-25 Print Quality Problems .............................................................. 6-25 Printer Will Not Print 600 dpi 6-26 Image Defects ............................................................................. 6-26 White or L...

QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide viii Font and Emulation Cards ........................................................ 8-11 Installing an Optional Font 8-13Removing an Optional Font 8-14Installing Optional Emulation Cards 8-15Removing a Printer Emulation 8-15 Downloading an Emulation From Dis...

Contents ix Physical Characteristics ............................................................. B-4 Print Media ................................................................................... B-5 Print Media Sizes B-5Envelopes B-6 Optional Hardware ...............................................

QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide x ImageSize C-19ImagePosition C-19Rotation C-20LineEnd C-20BlockEnd C-20EBAMode C-21BitReverse C-21InvertImage C-21Compression C-22DPI C-22ImageData C-22PageEnd C-23JobEnd C-23 D Sessions Sessions ...................................................................

Contents xi F Configuration Menu Menu Diagrams ............................................................................ F-2 GlossaryIndex v

1 Introduction In This Chapter... n About the printer n About the documentation n About this manual n Printer features and user benefits n Printer options n Using the printer ’s control panel n Printer-host communication

About the Printer QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 1-2 About the Printer The QMS 1725 SLS Print System offers the unique QMS Crown multitasking operating system, superior performance, extensive connectivity, upgrade options including duplex printing, and flexible emulation support. In addition...

About the Documentation 1-3 Introduction Several pieces of documentation accompany your printer. If you’ve ordered printer options, you’ll have even more manuals. But don’t worry—you don’t have to read them all before you’re able to use your printer. In fact, some of them you may never have to refer...

About This Manual 1-5 Introduction Related Documentation Don’t forget that your application, host operating system, and network documentation all contain useful printing information. n Printer Option Documentation If you purchased a printer option (for example, a CrownNet inter-face card for a Ether...

Printer Features QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 1-6 » Note: Notes contain tips, extra information, or important information that deserves emphasis or reiteration. O Caution: Cautions present information that you need to know to avoid equipment damage, process failure, or extreme annoyance. M...

Printer Features 1-7 Introduction User Benefit—Two resolutions allow you to customize the quality of your output according to its use: 300x300 dpi for most hardcopy needs, 600x600 dpi for high-resolution output. Five Resident Emulations Your printer supports printing in HP PCL5, HP-GL, Lineprinter, ...

Printer Features QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 1-8 the appearance of text, geometric shapes and images, and improves memory and resource management. Full support for PostScript Level 1 files is also included. Sessions Support Since your printer supports sessions, it’s possible for you to co...

Printer Features 1-9 Introduction the subsequent pages of the document (or the next job). With pages ready in memory, the engine continues printing as it deposits printed pages in the output tray. (In other words, compiling, rasterizing, and printing all work independently but simultaneously.) User ...

Printer Features QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 1-10 Context Switching After its initial use, the state of an emulation and downloaded data (such as fonts, macros, and overlays) is preserved for as long as the printer power is on. User Benefit—Repetitive downloading of emulations, fonts, mac...

Printer Options 1-11 Introduction Printer Options The following options are available for your QMS 1725 SLS Print Sys-tem. Contact your QMS vendor for purchase information. Media Handling Accessories The optional media handling accessories include legal- and A4-size media cassettes, a large-capacity...

Printer Options QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 1-12 ImageServer The optional ImageServer kit acts as an interface between document imaging applications and the printer. To purchase the ImageServer kit, contact your QMS vendor. User Benefit—With this option installed, you can load TIFF, CALS ...

Using the Control Panel 1-13 Introduction Using the Control Panel The control panel, located on the front of the printer, allows you to direct the printer ’s operation. In addition, it displays the current status of the printer, including any condition that needs your attention. The control panel co...

Using the Control Panel QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 1-14 Control Panel Indicators Indicators on the control panel display printer status information, cur-rent media source, and paper jam locations. Flashes when the printer is warming up. It remains on when the printer is ready to receive ...

Using the Control Panel 1-15 Introduction Message Window The control panel message window provides status and configuration information. Status messages are listed in chapter 6, “Troubleshoot-ing Printer Problems.” Setting the Message Window Language Status messages and configuration menus can be di...

Using the Control Panel QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 1-16 Control Panel Keys Press the Online/Offline key once to take the printer off line (the indicator goes out). You must take the printer off line before using all other keys except the Cancel key. When the printer goes off line, the co...

Introduction QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-2 Introduction This chapter begins by listing and describing the different ways you can configure your printer to meet your special printing needs. The next section describes how to use the printer control panel to access the configuration menu a...

Methods of Configuration 2-3 Printer Configuration Applications use printer drivers to send appropriate commands to the printer for requested tasks. If your application doesn’t have a QMS 1725 Print System driver, you can select a comparable PostScript driver, such as another QMS driver or a LaserWr...

Configuration Menu QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-4 Configuration Menu The printer ’s configuration menu allows you change the default printer configuration settings. Any changes made to the configuration will reside as new default settings and affect all subsequent print jobs. The options...

Configuration Menu 2-5 Printer Configuration How to Move Around the Configuration Menu Use the control panel keys to move around the printer menu. The top line of the message window always displays the name of the current menu, and the bottom line displays the name of an option within that menu. The...

Configuration Menu QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-6 take the printer off line (the Online/Offline indicator is not lighted), and finally press the Menu key. Example The following table shows how to use control panel keys to access the printer configuration menu. Press the control panel key...

Configuration Menu QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-8 Changing Character Information Sometimes, rather than selecting an option, you need to enter char-acter information. A character is any letter, digit, or symbol. A field is a group of characters that have meaning. Use the printer control ...

Configuration Menu QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-10 Saving Configuration Changes Before the printer can accept print jobs with configuration changes, the changes must be saved. Example To save your configuration changes, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following tab...

Configuration Menu 2-11 Printer Configuration » Note: The printer may need to be restarted before certain changes to the Administration menu take effect. Some changes restart the printer auto- matically while others display the message REBOOT NOW? in the control panel message window. If this message...

Operator Control Menu QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-12 Restoring the Factory Default Configuration If you need to cancel all of the configuration changes you have made, you can reset all of the configuration settings to their factory defaults. Operator Control Menu The Operator Control me...

