HP QMS 1660 - Manual

Contents vii Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens ............................. 5-4 Terms 5-4Gamma Correction Concept 5-7A Special Note for QuarkXPress Users 5-8 Memory ......................................................................................... 5-9 QMS Memory Management 5-10Memory ...

Contents ix Updating System Software ........................................................ 6-63 Choosing the Appropriate System Software Files for Downloading 6-64 Installing the System Software 6-64Downloading System Software to a Functional Printer—SYSTEM- DL.PS 6-66 Downloading System Software...

QMS 1660 Print System Reference x Macintosh to Serial B-11 Printer Options .......................................................................... B-12 Consumable Supplies ............................................................... B-12 Warranty Considerations ...................................

1 Introduction In This Chapter... n About this manual n Typographic conventions

Introduction QMS 1660 Print System Reference 1-2 Introduction This manual provides information you may need only once in a while. Use it in conjunction with your other QMS 1660 Print System docu-mentation. This chapter gives you a brief overview of this manual. About This Manual The information in t...

About This Manual 1-3 Introduction 6 Printer Options Describes how to install and use additional paper cassettes, a paper feeder, and a paper cassette supporter; font, emulation, and security cards; memory upgrades (SIMMs); an Intellifont font SIMM; 1200x1200 dpi resolution daughterboard; LocalTalk ...

About This Manual QMS 1660 Print System Reference 1-4 Typographic Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual: » Note: Notes contain tips, extra information, or important information that deserves emphasis or reiteration. ▲ Caution: Cautions present information that you nee...

Introduction QMS 1660 Print System Reference 2-2 Introduction This chapter lists the media sizes and imageable areas supported by the QMS 1660 Print System, and then provides information on select-ing and storing media. Media Sizes, Imageable Areas, and Margins Your printer supports media in a numbe...

Media Sizes, Imageable Areas, and Margins 2-3 Print Media The following table lists the size, imageable area, and feed edge (the edge of the media drawn into the printer first) of all supported media: Working Within the Imageable Area The imageable areas for print media on your QMS 1660 Print System...

Media Types and Weights QMS 1660 Print System Reference 2-4 Page Margins Margins are set through your application. Some applications allow you to set custom page sizes and margins while others have only standard page sizes and margins from which to choose. If you choose a standard format, you may lo...

Media Types and Weights 2-5 Print Media Paper Type Use only paper recommended for laser printers, such as Hammermill Laser Print. Thicker paper, such as Xerox 4024 (28 lb [105 g/m 2 ]), is also acceptable in the multipurpose tray. » Note: We recommend that you do not print on perforated or 3-hole pu...

Media Storage QMS 1660 Print System Reference 2-6 Media Storage Improperly stored media increases the chance of paper jams during printing and can drastically affect the print quality of the printed page. Keep media in good condition by storing it n In its wrapper n On a flat surface n In a closed c...

Introduction QMS 1660 Print System User's Guide 3-2 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 the la...

About Typefaces and Fonts 3-3 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,...

About Typefaces and Fonts QMS 1660 Print System User's Guide 3-4 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. Monospac...

About Typefaces and Fonts 3-5 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 Poin...

About Typefaces and Fonts QMS 1660 Print System User's Guide 3-6 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 p...

Resident Fonts, Typefaces, and Symbol Sets 3-7 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 fghijklmnopq...

Resident Fonts, Typefaces, and Symbol Sets QMS 1660 Print System User's Guide 3-8 Serif Fonts Sans Serif Fonts Script Font ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic Pi or Symbol Fonts Σψµβολ (Symbol) Dingbats (ITC Zapf Dingbats) ITC Bookman Light ITC Bookman Light Italic ITC Bookman Demibold ITC Bookman Demib...

Resident Fonts, Typefaces, and Symbol Sets 3-9 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, ...

Optional Fonts QMS 1660 Print System User's Guide 3-10 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. Optional Fonts Your printer supports the following optional fonts: n Downloadable f...

Introduction QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-2 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 and how ...

Methods of Configuration 4-3 Printer Configuration Applications use printer drivers to send the appropriate commands automatically to the printer for the requested tasks. If your application doesn’t have a QMS 1660 Print System driver, you can select a com-parable PostScript driver, such as another ...

Configuration Menu QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-4 Language Commands PostScript operators and HP PCL and HP-GL commands can enable job-specific features your application or page description language can’t access. Refer to your language documentation for specifics. Using the Control Panel Your pr...

Configuration Menu 4-5 Printer Configuration The options in the configuration menu are organized under three main menus: n Administration Menu Use this menu to maintain printer-host communication informa-tion, and for selecting and configuring printer emulations, config-uring special pages, printing...

Configuration Menu QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-6 » Note: You may need to press the Next key more than one time to advance through the list of options. The printer must be off line and idle before you can access the config-uration menu. Selecting Configuration Menu Options Once you access the c...

Configuration Menu 4-7 Printer Configuration 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 panel to enter ch...

Configuration Menu 4-9 Printer Configuration Saving Configuration Changes Before the printer can accept print jobs with configuration changes, the changes must be saved. Select Access the Administration menu ADMINISTRATIONCOMMUNICATIONS Next Advance to the Communications/Emulation menu. COMMUNICATIO...

Configuration Menu QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-10 Example To save your configuration changes, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by dis-playing a status message in the message window. » Note: The printer may need to be restarted before ...

Configuration Menu 4-11 Printer Configuration Example To cancel your configuration changes, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by dis-playing a status message in the message window. Setting the Message Window Language Status messages and conf...