Operator Control Menu 2-13 Printer Configuration Collation Use this option to arrange multiple copies of a document in sequential order. Orientation Specifies whether text and graphics are placed on the page in a por-trait or landscape orientation. Inputbin Allows you to select the default cassette ...

Operator Control Menu QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-14 Outputbin Use this option to indicate the default output bin (tray). You can choose to have paper exit the printer at either the upper bin or the face-up bin. Chain Inputbins Allows you to “chain” input bins (cassettes) so that when t...

Administration Menu 2-15 Printer Configuration Def. Duplex The Def[ault] Duplex option allows you to print on the front and back of each page. Tumble Duplex Prints jobs so they can be bound at the top edge (flip-chart style). Administration Menu The Administration menu consists of the following subm...

Communications QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-16 Communications This menu contains several options that allow you to configure the printer's communication parameters to match the host and application parameters. » Note: This section contains information on Timeouts, Serial, Parallel and Em...

Communications 2-17 Printer Configuration Setting an Emulation Timeout The emulation timeout is the maximum number of seconds emula-tions other than PostScript (such as HP-GL, HP PCL5, and Line-printer) wait for incoming data. Setting a Print Job Timeout The print job timeout is the maximum number o...

Communications QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-18 Mode Enables or disables the serial port. Emulation Sets the serial interface emulation. Minimum Number of Kilobytes for Spooling Sets the minimum number of kilobytes of system memory allocated to the serial interface. Menu Administration/Co...

Communications 2-19 Printer Configuration Spooling Timeout Sets the number of seconds the interface waits for data from the host before terminating a spooled print job. End Job Mode Enables (and identifies an end-of-job sequence) or disables data stream sensing for the end-of-document (EOD) command....

Communications QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-20 Default Job Priority Allows you to specify which jobs are printed first, according to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously. For example, you can give jobs received via the serial interface prio...

Communications 2-21 Printer Configuration Receive Software Flow Control Sets the software communication protocol used by the printer to con-trol communication from the host computer. Transmit Software Flow Control Sets the software communication protocol used by the host computer to control communic...

Communications QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-22 Hardware Flow Control Controls the flow of data between the printer and the host. PS Protocol Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communicating over a serial interface to a PostScript printer. Menu Administration/Communications...

Communications 2-23 Printer Configuration Setting Parallel Interface Parameters Use the Administration/Communications/Parallel menu to set the par-allel interface values used for printer-host communications. Mode The parallel interface supports Centronics parallel communication as well as IEEE 1284 ...

Communications 2-25 Printer Configuration Spooling Timeout Sets the number of seconds the interface waits for data from the host before terminating a spooled print job. Data Bits Sets the number of data bits transmitted per character. End Job Mode Enables (and identifies an end-of-job sequence) or d...

Communications QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-26 Default Job Priority Allows you to specify which jobs are printed first, according to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously. PS Protocol Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communi...

Communications 2-27 Printer Configuration Mode Enables or disables the communication interface. Connection Allows you to enable or disable print spooling. Menu Administration/Communications/AppleTalk/Mode Choices Enabled—Establish one-way LocalTalk communication (from the host to the printer). Disab...

Emulations 2-29 Printer Configuration Emulations Use the Administration/Emulations menu to set the parameters for the available printer emulations. Optional printing emulations appear only if installed. » Note: To choose an emulation or ESP for a particular interface, use the appropriate interface m...

Emulations QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-30 Setting HP PCL 5 Parameters For details on the HP PCL 5 language, refer to the HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual ( available from Hewlett- Packard Co.; order part number 5961-0509) HP PCL5C Technical Support Notes , available ...

Emulations 2-31 Printer Configuration Symbol Set Sets the character set used by the HP PCL5 emulation. Notes * represents a scalable font (default point size [12 points] is used to scale the font and produce the characters in the selected size).If you use Select by Index to select a font by its font...

Emulations QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-32 Lines/Inch Sets the number of lines printed per inch. Line Termination Adds an indicator which controls the way the printer interprets CR (carriage return) and LF (line feed) characters. Point Size x100 Identifies the point size for scalable fon...

Emulations 2-33 Printer Configuration Scalable Fonts Specifies whether to enable or disable the printing of HP PCL5 scal-able fonts by an application. Choices Off—Reset PCL to its default state at the end of each PCL print job, execute an implicit <ESC>E at the start and end of the job, and de...

Emulations QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-34 Default Font Index Sets the default font index when Select by Index is chosen in the Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Default Font menu. If a font by the same index number exists, it is selected as the default font. This font must be a cartridge ...

Emulations 2-35 Printer Configuration Download Location Controls the default storage location of PCL objects (fonts, macros, and patterns) when it is not otherwise specified through Document Option Commands. Notes When set to off, this option maps pen colors as follows: Pen 0=White, Pen 1=Black, Pen...

Emulations QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-36 Setting HP-GL Parameters Fifteen configuration choices are available. Plotter Identifies the HP-GL plotter type. Scaling Percent Identifies the percentage to reduce or enlarge an image. Origin Sets the image offset from the plotter ’s origin in ...

Emulations 2-37 Printer Configuration Reverse Image Determines whether an image is printed in reverse. Enhanced Mode Increases the resolution of a downloaded character. Expand Mode Defines a larger imageable area for the selected media type. This increased imageable area affects the default placemen...

Emulations QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-38 Paper Type Identifies the original image’s paper size. Pen 1 - Pen 8 Sets the width and color for the eight plotter pens. A width and a color option are available for each pen. Notes Setting this option to On partially determines the range of pl...

Emulations 2-39 Printer Configuration Setting Lineprinter Parameters Twelve configuration options are available. Font Sets the printer fonts for the current print job. Point Sz 100ths Sets point size (in .01 point increments) of the font for the current print job. Choices Black, Violet, Brown, Gray ...

Emulations QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-40 Character Map Specifies the type of character map to be used. Line Numbering Specifies if a five-digit number is to be prefixed to the beginning of each line. Tab Stops Specifies the number of spaces between tab stops. Line Feed is Carriage Retu...

Emulations 2-41 Printer Configuration Carriage Return is Carriage Return-Line Feed Specifies whether each carriage return (CR) in the print job is trans-lated to a carriage return/line feed (CRLF) combination. Form Feed is Carriage Return-Form Feed Specifies whether each form feed (FF) in the print ...

Special Pages QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-42 Lines Per Page Specifies the number of lines printed on a page before an automatic page eject. Margins Defines the left, right, top, and bottom margins in 1/100" increments. Special Pages Use the Administration/Special Pages menu to print...

Special Pages 2-43 Printer Configuration Identifying a Status Page Type Two types of status pages are available. Printing a Status Page Prints a status page. Calibration Page Prints a calibration page. Working with Header Pages A header page is a separator page that prints before a print job to help...

Special Pages QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-44 Enabling/Disabling Header Pages Identifying a Header Page Input Source You can select the input bin (tray or cassette) from which the printer pulls media when printing the header page. Working with Trailer Pages A trailer page is a separator ...

Printer Start-Up Options 2-45 Printer Configuration Identifying a Trailer Page Input Source You can select the input bin (tray or cassette) from which the printer pulls media when printing the trailer page. Printer Start-Up Options The Administration/Startup Options menu allows you to configure your...

Memory QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-46 Enabling/Disabling the SYS\START File If you have a hard disk and Do Sys Start is enabled, when the printer is turned on, the controller checks the hard disk for a PostScript file named SYS\START and executes this file. Loading the PostScript Error ...

Memory 2-47 Printer Configuration The memory is divided among users (or “clients”), each of which allo-cated a specific amount (or “block”) of memory. Each memory client is dedicated to a specific printing and application purpose. Your QMS 1725 SLS Print System allows you to distribute its memory am...

Memory QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-48 increase memory to the area that minimizes slowdowns when collat-ing large print jobs. Memory configuration affects these things as well as the number of jobs that can be accepted by the printer, the number of options avail-able simultaneously, the ...

Memory 2-49 Printer Configuration Storage Storage is a device which information can be kept. There are three main types of storage—ROM, RAM, and hard disks. ROM (Read Only Memory) ROM contains data and/or machine-executable instructions that can be read but not modified. On your QMS 1725 SLS Print S...

Memory QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-50 Physical Memory Physical memory refers to the amount of RAM installed in the printer. Spool Spooling is temporary storage to hold print jobs until the printer is available to process them. Evaluation of Your Printing Environment The first step in al...

Memory 2-51 Printer Configuration 9 How many downloadable fonts will you be using? What sizes? From which emulation? 10 Will you use many different sizes of fonts/typefaces? 11 How large are the files you typically print? How large is the larg- est file you’ll be printing? 12 Are most of your files ...

Memory QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-52 Memory Clients This submenu allows you to allocate the printer’s memory (RAM) among the various memory clients. The flexibility of defining memory available to clients allows experienced users to optimize the printer's performance according to a giv...

Memory 2-53 Printer Configuration When the sum of the Min K Spool for all interfaces is less than K Mem for Spool, memory is allocated as follows: 1 Interfaces with Min K Spool (in the Administration/Communica-tions menu) value greater than zero to receive their specified allo-cation. 2 Half of the ...

Memory QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-54 PostScript Fonts The K Mem for PS Fonts, listed on the status page as Font Cache, is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to caching previously scaled bitmap representations of fonts for the PostScript emulation interpreter. Emulation The K Mem ...

Memory 2-55 Printer Configuration Emulation (Temporary) The K Mem Emul Tmp is the number of kilobytes of RAM to be used by non-PostScript emulations for storing downloaded (soft) fonts, forms, or macros. Display List The K Mem Display is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the display lists....

Memory QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-56 Disk Cache The K Mem Disk Cache is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the disk cache. This memory client speeds file system throughput on any installed hard disks by storing frequently used data in system memory instead of continually stori...

Memory 2-57 Printer Configuration Frame Buffer The Frame Buffer memory client holds rasterized or bitmapped images of page faces which are ready to be sent to the print engine. A frame holds the contents of each single page image. Claculating the Frame Buffer Size The following formulas should help ...

Printer Engine Features QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-58 Printer Memory MB Printer Mem, listed as System Use on the status page, is the number of megabytes of RAM available to be split among the various memory clients. The size of this client's memory limits the number of jobs that may be...

Printer Engine Features 2-59 Printer Configuration Horizontal Offset Vertical Offset Setting Default Paper Default Paper is used when the default media is requested but the default input bin is missing from the engine so there’s no way to sense the media size automatically. Setting Inputbin x Name T...

Printer Engine Features QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-60 Setting Outputbin x Name These options are used to name output bins 1 and 2. Setting Default Resolution This option sets the print engine’s default resolution. Setting Gamma Correction This option sets the print engine’s gamma corre...

Printer Engine Features 2-61 Printer Configuration Setting Toner Out Action You can configure the printer to stop or to continue printing when a TONER OUT error message is displayed in the message window. Setting Manual Feed Timeout This option allows you to set the amount of time the printer waits ...

Miscellaneous QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-62 Reading the Page Counters The page count of the pages printed can be read from the message window or through a remote console without the need for a status page to be printed. Miscellaneous The Miscellaneous submenu allows you to change print...

Hard Disks 2-63 Printer Configuration Setting the Message Window Language Status messages and configuration menus can be displayed in the message window in English, French, German, or Spanish. Hard Disks Use the Administration/Disk Operations menu to perform disk opera-tion processes that appear onl...

Hard Disks QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-64 Identifying Hard Disks The documentation that comes with your external SCSI (Small Com-puter System Interface) hard disk should contain all of the n ecessary information for connecting and configuring the disk. Device Numbers Hard disks are iden...

Hard Disks 2-65 Printer Configuration Error Messages The following three messages may appear while you are using the Disk Operations menu. Formatting a Hard Disk O Caution: If you format the internal hard disk, the printer’s system code will be lost. You would then have to reload the system software...

Installation 2-67 Printer Configuration Installation The Installation menu appears only if a security card is installed. The system administrator uses the Installation menu to set passwords for the Operator Control and Administration menus. Operator Password Allows you to enter a password used to en...