Configuration Menu Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-12 Configuration Menu Options The rest of this chapter describes the options in the printer configura-tion menu. Information is organized in the following order: n Collation n Copies n Emulations n Hard disks n Interfaces n Media input n M...

Collation 4-13 Printer Configuration Collation Collation is the printing of multiple copies of a document in numeric order. The QMS 1660 Print System is collation capable. It can deliver multiple copies of your files in collated or uncollated order to the out-put tray. If not enough memory is availa...

Emulations QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-14 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 i...

Emulations 4-15 Printer Configuration Expand Mode Defines a larger imageable area for the selected media type. This increased imageable area affects the default placement of the scaling points P1 and P2. Origin Sets the image offset from the plotter ’s origin in 0.01" increments. Paper Type Iden...

Emulations QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-16 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. » Note: See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for more information on the HP-GL emulation color encoding equation. Me...

Emulations 4-17 Printer Configuration Plotter Identifies the HP-GL plotter type. Reverse Image Determines whether an image is printed in reverse. Scaling Percent Identifies the percentage to reduce or enlarge an image. » Note: To scale plots, select the paper size originally used for the plot in the...

Emulations QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-18 Setting HP PCL 5 Parameters Appendix C, “Document Option Commands,” of this manual has updated information on the PCL 5 DOC commands. Default Font Sets the default font for this emulation. Default Font Index Sets the default font index when Select by I...

Emulations 4-19 Printer Configuration Line Termination Adds an indicator which controls the way the printer interprets CR (carriage return) and LF (line feed) characters. Lines Per Inch Sets the number of lines printed per inch in increments of .01". Choices Disk—All downloaded PCL objects are s...

Emulations 4-21 Printer Configuration Retain Temporary Fonts and Macros Allows you to choose whether to retain temporary HP PCL 5 fonts and macros at the end of each print job. Notes If the font is not scalable or if a bitmap font is specified, this setting is ignored. Menu Administration/Emulations...

Emulations QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-22 Scalable Fonts Specifies whether to enable or disable the printing of HP PCL 5 scal-able fonts by an application. This feature may be useful when printing PCL4 documents which may inadvertently select unwanted scalable fonts. Symbol Set Sets the charac...

Emulations 4-23 Printer Configuration Setting Lineprinter Parameters Autowrap Indicates whether long lines are to be wrapped to the next line instead of being truncated. Character Map Specifies the type of character map to be used. Notes Not all symbol sets are available with certain resident fonts....

Emulations QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-24 Carriage Return is Carriage Return-Line Feed Stipulates whether each carriage return (CR) in the print job is trans-lated to a carriage return/line feed (CRLF) combination. Font Sets the printer fonts for the current print job. Any PostScript fonts ava...

Emulations 4-25 Printer Configuration Line Feed is Carriage Return-Line Feed Stipulates whether each line feed (LF) in the print job is translated to a carriage return/line feed (CRLF) combination. Line Numbering Specifies that a five-digit number is to be prefixed to the beginning of each line. Lin...

Emulations QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-26 Margins Defines the left, right, top, and bottom margins in 1/100" increments. Orientation Specifies whether text and graphics are placed on the page in a por-trait or landscape orientation. Point Sz 100ths Sets point size (in .01 point increments)...

Emulations 4-27 Printer Configuration Setting PostScript Parameters Emulation Level This menu allows you to select a PostScript emulation level. Gamma Correction This option enables or disables gamma correction for PostScript files. For more information, see chapter 5, “Additional Technical Informa-...

Hard Disks QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-28 Halftone Type This option allows you to specify the halftone used to print PostScript files. For more information, see chapter 5, “Additional Technical Infor-mation,” in the Reference . Hard Disks Use the Administration/Disk Operations menu to perform ...

Hard Disks 4-29 Printer Configuration ▲ Caution: If you connect to this printer an external hard disk you previously used with an earlier QMS Crown printer, this QMS 1660 Print System software release will automatically reorganize the files on the hard disk when the printer is turned back on again. ...

Interfaces QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-30 ▲ Caution: Before you install any optional fonts, ensure that the printer has enough memory, or they may not all be available for use. If it doesn’t, you can install SIMMs (see chapter 6, “Printer Options”) to increase printer memory, or you can instal...

Interfaces 4-31 Printer Configuration Connection Allows you to enable or disable print spooling. 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. In other words, you can give jo...

Interfaces QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-32 Minimum Number of Kilobytes for Spooling Sets the minimum number of kilobytes of system memory allocated to the AppleTalk interface. PS Protocol Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communicating over a LocalTalk interface to a PostScript ...

Interfaces 4-33 Printer Configuration Setting Parallel Interface Parameters Use the Administration/Communications/Parallel menu to set the par-allel interface values used for printer-host communications. Data Bits Sets the number of data bits transmitted per character. Default Job Priority Allows yo...

Interfaces QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-34 Emulation Sets the parallel interface emulation. End Job Mode Enables (and identifies an end-of-job sequence) or disables data stream sensing for the end-of-document (EOD) command. These sequences allow hosts to enforce print job sequencing without con...

Interfaces QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-36 PS Protocol Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communicating over a parallel interface to a PostScript printer. See chapter 5, “Addi-tional Technical Information,” for a full discussion of PS Protocol. Spooling Timeout Sets the number of...