Configuring Optional Features QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 2-68 Use Admin Password Determines if a password is required to enter the Administration menu. Using Passwords When a password is required to enter the Operator Control or Admin-istration menu, the message window will display ENTER...

3 Daily Operations In This Chapter . . . n Printing modes n Using different print media n Paper feeding

About Paper 3-3 Daily Operations About Paper Your print quality depends in large part on the quality of the paper. You can get sharper contrast on printed pages by using special laser printer paper, which is available from a variety of paper manufactur-ers. This paper is thicker, smoother, and white...

About Paper QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-4 The table that follows gives exact paper sizes your printer supports as well as the imageable area. This imageable area is smaller than the size of the paper. » Note: Imageable areas are not centered on their respective pages and may vary plus o...

Paper Feeding 3-5 Daily Operations Paper Feeding There are two ways of feeding paper through your printer: n Cassette feed (automatically) n Manual feed (by hand) Cassette Feed Cassette feed automatically pulls paper from one of the cassettes at the front of the printer. The cassettes handle paper a...

Paper Feeding QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-6 the printer, each cassette sets off a series of internal switches which the printer reads to determine page size. Use only the size paper marked on the cassette's label for cassette feed. 2 Place the covers on the cassettes. 3 Slide the filled...

Face-up Output Bin QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-8 Face-up Output Bin After being printed, paper normally stacks face down in the recessed area on the top of the printer. The face-down output bin holds up to 500 sheets of paper. For face-up output, you must attach the face-up output bin t...

Printing Labels 3-9 Daily Operations to avoid jams. Transparencies must withstand temperatures up to 356° F (180° C). Other specifications on overhead transparencies are n Thickness: 0.111 to 0.113 mm (4.37 to 4.45 mils) n Cutting Dimension Tolerance: +/-0.7 mm (0.031") n Cutting Angle: 90° (+/-...

Printing Envelopes QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-10 Printing Envelopes Envelopes may be printed in two ways: n From the manual feed slot on the upper cassette (single enve-lopes) n From the optional envelope feeder (up to 100 envelopes) Non-standard-size envelopes are acceptable using man...

Tray Chaining 3-11 Daily Operations slot as shown in the following illustration, with the face up and the flap side toward the left manual feed guide. Because envelopes pass through heated rollers, the gummed area on the flap may seal. Open the flap immediately after it passes through the printer, b...

Collating Output QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-12 necessary. You may choose to have the printer automatically draw from the alternate cassette when the current cassette empties. There are three ways to do this: n Your application may include a specific procedure for using a dual-cassette ...

End Job Mode 3-15 Daily Operations Common Reasons to Use End Job Mode If you are printing via the serial and parallel protocols, and one of the following conditions exists, you may need to set the end job mode: n Multiple print jobs with little or no time delay and with no EOD commands have been sen...

End Job Mode QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-16 tell the printer where your print job ends. QMS Crown printers recog-nize two end-of-document commands: QMS EOD and HP EOD. These commands are functionally the same. They enable data stream sensing for the EOD command, allowing your host compu...

End Job Mode 3-17 Daily Operations Other Print Queuing Systems If you use a print queuing system other than a PC print server and you experience what appears to be an EOD command problem, you may need to use another procedure, such as a print utility, an initial-ization sequence, or a header page to...

End Job Mode 3-18 Daily Operations Adding an EOD Command to Your File When adding an EOD command to your file, use the syntax for the selected EOD command exactly as written (the command's syntax is case sensitive). Select Accesses the Parallel (or Serial) menu. PARALLEL/SERIAL MODE Next Advances to...

End Job Mode 3-19 Daily Operations » Note: <ESC> represents the escape character. (The decimal value for the escape character is 027, and the hexadecimal value is 1B.) How you enter the escape character depends on your application. Some applications allow you to press and hold the ALT key and ...

Working with Status Pages QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-20 by the EOD command filename for each file being printed. Then “run” the batch file to print your list of files. Sample DOS batch file: Command Explanation Print mktg.doc Job filename Print end.txt EOD command filename Print acct.d...

Cancelling/Endi ng Print Jobs 3-21 Daily Operations release, and number of sheets printed), printer settings (Post-Script level, start-up options, paper handling information, resolu-tion, and gamma correction setting), current memory configuration, time-outs, communication settings and input buffer ...

Cancelling/Ending Print Jobs QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 3-22 n It cancels all print jobs that are currently printing, interpreting, or spooling. n It allows you to send an end-of-job indicator to a currently compil-ing print job that is waiting for incoming data. Once the print jobs are ...

Cancelling/Endi ng Print Jobs 3-23 Daily Operations Ending a Print Job If the first print job in the queue is waiting for, but not receiving the data it needs to finish printing, the message window displays WAITING FOR INPUT END JOB? Use the following procedure to end all print jobs in the queue tha...

4 Print Quality In This Chapter . . . n Setting print densityn Using gamma correctionn Using the calibration pagen Changing printer resolution

Introduction QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 4-2 Introduction The QMS 1725 SLS Print System includes M ulti-Res technology in its design. In addition to resolution selection, this technology gives you more control over the factors that affect your print quality. Some of these factors include ...

Using Gamma Correction 4-3 Print Quality 1 Open the printer top cover.2 Locate the density adjustment dial that is inside the printer on the left side.The scale on the density adjustment dial shows the density set- ting; the dark marking identifies increased density, and the light marking identifies...

Using Gamma Correction QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 4-4 tion. To get the best gray-scale PostScript image at any resolution, gamma correction should be turned on. Terms Several terms related to gamma correction are ex plained in this sec- tion to help you better understand the gamma correc...

Using Gamma Correction QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 4-6 Gamma Correction Concept Often in scanned images, gray scaling may be too light or dark to show details clearly. Using gamma correction on a gray-scale image is similar to using a graphic equalizer on a home stereo; the range of gray ...

5 Printer Care In This Chapter . . . n Toner cartridge installation n Printer handling practices n Printer cleaning procedures

Installing the Toner Cartridge 5-3 Printer Care Handling the Toner Cartridge The cartridge contains the toner and laser-sensitive drum needed to operate the laser printer. The cartridge n Is sensitive to light; do not expose it to direct sunlight after open-ing n Should be installed immediately afte...

Handling the Printer 5-5 Printer Care Handling the Printer Handle the printer with care to preserve its life. Abuse may cause damage. n Do not place anything on the top of the printer. n Two or more people are required to move the printer. Never carry or move the printer by lifting from the paper ca...

Keeping the Printer Clean QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 5-6 Keeping the Printer Clean To maintain sharp print quality, clean the inside of the printer at the following times: n Every time the toner cartridge is changed n After printing 8,000 single-sided pages n Whenever print quality becom...

Status Messages QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-4 Service Messages When the printer requires service, operation stops and the message window displays CALL FOR SERVICE followed by the location of the problem and error number. Have this information available when you call for service. » Note:...

PostScript Errors 6-5 Troubleshooting Printer Problems HP-GL Error Codes and PCL Error Codes The following tables list error codes that could appear on the printer message window when running HPGL or PCL emulations. PostScript Errors If your printer is having trouble printing when using PostScript e...

Testing PC Communication QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-6 Testing PC Communication To test communication between your printer and your PC, first create a short file that ejects a page from the printer. Then send the file to the printer. Creating the Test File To create the test file, type ...

Testing PC Communication 6-7 Troubleshooting Printer Problems Sending the Test File Parallel Communication 1 To send the PRINTEST.PS file you just created to the printer, type print printest.ps ↵ 2 If you’re prompted for the name of the list device, type lpt1 ↵ or type the name of the PC’s parallel ...

Testing PC Communication QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-8 Serial Communication 1 To send the PRINTEST.PS file you just created to the printer, type print printest.ps ↵ 2 If you’re prompted for the name of the list device, type com1 ↵ or type the name of the PC’s serial port to which the pr...

Testing PC Communication 6-9 Troubleshooting Printer Problems shown on the start-up page match those in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you need make no further changes. Go to the section “Special PC Concerns,” later in this chapter. If the printer’s serial port settings are different from your PC’s setting...

Testing PC Communication 6-11 Troubleshooting Printer Problems 13 If you want to change other settings, use the Next key to scroll to the setting you want to change, then repeat the pro-cedure described in steps 6 through 8. Otherwise press the Online/Offline key. The message window displays SAVE CH...

Testing Macintosh Communication QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-12 Testing Macintosh Communication You can check communication between the printer selected in the Chooser and the Macintosh by sending a file to the printer from an application (see your application documentation for more info...

Media Jams QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-14 transmission) of the printer, the computer, and your soft-ware application the same? See chapter 2, “Printer Con-figuration.” n If you still cannot identify the problem, contact your QMS vendor. 4 Is the printer printing codes or not printing at...

Media Jams 6-15 Troubleshooting Printer Problems paper jam message displays in the message window. Frequent jams in any area indicate that area should be checked, repaired, or cleaned. Repeated jams may also happen if you are using the wrong weight paper. Jams can occur in the following areas: n Upp...

Media Jams 6-17 Troubleshooting Printer Problems 4 Restore the inner metal plate to its original position and close the transfer-guide lock-tray. Both must be properly in place before closing the printer or the printer may be damaged. 5 Close the printer ’s top cover. Clearing an Image-Transfer Area...

Media Jams QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-18 2 Gently open the transfer-guide lock-tray and remove any media by rolling it toward you. Avoid touching the transfer roller. Be careful not to get the paper near any clothing. It may contain some unfused toner. 3 After removing the media, close...

Media Jams QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-20 4 After removing the media, close the fuser assembly rear door and make sure it is properly in place before closing the printer or the printer may be damaged. 5 Close the printer top cover. Clearing an Output Bin Media Jam Follow these steps to ...

Media Jams 6-21 Troubleshooting Printer Problems bin, close the printer top cover, and then lift the media guide arm and pull out the media slowly. After removing the media, lower the media guide arm. Clearing a Duplexer Media Jam To clear a jam from the duplexing unit, follow these instructions: 1 ...

Problem Descriptions QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-22 3 Carefully remove any jammed media. Then close the duplex access door. Problem Descriptions Paper Jam Message Stays On If a PAPER JAM message stays on, open the printer and clear the jam. If the message is still there, try opening and...

Problem Descriptions 6-23 Troubleshooting Printer Problems No Advanced Status Page If your printer prints a standard status page even though you’ve con-figured the printer in the Administration/Special Pages/Status Page Type menu to print an advanced status page, your printer probably doesn’t have e...

Problem Descriptions QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-24 printer. Monitor your activities to see if there is a correlation between your use of a certain application and the printer resetting. If so, con-tact the application developer. Downloading too many typefaces can overload the printer m...

Print Quality Problems 6-25 Troubleshooting Printer Problems 3 Check the message window to see if the cassette you are using needs more media. Printer Will Not Duplex If the error message DUPLEXER ABSENT appears in the message window, make sure you have the optional duplexing assembly cor-rectly ins...

Image Defects QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-26 4 Place a service call to your QMS vendor. Printer Will Not Print 600 dpi If you have configured the printer from the front panel to print at 600 dpi resolution but the printer continues printing 300 dpi, you may need additional memory alloca...

Image Defects 6-27 Troubleshooting Printer Problems 3 Remove the toner cartridge and gently rock it from side to side as you would when installing a new cartridge. This redistributes toner inside the cartridge. Then, reinstall the cartridge. 4 If steps 1, 2, and 3 do not solve the problem, install a...

Placing a Service Call QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 6-28 Placing a Service Call If you have a problem you cannot resolve, contact your QMS vendor. Your QMS vendor is best equipped to immediately handle any prob-lem you may encounter. If you have technical questions your vendor is unable to...

Introduction QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 7-2 Introduction This chapter defines common terms used in the description of fonts and typefaces, and displays the printer’s resident typefaces. About Typefaces and Fonts Many of the terms and phrases used in desktop publishing are derived from th...

Typeface Classification 7-3 Professional Printing Typeface Classification One way of classifying the different typefaces is to group them into the following categories: Serif A serif is a decorative line or tail on the ends of the strokes of a letter. Serifs, usually on the lower half of a letter, h...

Typography Terms QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 7-4 Typography Terms Monospacing The terms “monospaced” and “fixed-pitch” refer to a typeface whose characters all have uniform and equal spacing. These typefaces are useful for spreadsheets and other documents with columnar data. Monospacing i...