Interfaces 4-39 Printer Configuration Ignore Parity Errors Specifies how the printer should handle parity errors. Choices CTSDSRDSR POL DTRDTR POLRTS Off, onOff, onNormal, reverseOff, onNormal, reverseOff, on Defaults CTSDSRDSR POL DTRDTR POLRTS OffOffNormalOnNormalOff Notes If the host uses hardwar...

Interfaces 4-41 Printer Configuration Parity Sets the check bit used to identify data transmission errors. PS Protocol Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communicating over a serial interface to a PostScript printer. See chapter 5, “Addi-tional Technical Information,” for a full discu...

Interfaces QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-42 Spooling Timeout Sets the number of seconds the interface waits for data from the host before terminating a spooled print job. Stop Bits Sets the number of stop bits transmitted per character. Transmit Software Flow Control Sets the software communicat...

Media Input 4-43 Printer Configuration Media Input Your QMS 1660 Print System comes standard with two media cas-settes. Using the control panel, you can select a default media input source, chaining these input sources, and name them. Selecting a Media Input Source An option in the Operator Control ...

Media Input QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-44 Naming Media Input Sources Options in the Administration/Engine menu allow you to give each inputbin a more descriptive name. These names are displayed in the printer message window, where appropriate. You can also use them with DOC commands. (See the...

Media Orientation 4-45 Printer Configuration Media Orientation While you can usually specify the orientation of a print job in your application, if you consistently use a certain media orientation, you can set this in the Operator Control/Orientation menu. Media Output Naming the Media Outputbin Eve...

Media Size QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-46 Identifying a Default Media Size Use an option in the Administration/Engine menu to identify the size media the print should use if it does not recognize the size specified for a print job or if no size is specified. Menu Operator Control/Multipurpose ...

Memory 4-47 Printer Configuration Memory Your printer is shipped with either 12 MB or 24 MB of memory (RAM), but this memory can be upgraded to 64 MB. The Administration/Memory menu allows experienced users (systems engineers and technical support staff) to custom-configure the RAM among the various...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-48 The amount of memory needed for this memory client depends on the size and number of hard disks, the number of subdirectories on each disk, and the amount of memory dedicated to caching. » Note: If sufficient memory is available to the disk cache, all disk...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-50 the larger the default swap file size will be. The printer uses this file as an extension of its memory. As the physical RAM fills, the printer can swap the contents to the hard disk file to allow more space. This file swapping between disk and RAM occurs ...

Memory 4-51 Printer Configuration menu as a starting point before trying manually to configure your printer ’s memory. It provides a simple method of defining how much memory should go to each of the clients for the most complicated printing conditions in your environment. Menu options allow you to ...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-52 form to bitmap form, thus reducing processing time. K Mem for PS Fonts is listed on the status page as Font Cache. PostScript Heap The K Mem for PSHeap memory client, listed on the status page as Heap, is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the Pos...

Memory 4-53 Printer Configuration Spooling The K Mem for Spool memory client, listed on the status page as Host Input, is the total number of kilobytes of RAM allocated to all spooling buffers. This memory client stores incoming data from the various interfaces until it is processed and printed. Whe...

Optional Features QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-54 Optional Features Several printer options (for example, an optional emulation, an optional network interface, and internal and external hard disks) affect printer configuration and the configuration menu. When an option is installed, its configu...

Passwords 4-55 Printer Configuration Enabling Passwords Using Passwords When a password is required to enter the Operator Control or Admin-istration menu, the message window displays ENTER PASSWORD when you use the Select key to enter the menu. Enter the password or press the Menu key to return to t...

Printer Engine Features QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-56 Printer Engine Features Through the Administration/Engine menu you can set print engine-related parameters. Adjusting the Image Alignment Usually, you don’t need to change the way images are placed on the printed page. But if you do, the I...

Printer Engine Features 4-57 Printer Configuration Vertical Offset Horizontal and Vertical Controls Horizontal and vertical controls are based on the leading edge of the paper. Although they are consistent, they may seem to be reversed in function, depending on the leading edge of the paper. n Media...

Printer Engine Features QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-58 Image Alignment Guidelines Use the following table to determine which value to adjust and whether to increase or decrease it to get the desired results: Enabling/Disabling the Warning Buzzer You can enable or disable the warning buzzer the...

Printer Engine Features 4-59 Printer Configuration Specifying Page Recovery Action When a media jam or other similar error occurs, the printer has the capability of reprinting the print job from the page on which the jam occurred. Setting Default Resolution This option sets the print engine’s defaul...

Printer Engine Features QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-60 Conserve Toner To help you conserve toner, your printer can simulate draft-quality printing. The amount of toner used during printing is reduced by screening the black dots in a 1:4.5 ratio. In other words, 1 black dot is printed for every...

Printer Start-Up Options 4-61 Printer Configuration The Energy Saver option specifies whether the printer changes to a low-power state (the engine remains on, but the fuser turns off) after a specified period of inactivity. When a print job is received, the printer begins processing it in the backgr...

Special Pages QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-62 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. This file does not print. Loa...

Special Pages 4-63 Printer Configuration Working with Status Pages Printing a status page is a two-step procedure: Identify the type of status page you want to print, and then print it. Identifying a Status Page Type Two types of status pages are available: n Standard—This one-page document lists pr...

Special Pages QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-64 pages, you can easily see the difference in the screens, the type qual-ity, and the precision of curves and diagonal lines. Working with Header Pages A header page is a separator page that prints before a print job to help users sort out their jobs....