Typography Terms 7-5 Professional Printing Scalable Font A scalable font is one in which each character’s dot pattern (bitmap) is generated from a mathematical representation (or outline) of the character. Scalable fonts eliminate the need to store many different font sizes. Point Size Point size re...

Typography Terms QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 7-6 Stroke Weight Orientation Orientation is the direction of the print or image on a page. Portrait orientation reads from left to right, across the narrower dimension of the page. Landscape orientation also reads from left to right but places...

Resident Fonts 7-7 Professional Printing derive from painting; a portrait is usually a vertical view while a land-scape is usually a horizontal view. Portrait Landscape A bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbc de fghijkl mnop qrstuvwxyzAbcdefghijkl mnopqrstuvwxyzAb cde fghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzAbcdefghijklmnopqrs...

Resident Fonts QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 7-8 Sans Serif Fonts Script Font ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic Pi or Symbol Fonts Σψµβολ (Symbol) Dingbats (ITC Zapf Dingbats) New Century Schoolbook RomanNew Century Schoolbook ItalicNew Century Schoolbook BoldNew Century Schoolbook Bold Itali...

Resident Fonts 7-9 Professional Printing Resident HP PCL Fonts Your printer has the following resident HP PCL fonts. All fonts can be automatically rotated to landscape orientation. Some are fixed in pitch and point size while others are scalable. Unless otherwise noted, samples are show in 10 point...

Resident Fonts QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 7-10 Resident HP-GL Symbol Sets Your printer has the following resident HP-GL symbol sets. All come in both fixed- and variable-spaced versions, and all are scalable. v 9825 Character Set ANSI ASCIIFrench/GermanISO FrenchISO GermanISO IRV (Intern...

Additional Paper Cassettes 8-3 Printer Options Additional Paper Cassettes Additional paper cassettes let you switch paper size, color, and type without having to unload and load paper into the cassette. Keep replacement cassettes close by, and you can easily change paper by slipping one cassette out...

Duplexer Assembly 8-7 Printer Options 11 Configure your printer for envelope printing through the control panel.a Use the M anual Feed Size option (Operator Control/Manual Feed Size) to select the envelope size. b Select the output bin (Operator Control/Outputbin). See chapter 2, “Printer Configurat...

Font and Emulation Cards 8-11 Printer Options 11 Replace the duplexing slot-cover, and reinstall the two screws that were holding it in place. 12 Replace the paper cassettes.» Note: Do not attempt to use the duplexer for envelopes, labels, or transparencies. 13 Plug in the power cord, turn both powe...

Font and Emulation Cards 8-13 Printer Options to the hard disk, refer to the QMS Crown Document Option Com- mands manual. Installing an Optional Font After you have accessed the Administration/Disk Operations menu, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer r...

Font and Emulation Cards QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-14 Removing an Optional Font Use the Administration/Disk Operations/Remove Option to remove optional fonts from your hard disk. You need the original font card containing the files. The Remove Option compares the contents of the card ...

Font and Emulation Cards 8-15 Printer Options After the option is removed, remove the card from the slot and place the printer back on line. Installing Optional Emulation Cards Use the Install Option selection from the Disk Operations menu. Refer to the instructions earlier in this for help using th...

Downloading an Emulation From Disk 8-17 Printer Options Downloading an Emulation From Disk Optional emulations, such as LN03 and QUIC II, are available as PostScript files on floppy disks. This section describes how to down-load an optional emulation from the floppy disk to the printer ’s hard disk....

Security Card QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-18 where # is 1 to 4. (/b refers to binary files.) 5 When the downloading is complete, reboot the printer. The emulation is ready to be used. Security Card A security card is available to set passwords for the Operator Control and the Administra...

Removing and Re-installing the Tray Assembly QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-20 Removing and Re-installing the Tray Assembly When you are installing the next four printer options (memory, optional interface, Centronics to Dataproducts conversion, and inter-nal hard disk drive), the internal...

Removing and Re-installing the Tray Assembly QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-24 Re-installing the Tray Assembly After installing a memory upgrade, an optional interface, or an inter-nal hard disk drive, use the following instructions to re-install the tray assembly. O CAUTION: It's very imp...

Memory Modules (SIMMs) QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-26 Memory Modules (SIMMs) Additional printer memory on small boards called single in-line mem-ory modules, or SIMMs, allows you to download more fonts, increase the printer's buffers (where it stores data sent from the computer), and du...

Memory Modules (SIMMs) 8-29 Printer Options 5 Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each additional SIM M you are installing. 6 Return the tray assembly to the printer by following the instructions in “Re-installing the Tray A ssembly,” earlier in this chapter. Removing a SIMM If you want to replace a 4 MB S...

Installing Optional Interfaces QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-30 Installing Optional Interfaces In addition to the three standard interfaces ( serial, parallel, and AppleTalk) your printer supports optional interfaces such as Ethernet, and IBM 3270/5250A. Additional interface options allow...

Hard Disks QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-38 4 With the notched end of the new 220-ohm DIP resistor pack away from you (see the following illustration for orientation), carefully insert the resistor pack’s pins in the RP1 socket where you just removed the 1 K-ohm resistor pack; then instal...

Hard Disks 8-39 Printer Options able for your printer can be found through Q-FAX (see appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for Q-FAX instructions). O Caution: If you connect to this printer an external hard disk you previously used with an earlier QMS Crown printer, this QMS 1725 SLS Print System sof...

Updating System Software 8-43 Printer Options unique. The recommended device number for the internal SCSI hard disk, if present, is DSK6. » Note: For the printer to recognize any attached hard disk(s), each hard disk must be turned on before you turn on the printer. DISK ONLINE appears on the start-...

Updating System Software QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide 8-44 2 Change to this directory.3 Insert the printer system software disk in your PC’s 3.5" disk drive. 4 Type x :pkunzip x :system ↵ where x is the name of the disk drive in which you inserted the system software disk. 5 Follow the...

Sources of Support QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide A-2 Sources of Support Your QMS Vendor Your local vendor (the one from whom you bought the printer) may be best equipped to help you. Your vendor has specially trained service technicians available to answer questions, and the equipment to an...

Sources of Support QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide A-4 QMS World-wide Offices United States/Latin America QMS, Inc.One Magnum PassMobile, AL 36618(334) 633-4300 Product Information: (800) 523-2696 OEM Information: (800) 631-2692Consumables: (800) 777-7782Fax: (334) 633-4866E-mail: [email protected]...

Print Engine Specifications QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide B-2 Print Engine Specifications Engine Canon P170 Duty Cycle (maximum) 75,000 pages per month Print Method Laser beam scanning and dry electrophotographic printing; fixing by heated rollers Print Speed Up to 17 pages per minute using...

Controller Specifications B-3 Technical Specifications Controller Specifications Emulations PostScript—Level 1 compatibility mode and Level 2 HP PCL 5 HP-GL 7475A/7550A Lineprinter CCITT Support for downloadable optional emulations Fonts 39 resident PostScript fonts that can be scaled from 4 points ...

Electrical Requirements QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide B-4 Electrical Requirements Environmental Requirements Physical Characteristics Frequency 50/60 Hz ( ± 2 Hz) PowerRequirements 100/110/120v 50/60 Hz (about 90-130 VAC) or220/240v 50 Hz (about 200-260 VAC) Noise Level Idle; less than 50 d...

Print Media B-5 Technical Specifications Print Media Print Media Sizes Delivery Face down; about 500 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m 2 ) paper Face up; about 100 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m 2 ) paper Feed Paper cassettes (2) About 500 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m 2 ) paper per cassette. Optional High-Capacity Feeder...

Optional Hardware QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide B-6 Envelopes Optional Hardware Paper Handling Minimum Size Maximum Size Manual feed 3 3/8” x 7” (86 mm x 178 mm) 7 2/5 x 10 1/2 (188 mm x 267 mm) Power feed (Requires optional envelope feeder) 3 7/8 x 7 1/2 (98.4 mm x 190.5 mm) 4 1/3 x 9 1/2 ...

Consumable Supplies B-7 Technical Specifications Hard Disks Consumable Supplies Internal SCSI Hard Disk Mounting space and connectors for one internal SCSI hard disk are present. Q-FAX, the QMS retrieval service, provides current information on hard disks available for this printer. Specifications a...

Cable Pinouts QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide B-8 Cable Pinouts Centronics Parallel This table gives the correct pinouts for the printer end of the Centron-ics/IEEE 1284 parallel cable used to connect your printer to a com-puter. Signal Pin No. Signal Description Direction 1 Strobe- In 2 Data...

Cable Pinouts B-9 Technical Specifications Notes to the Table Direction refers to the direction of signal flow as viewed from the printer. Return denotes “twisted-pair return” and is to be connected at signal-ground level. When wiring the interface, be sure to use a twisted-pair cable for each signa...

Cable Pinouts QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide B-10 IBM PC/XT, PC/AT, and Compatible Computers This diagram gives the suggested cable pinouts for IBM PC/XT, PC/AT, and compatible computers » Note: Not all serial cables are configured as shown and may require an additionalnull-modem adapter. Ch...

Cable Pinouts B-11 Technical Specifications LocalTalk (Optional Interface) These are the pinouts for the optional 8-pin LocalTalk cable: Macintosh to Serial These are the pinouts for a cable connecting the Macintosh printer or modem port to the printer ’s serial port: » Note: To download printer sys...

Warranty Considerations QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide B-12 Warranty Considerations Various factors can affect a printer ’s warranty. Two important ones are consumables and electrostatic discharge. Read your printer warranty carefully, and then store it in a safe place. Consumables and Your ...

Introduction QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-2 Introduction This appendix lists the supported Document Option Commands (DOCs) for your QMS 1725 SLS Print System. The commands are grouped by feature type. Each command is preceded by either a DOC statement (%%) or an IncludeFeature statement ...

Supported DOCs C-3 Document Option Commands Select pen width and color %%IncludeFeature:pen Select plotter %%IncludeFeature:plotter Shift the origin %%IncludeFeature:origin Reverse image %%IncludeFeature:reverse HP PCL 5 Emulation Commands Enable scalable fonts %%IncludeFeature:scalablefonts* Establ...

Updated DOCs QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-4 Set orientation %%IncludeFeature:lporientation Set tabs %%IncludeFeature:tabs Specify character map type %%IncludeFeature:map Wrap lines %%IncludeFeature:autowrap PostScript Emulation Commands Select PostScript level %%IncludeFeature:languagele...

Updated DOCs C-5 Document Option Commands selects the font that most closely matches these attributes from the available set of fonts. There are two types of fonts—bound and unbound. A bound font sup-ports a single symbol set. An unbound font supports multiple, but not all, symbol sets. With unbound...

Updated DOCs QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-6 Temporary objects reside on the current resource and they are deleted either at the beginning and end of a job (unless Retain Temporary is set to On or On Compatibility) or when the system is reset (<ESC>E or receipt of Printer Job Langua...

Updated DOCs C-7 Document Option Commands hard disk, but they will be located in different directories of that resource’s file system. Updated PCL 5 DOCs Disable Scalable Fonts Command Install Object Command Syntax %%IncludeFeature:scalablefonts( value ) Purpose Enables/disables PCL 5 scalable fonts...

Updated DOCs C-9 Document Option Commands Remove Object Command Examples Example A—Job 1 %!%%IncludeFeature:emulation(pcl5) install(6 20)%%EndComments<ESC>)s#W<< download font header >><ESC>*c33E <ESC>(s#W<< char 33 data >><ESC>*c34E <ESC>(s#W<...

Updated DOCs C-11 Document Option Commands Remove Resource Command Syntax %%IncludeFeature:removeresource( resource id object id ) Purpose Identifies an external object that is to be removed from the printer system. Notes This is an obsolete DOC command that is identical to the remove command, excep...

Updated DOCs QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-12 Resource Command Syntax %%IncludeFeature:resource (resource id object code) Purpose Establishes the current resource and the default object code value for the current job to which it is attached. Notes This command is identical to the %%Includ...

Updated DOCs C-13 Document Option Commands Select Font Command Select Font Index Command Syntax %%IncludeFeature:font ( font name ) Purpose Specifies the default font to use. Notes Fonts are identified by the names shown above. Only the resident fonts may be selected (the available set varies from p...