Special Pages 4-65 Printer Configuration Working with Trailer Pages A trailer page is a separator page that prints after a print job to help users sort out their jobs and, if requested, identify print job errors. The information on the trailer page can be customized. See the QMS Crown Document Optio...

Timeouts QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-66 Timeouts You can configure a number of printer timeout settings to set a limit to the amount of time the printer waits to perform a certain task. Setting an Emulation Timeout The emulation timeout is the maximum number of seconds emula-tions other than P...

Timeouts 4-67 Printer Configuration printing the job in the ESP default emulation (Administration/Emula-tions/ESP Default Emul menu). Setting a Manual Feed Timeout The manual feed timeout is the maximum number of seconds the printer waits for the next sheet of media to be placed in the manual feed t...

Timeouts QMS 1660 Print System Reference 4-68 Setting a Print Job Timeout The print job timeout is the maximum number of seconds the printer processes a print job before it ends the job. v Notes A value of 000 is the same as infinity (no timeout.) The job is closed and the next job in the queue begi...

Printer-Host Communication 5-3 Additional Technical Information HP-GL emulation, HP-PCL emulation, or another optional emulation) from those installed on the printer. The print job is processed without your having to change printer switch settings or send software commands to accommodate differ-ent ...

Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-4 Configuring the printer through the control panel is described in chap-ter 4, “Printer Configuration,” of this manual. Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens Gamma correction is the compression or expansion of the ranges ...

Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens 5-5 Additional Technical Information The following factors influence the quality of a halftone: n Printer resolution n Screen frequency of the halftone n Quality of the scan n Diameter of the laser beam Changing print resolution from 300x300 dpi to either 600...

Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-6 The following illustration shows the relationship between screen fre-quency, gray levels, and print resolution. As the screen frequency increases, the number of gray levels decreases. The number of gray levels that your pri...

Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens 5-7 Additional Technical Information 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 ra...

Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-8 A Special Note for QuarkXPress Users Make sure you have installed the QMS 1660 and 1660E PDFs in the PDF folder in the QuarkXPress folder. While QuarkXPress 3.3 allows you to access either a PDF or a PPD, to have access to ...

Memory 5-9 Additional Technical Information Basic Screening To use basic screening (or halftoning), do the following: At the Printer n In the Administration/Emulations/PostScript/Halftone Type menu select Basic. n In the Administration/Emulations/PostScript/Gamma Correction menu select Yes. In Your ...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-10 n To enable additional features The ability to configure your printer's memory doesn’t necessarily mean that you must change your current configuration. If you’re pres-ently using all the features you need and the printer is performing effi-ciently, you sh...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-12 The number and type of features you can run on your printer simulta-neously depend on the amount of RAM you have and how that RAM is distributed. Your printer comes with either 12 MB or 24 MB of RAM, but it is upgradable to 64 MB by adding Single In-line M...

Memory 5-13 Additional Technical Information NV RAM This protected form of RAM is used to store information such as your printer ’s configuration menu. Configuration options you have chosen, such as emulations, memory settings, and input bins, are saved to this non-volatile RAM. This information is ...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-14 control the unused features and assign it to other clients that need additional memory. Evaluation Questions To get a better idea of what your printing requirements and your printer ’s capabilities are, answer the following questions: 1 How much RAM does y...

Memory 5-15 Additional Technical Information After you have answered all of these questions, read the following sections to find out which memory clients control features you plan to use and which memory clients control features you don’t need. Memory Clients Memory clients are users of printer memo...

Memory 5-17 Additional Technical Information Minimum Frame Buffer Size for Imageable Area The following table lists the minimum number of KB that must be devoted to the frame buffer for all media size and resolution combina-tions. Display List Also known as K Mem Display, this client stores compress...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-18 The amount of memory required for each compressed block is printer specific. The QMS 1660 Print System takes approximately 64 KB of memory from the display list for each compressed block. H owever, if a page includes raster image data (for example, TIFF or...

Memory 5-19 Additional Technical Information You should experiment to see what font cache size works best for you. PS Heap Also known as K Mem PSHeap, Heap, PostScript VM, and Virtual Memory, this client holds downloaded fonts, PostScript operators, and forms. Inefficiently coded PostScript jobs can...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-20 Temporary Emulation Also known as K Mem Emul Tmp and Emulation Temporary, this cli-ent sets the amount of system memory to be used by non-PostScript emulations for storing downloaded fonts, forms, and macros. By ded-icating a portion of memory to this clie...

Memory 5-21 Additional Technical Information installed and formatted, they are not available until the disk cache cli-ent is increased. The disk cache is a high speed temporary buffer for data going to and from the hard disk. It can speed the printer in two ways: n Information such as frequently ref...

Memory QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-22 n Set Administration/Memory/Enable Disk Swap to Yes. Any extra memory is distributed to all memory clients. n Take any memory, if available and not being used by other cli-ents, and add it to the Administration/Memory/K Mem Display memory setting. ▲ Cautio...

Memory 5-23 Additional Technical Information Virtual Memory Support Your printer supports virtual memory capabilities for the spooling buffer (Administration/Memory/K Mem for Spool menu) and the dis-play list (Administration/Memory/K Mem Display) clients when a hard disk is installed and disk swappi...

End Job Mode 5-25 Additional Technical Information When printing multiple jobs with little or no time delay and with no EOD command between each job, the serial and parallel protocols may be unable to detect an end of job automatically. So the End Job Mode feature on QMS Crown printers was designed ...