Updated DOCs QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-14 Select Symbol Set Command Notes This index is used when the Default Font selected is selectbyid. This allows for selection of fonts only on the current resource. Selection of default font by index overrides the symbol set value. The symbol set...

Updated DOCs C-17 Document Option Commands Set Lines Per Inch Command Set Point Size Command Format Boolean Notes The result of various settings for these parameters is shown in the table included in the Set Carriage Return (Line Termination) discussion, in terms of the equivalent code passed to the...

CCITT Commands QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-18 CCITT Commands The CCITT command language consists of ASCII text strings that set options for the CCITT emulation. The options must be set on a per-image basis because they are returned to their default values after each image is decompresse...

CCITT Commands C-19 Document Option Commands ImageSize ImagePosition Function Sets the image size to be used for decompression of the image data that follows the %%ImageData command. Syntax %%ImageSize (width height) width The width of the image in pixels. height The height of the image in pixels. D...

CCITT Commands QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-20 Rotation LineEnd BlockEnd Function Sets the rotation to be used when the image is decompressed. Syntax %%Rotation (degree) degree 00 ° rotation 9090 ° rotation 180180 ° rotation 270270 ° rotation Default 0–The image is not rotated Notes Rota...

CCITT Commands C-21 Document Option Commands EBAMode BitReverse InvertImage Syntax %%BlockEnd (true/false) true Indicates that a BlockEnd is required in the image data. Otherwise, an error results false Indicates that a BlockEnd is not required in the image data but, if present, it is accepted with ...

CCITT Commands QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide C-22 Compression DPI ImageData Default false Function Sets the data compression type of the data following the %%ImageData command. Syntax %%Compression (type) type 0Group 41Group 3, 1-dimensional2Group 3, 2-dimensional Default 0 (Group 4) Functi...

CCITT Commands C-23 Document Option Commands PageEnd JobEnd v Function Instructs the emulation to eject the current page (whether or not any data has been printed to it) and clear the page memory. If an image has not been decompressed since the beginning of the job or since the last %%PageEnd, a bla...

D Sessions In This Chapter . . . n Sessions commands

Sessions D-3 Sessions Here are some examples of applications for which you might want to use sessions: n To print “wild card” file selections on UNIX or VMS computer systems. n To print the chapters of a technical manual, such as this one, as a single document. n To print a series of different month...

Sessions QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide D-4 Alternatively, if FTP is used to transmit a document to a QMS Crown printer supporting the %%Session command, the following ftp com-mand must be entered prior to sending a file to the printer: cd no_doc_cmds The default mode of the FTP protocol for...

Sessions QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide D-6 Session Command Detection and Arguments At the start of a document data stream, the printer examines the initial bytes of data to see if it can match the %%Session: ... string. If the string is found, the mode and argument parameters are extracted ...

Sessions D-7 Sessions Examples End by Count Example For the end-by-count method of signaling the end of a subjob using a length , the byte count begins after the terminator following the %%Session: ... sequence. For example, counting starts with %! as the first 2 bytes in the following example: %%Se...

Sessions QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide D-8 %%End2ndSubJob%%Session: 4%%End3rdSubJob%!%%IncludeFeature: emulation (impress)%%EndComments... imPRESS data ... Close connection Subjob Terminator Example To further clarify subjob terminators, let’s look at the following exam-ple. If you want to ...

Sessions D-9 Sessions %%Session: 4 %%End2ndSubJob Include in 2nd subjob %!%%IncludeFeature: emulation (pcl5)EndComments ...PCL 5 data... %%End2ndSubJob%%Session: 0 0 Ignore line %%Session: 2%%End3rdSubJob Define 3rd subjob boundary %!%%IncludeFeature: emulation (impress)%%EndComments ...imPRESS data...

Sessions QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide D-10 Document Finishing DOC Function: Used when a document has more than one subjob and you want to control whether different subjobs have the same format. The %%IncludeFeature: newlayout command is used at the beginning of subjobs to do one or both of...

E Notices In This Chapter . . . n Manual notices n Laser safety n FCC compliance n International notices n Colophon

Manual Notice QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide E-2 Manual Notice QMS, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to this manual and to the equipment described herein without notice. Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions. However, QMS, I...

International Notices QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide E-4 International Notices Canadian Users This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interfer-ence Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications...

Colophon E-5 Notices The right to retest this equipment to verify compliance with the regula-tion was given to the German Postal Service. QMS Inc., Mobile, AL, USA Electronics Emissions Your printer complies with the Electronics Emissions Requirements of the German Federal Minister for Postal and Te...

Menu Diagrams QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide F-2 Menu Diagrams Copies Collation Orientation Inputbin Outputbin Chain Inputs Manual Feed Size Def. Duplex Tumble Duplex Operator Control Administration Disk Operations Take printer offline , then by pressing press Operator Control Install Option...

Menu Diagrams F-3 Configuration Menu Operator Control Disk Operations PS Wait Timeout Emul Timeout Job Timeout ESP Timeout Timeouts Mode Emulation Min K Spool Spool Timeout End Job Mode Baud Rate Parity Ignore Parity Rcv SW Flow Xmit SW Flow CTL Data Bits Stop Bits DSR DTR RTS CTS HDWE Flow CTL PS P...

Glossary Glossary AppleTalk A local area network communication protocol developed by Apple Comput-er. AppleTalk operates on LocalTalk, Ethernet, or Token-Ring cabling and can be used by Macintosh systems, PCs, and printers. See also LocalTalk . Application Any computer program designed to help peopl...

Toner Cartridge QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide G-16 Toner Cartridge A disposable cartridge containing dry toner and a print drum. The QMS 1725 SLS Print System uses an EP-BII toner cartridge. Trailer Page A separator page, printed after a print job, that identifies the print job and helps us...

Index %%EndOfDocument 2-19<ESC>%12345X 2-19600 DPI key 1-16 A Accessories See Optional Accessories Administration menu 2-4, 2-15 Special Pages menu 2-42Startup Options menu 2-45 Administration password 2-67Advanced status page 2-42Alignment See Image AlignmentANSI ASCII symbol set (HP-GL) 7-10...