End Job Mode QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-26 Using the EOD Commands Since the serial and parallel protocols may not be able to detect an EOD automatically, due to a lack of an EOD command in some printer languages, you can insert an EOD command at the end of your file to tell the printer where ...

End Job Mode 5-27 Additional Technical Information PC Print Server 1 Set the end job mode from the printer ’s control panel. 2 Create a job separator to append an EOD command and send it between each print job. Other Print Queuing Systems If you use a print queuing system other than a PC print serve...

End Job Mode QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-28 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). Next Advances to the Operator Control/Administration menu. CONFIGURAT...

End Job Mode 5-29 Additional Technical Information » 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 ...

Parallel Interface Modes QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-30 Adding an EOD Command to a Separate File Create an ASCII text file that contains only the EOD command. For example, create a DOS batch file listing each print filename followed by the EOD command filename for each file being printed. Then...

Parallel Interface Modes 5-31 Additional Technical Information Byte Mode Printer-host communication is done in bytes.The byte mode may be used by the host device in a DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode for more efficient operation. When byte transfer is complete and there is no more data to transmit, t...

PS Protocol Option QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-32 EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) Mode Printer-host communication is done via asynchronous bidirectional eight-bit transfer. A return to compatibility mode is not required. Nibble Mode Printer-host communication is done in nibbles (four bits; one-ha...

PS Protocol Option 5-33 Additional Technical Information To differentiate data from the special control characters, any data that is the same as one of the following special control characters must be quoted. A data byte is quoted by replacing it with a two-character sequence. The first character is...

PS Protocol Option QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-34 Options The following options are available in the PS Protocol menu. Menu Administration/Communications/ Interface /PS Protocol Choices Name and Description Normal—Enables standard, ASCII hex protocol. Data is sent and received in ASCII format....

HP-GL Color Encoding 5-35 Additional Technical Information Advantages The main advantage of using the Binary and Fixed Binary PS protocol modes when sending binary data is that these modes compress the data stream allowing your documents to be smaller so you can send smaller jobs to the printer. For...

HP-GL Color Encoding QMS 1660 Print System Reference 5-36 Since your QMS 1660 Print System is a monochrome (black and white) printer, the pen colors are converted to shades of gray. The default color mappings for the 8 pens are as follows: » Note: The default color for both pen 1 and pen 2 is black....

HP-GL Color Encoding 5-37 Additional Technical Information Example Any color can be reproduced by using some combination of CMYK. If you have defined the following CMYK values for the color brown in your application, the NTSC equation that follows shows you how the percentage of grayscale for the co...

Media Input Options 6-3 Printer Options Media Input Options Paper Cassettes Additional paper cassettes provide two main benefits: n Expanded flexibility You can switch media size, color, and type without having to unload and load media. Just slip one cassette out and another in. n Increased paper-fe...

Media Input Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-4 Paper Feeder The paper feeder allows you to n Install a second 250-sheet paper cassette, increasing the printer ’s total paper-feed capacity to 600 sheets. n Load two different types/sizes/colors of media and easily change between them by switc...

Media Input Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-6 6 Move the connector cable located at the inner left of the paper feeder to the outside of the paper feeder. 7 Place the printer on the paper feeder.

Media Input Options 6-7 Printer Options M WARNING! The printer weighs about 50 lbs (23 kg). Don’t lift it by yourself. ACHTUNG! Der Drucker wiegt ca 23 kg; bitte versuchen Sie niemals, das Gerät alleine anzuheben oder zu tragen. Make sure the extrusions on the paper feeder are inserted into the hole...

Media Input Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-8 9 Plug the paper feeder connector cable into the connector at the back of the printer. You moved this cable outside the paper feeder in step 6. 10 Replace the connector cover on the printer. You removed this cover in step 3. 11 Reconnect the pr...

Media Input Options 6-9 Printer Options Removing the Paper Feeder If you installed the paper feeder before the cassette supporter, you must first remove the paper feeder to install the cassette supporter. Remove the paper feeder from the printer as follows (referring to the illustrations in the prev...

Media Input Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-10 Cassette Supporter The cassette supporter allows you to n Install a 500-sheet paper cassette, increasing the printer ’s total paper-feed capacity to 850 sheets. n Load two different types/sizes/colors of media and easily change between them by...

Media Input Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-12 6 Fit the holes on the bottom of the paper feeder onto the extrusions on the cassette supporter. 7 Lock together the paper feeder and the cassette supporter. Stand the paper feeder and the cassette supporter on their ends. Then, using your thu...

Media Input Options 6-13 Printer Options Removing the Cassette Supporter If you find it necessary to remove the cassette supporter from the printer, use the following procedure (referring to the illustrations in the previous section, if necessary): 1 Turn off the printer, and disconnect the power co...

Media Input Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-14 1 Fan a stack of 500 sheets of paper, and align the paper on a flat surface. 2 Load the paper in three steps as follows: 3 Ensure that the paper stack lies flat, does not exceed the top limit mark, and is positioned under the retaining clips. ...

Paper Output Ramp 6-15 Printer Options 4 Insert the cassette in the cassette installation slot. Push the cassette straight into the installation slot until it’s firmly seated. 5 Adjust the media stop to fit the size paper you’re using. The printer delivers your output print-side down to the output t...

Font and Security Cards QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-16 3 Attach the second piece of Velcro to the inside of the paper output ramp, making sure it is aligned with the first piece you attached. 4 Slide the paper output ramp along the output tray until the two pieces of Velcro fit together snugly...

Font and Security Cards 6-17 Printer Options The card slots are located on the right side of the printer below the output tray. The printer supports up to two cards at once. You may insert any type of card in either slot. ▲ Caution: Your printer supports only QMS PCMCIA cards. These cards are not ba...

Font and Security Cards QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-18 3 Depending on the type of card you are installing, either turn on the printer again or press the Online/Offline key to put the printer back on line. The fonts are now ready to be used. » Note: If you’re using a font card, you should also ...

Font and Security Cards 6-19 Printer Options Using a Security Card A security card allows the Operator Control and Administration menus to be password protected, so only users who know the password can change printer configuration settings. When a security card is inserted to one of the card slots, ...

Font and Security Cards QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-20 3 Select the password. Use the Installation menu to password-protect the Operator Con-trol and Administration menus. The Installation menu appears only when an optional security card is installed in your printer. Chapter 4, “Printer Config...

Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers 6-21 Printer Options n If an invalid password is entered, the message window flashes INVALID PASSWORD for three seconds and then returns you to the configuration menu. If you specify the correct password, access to the selected menu is granted. n If y...

Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-22 ▲ Caution: It's very important to protect the printer controller board from electrostatic damage while performing this task. If an anti-static wrist strap is provided in your printer option kit, attach one end of i...

Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers 6-23 Printer Options 4 Remove and set aside the two screws, one on each end of the front inside of the printer. 5 Remove the printer ’s cover. a Using both hands, lift the printer’s cover. b Hold the cover with your right hand while you unplug the con...

Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-24 6 Remove the control board cover. a Remove and set aside the 15 screws on the metal controller board cover. b Remove the metal cover and set it aside. Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers The printer ...

Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers 6-25 Printer Options Procedure 1 Replace the controller board cover. a Place the metal cover on the controller board. b Replace the 15 screws you removed earlier. 2 Hold the printer's plastic cover over the top of the printer and slide the connector ...

Single In-Line Memory Modules QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-26 3 Replace the printer cover. Lower the printer cover, and position it firmly on the printer. Then secure the cover to the printer by replacing the two screws you removed earlier. 4 Reconnect all interface cables and the power cord, a...

Single In-Line Memory Modules 6-27 Printer Options Additional printer memory (RAM) allows you to download more fonts and increase the printer's buffer (area where data sent from the com-puter is stored while it’s waiting to be printed). Installing a SIMM M WARNING! Turn off the printer and unplug th...

Single In-Line Memory Modules QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-28 4 Insert the SIMM into the SIMM connector. Hold the SIMM at a 45° angle to the controller board, with the notch on the right side. Slide the SIMM into either SIMM connec-tor, and then push gently on it to make sure it is securely sea...

Single In-Line Memory Modules 6-29 Printer Options 5 Tilt the SIMM forward to a 90° angle until you feel it snap into place. When seated, the SIMM stands upright, firmly in place. If you cannot snap the SIMM into place, do not force it. Reposition it, making sure that the bottom of the SIMM is seate...

Single In-Line Memory Modules QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-30 M WARNING! Turn off the printer and unplug the power cord before taking the cover off the printer. ACHTUNG! Bitte schalten Sie den Drucker aus und ziehen Sie den Netzstecker heraus bevor Sie die Druckerabdeckung öffnen. ▲ Caution : I...

Single In-Line Memory Modules 6-31 Printer Options 4 Remove the SIMM. Tilt the SIMM backward to a 45° angle away from the SIMM con-nector, and then lift it out. 5 If necessary, refer to “Installing a SIMM,” earlier in this section. 6 Replace the printer and controller board covers. Use the instructi...

Intellifont Proms QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-32 Intellifont Proms The optional Intellifont proms increase the number of fonts available to the HP PCL 5 emulation on your printer from 20 to the 37 PCL 5 fonts available on a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4Si. Intellifont Kit Your Intellifont kit con...

Intellifont Proms QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-34 n The numbers of the Intellifont PROMs (MR40, MR41, MR42, and MR43) correspond to the socket numbers printed on the controller board. n Both the PROMs and their sockets are notched on one cor-ner to identify correct orientation: notch to notch. ...

Intellifont Proms 6-35 Printer Options If your printer has 12 MB of RAM, you must do one of the following to use the Intellifont fonts: n Add 48 KB to the disk cache (Administration/Memory/Disk Cache menu). » Note: You may need to decrease one of the other memory clients before increasing the disk c...

Intellifont Proms QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-36 Font List The following 37 fonts are now available for use. They can be auto-matically rotated to landscape orientation. All fonts are scalable and available in 35 symbol sets unless otherwise noted. Font Pi/Symbol Sans Serif Script Serif Albert...

Intellifont Proms 6-37 Printer Options Accessing the Fonts Using Your PCL Application Use your PCL application to set the font for a single document. See your application documentation for information. Using the Printer Configuration Menu Use the printer configuration menu to set the default font fo...

Optional Network Interfaces QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-38 The font selection indexes are listed in the PCL 5 font list on the advanced status page. 5 Save your changes and put the printer back on line. Optional Network Interfaces In addition to the three standard interfaces—parallel, serial, ...

Optional Network Interfaces 6-39 Printer Options Optional Network Interface Assembly Kit The optional network interface assembly kit includes the following: n An interface card n A plastic standoff n Interface documentation (for CrownNet network interface cards) n Interface software (for CrownNet ne...

Optional Network Interfaces 6-41 Printer Options 4 Attach the NIC. a Position the NIC so the port slides into the opening you just created. b Snap the plastic standoff onto the controller board. c Snap the NIC onto the 80-pin connector and the plastic standoff, both on the controller board. It’s oka...

Storage Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-42 Using an Optional Network Interface Once an optional network interface is installed, refer to the following for more information: n Chapter 4, “Printer Configuration,” of this manual contains information about the PS Protocol option in the new opt...

Storage Options 6-43 Printer Options the interface ports and are each covered with a rectangular metal plate. » Note: Hard disk specifications are included in Q-FAX document 6502, “QMS-tested SIMMs and Hard Disks.” This document contains a description of each approved hard disk, its manufacturers an...

Storage Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-46 5 Attach the IDE-SCSI board. a Position the board so the port slides into the opening you just created. b Snap the plastic standoff onto the controller board. c Snap the board onto the 80-pin connector and the plastic standoff, both on the control...

Storage Options 6-47 Printer Options Disks,” later in this section, contains more information on external hard disks. 9 Reconnect all interface cables and the power cord, turn on any external hard disks, and then turn on the printer. » Note: For the printer to recognize external hard disks, each har...

Storage Options 6-49 Printer Options 3 Remove the screws securing the IDE-SCSI board to the rear interface panel of the printer. Save the screws. (You’ll use them when you reinstall the board.) 4 Remove the IDE-SCSI board from the plastic standoff and the 80-pin connector on the controller board. To...

Storage Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-50 » Note: Before installing an internal IDE hard disk, you must have an optional IDE-SCSI board. If you’re installing an optional IDE-SCSI board for the first time, refer now to “IDE-SCSI Board,” earlier in this section, for installation instruction...

Storage Options 6-51 Printer Options 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the IDE-SCSI board. Align the colored stripe on the cable with pin 1 on the IDE-SCSI board connector, and then slowly push the cable onto the con-nector. Notice that the cable is folded so the blue stripe aligns easily with...

Storage Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-52 3 Attach the hard disk to the IDE-SCSI board. Align the hard disk with the 2.5” hard disk outline on the IDE-SCSI board. The screw holes in the bottom of the hard disk should match up with the holes in the board. Fasten the hard disk to the board ...

Storage Options 6-53 Printer Options 2 Remove the hard disk from the IDE-SCSI board. Four screws connect the hard disk to the board. 3 Disconnect the plastic ribbon cable from the IDE-SCSI board. ▲ Caution: The plastic ribbon cable is fragile. Handle it gently. Do not pull on it. 4 Disconnect the ot...

Storage Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-54 ▲ Caution: If you connect to this printer an external hard disk you previously used with an earlier QMS Crown printer (such as a QMS 860, 860 Plus, 1700, 1725, 1725SLS, 2000, 2025, 3200, 3225, 3825, 4525, ColorScript 210/230, Laser 1000, or magico...

Storage Options 6-55 Printer Options » Note: The install, remove, and format disk operations do not include support for a Font Folio disk. You must download the fonts to your hard disk from host applications. Error Messages The following three messages may appear while you are using the Disk Operati...

Storage Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-56 Using the Printer Configuration Menu After you have accessed the Administration/Disk Operations menu, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window...

Storage Options 6-57 Printer Options automatically increases the disk cache size. See the “Memory” section in chapter 4, “Printer Configuration,” for more information. n If your printer has more than 12 MB of RAM, increase the disk cache size (Administration/Memory/K Mem Disk Cache menu) to 256 KB. ...

Storage Options 6-59 Printer Options Procedure After you have accessed the Administration/Disk Operations menu, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window (DSK refers to the hard disk number, and C...

Storage Options QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-60 download an optional emulation from the floppy disk to the printer’s hard disk. » Note: At least one hard disk (internal or external) must be installed on the printer before you can download an emulation. If more than one hard disk is available, t...

Kanji Option Kit 6-61 Printer Options Kanji Option Kit The QMS Kanji Option Kit contains a pre-formatted IDE hard disk that contains Kanji fonts and other files. The Kanji fonts include Ryumin Light-KL and Gothic BBB-Medium (licensed to QMS by Morisawa and Company, Ltd.) as well as Mincho Medium, Mi...

Kanji Option Kit QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-62 hard disk installed on the board, you must also remove that hard disk. Use the instructions in the previous section, “Storage Options.” Configuring the Printer Due to the size of the Kanji two-byte font sets, you must reallocate the printer ’s me...

Updating System Software 6-63 Printer Options Updating System Software The system software in your QMS 1660 Print System is stored on 4 MB of flash memory that can be erased and rewritten to “in a flash.” This allows you to update the system software without opening up the printer and installing new...

Updating System Software QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-64 Choosing the Appropriate System Software Files for Downloading System software is contained on 8 disks—4 PC and 4 Macintosh. The disks you use depend on whether your printer is functioning or not, the current firmware version, and how you...

Updating System Software 6-65 Printer Options n Macintosh a Open the Installer application. n If you’re using the SYSTEMDL.PS file (see the table in the previous section), double-click the PRINTSYSTEM.INSTALLER file icon. n If you’re using the SYSTEM.DL file (see the table in the previous section), ...

Updating System Software QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-66 n UNIX a Follow the instructions given above for either the Macintosh or the PC. b After the system software file has been decompressed on hard disk of the Macintosh or the PC, upload the decompressed file to the UNIX system. 5 Download t...

Updating System Software 6-67 Printer Options Before You Begin Downloading the Software n Ensure that the system software is decompressed, as described in the previous section. n Turn on the printer, wait for IDLE to appear in the message win- dow, and then print an advanced status page. This proced...

Updating System Software QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-68 6 Print another advanced status page, and verify that the con-figuration settings match the previous configuration settings (on the advanced status page printed in step 1). 7 If there are differences in the configuration settings, recon-f...

Updating System Software 6-69 Printer Options Downloading System Software to a Functional Printer — SYSTEM.DL If the print system software is non-functional (the printer can’t start up), go to the following section, “Downloading System Software to a Non-Functional Printer.” If the print system softw...

Updating System Software QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-70 3 Take the printer off line. 4 Access the Administration/Miscellaneous/New Flash Image menu. 5 Select Yes in the New Flash Image menu. The printer waits for the new system software (image) to be sent from your Macintosh. ( YES remains in ...

Updating System Software 6-71 Printer Options PC — Parallel Port This is the recommended method for downloading from an IBM or compatible PC because it is the fastest method and because no addi-tional cables or changes of port settings are necessary. After you have decompressed the system software, ...

Updating System Software QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-72 printer reboots with the new system image, prints a start-up page, and returns to IDLE . » Note: The new flash image does not erase the old image until the printer verifies that the new image is valid. 6 Print another advanced status page...

Updating System Software QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-74 10 Send the new image to the printer. Type copy /b system.dl com # ↵ where # is 1 to 4. (/b refers to binary files.) If you’re not sure of the number of the serial port, check your PC’s documentation. The downloading process takes about 5...

Updating System Software 6-77 Printer Options printer reboots with the new system image, prints a start-up page, and returns to IDLE . » Note: The new flash image does not erase the old image until the printer verifies that the new image is valid. PC — Serial Port If the current print system softwar...

Updating System Software QMS 1660 Print System Reference 6-78 4 Set the PC’s baud rate to 38400 by typing modex.exe ↵ modex # 38400 n 8 1 ↵ where # is 1-4. See the MODEX.DOC file for more information on this program. 5 Turn on the printer. 6 When the control panel indicators stop flashing (the mes-s...

Sources of Support QMS 1660 Print System Reference A-2 Sources of Support Several sources of help and information are available, depending on the type of help you need: Your QMS Vendor Your local vendor (the one from whom you bought the printer) may be best equipped to help you. Your vendor has spec...

Sources of Support A-3 The QMS Corporate Bulletin Board System The QMS Corporate Bulletin Board System (BBS) contains technical support notes, application notes, drivers, patches, and utilities, and you may leave technical questions not requiring an immediate response on electronic mail for the Syso...

Sources of Support QMS 1660 Print System Reference A-4 QMS Customer Response Center (CRC) The QMS Customer Response Center (CRC) is available M-F, 7:00 am-6:00 pm, Central Standard Time, at (334) 633-4500 (US). You can also fax questions to CTA at (334) 633-3716 (US). Please indicate whether you wou...

QMS World- wide Offices A-5 QMS World-wide Offices v United States/Latin America QMS, Inc.One Magnum PassMobile, AL 36618(334) 633-4300 Product Information: (800) 523-2696OEM Information: (800) 631-2692Consumables: (800) 777-7782Fax: (334) 633-4866E-mail: [email protected] America Fax: (334) 639-334...

Print Engine Specifications QMS 1660 Print System Reference B-2 Print Engine Specifications Engine Canon LBP-P380 Duty Cycle (maximum) 35,000 pages per month Print Method Laser beam scanning and dry electrophotographic printing; fixing by heated rollers Print Speed Up to 16 pages per minute using le...

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 Support for downloadable optional emulations Fonts 39 resident PostScript fonts that can be scaled from 4 points upward...

Electrical Requirements QMS 1660 Print System Reference B-4 Electrical Requirements Environmental Requirements Frequency 50/60 Hz ( ± 2 Hz) PowerRequirements 110/120v 50/60 Hz (about 90-130 VAC) or220/240v 50 Hz (about 200-260 VAC) PowerConsumption 1 KW 68° F (20° C) Noise Level Idle; maximum 37 dB ...

Physical Characteristics B-5 Technical Specifications Physical Characteristics Print Media Dimensions WxDxH18.07" x 20.55" x 11.81"459 mm x 590 mm x 300 mm The height increases by 3.15"/80 mm with an optional paper feeder; the height increases by 4.76"/121 mm with an optional pap...

Print Media QMS 1660 Print System Reference B-6 Print Media Sizes Weight Paper (cassette): 17-24 lb (64-90 g/m 2 ) Paper (multipurpose tray): 17-24 lb (64-90 g/m 2 ) Transparencies (multipurpose tray): 17-34 lb(64-128 g/m 2 ) Labels (multipurpose tray): 17-34 lb (64-128 g/m 2 ) Media Media Size Imag...

Cable Pinouts B-7 Technical Specifications Cable Pinouts Centronics/IEEE 1284 Parallel This table gives the pinouts for the printer end of the Centronics/IEEE 1284 parallel cable used to connect your printer to a computer. Signal Pin No. Signal Description Direction 1 Strobe- In 2 Data 1 InOut 3 Dat...

Cable Pinouts QMS 1660 Print System Reference B-8 Notes to the Table n Direction refers to the direction of signal flow as viewed from the printer. n 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...

Cable Pinouts QMS 1660 Print System Reference B-10 IBM PC/XT, PC/AT, and Compatible Computers The following diagrams show the serial cable pinouts for IBM PC/XT, PC/AT, and compatible computers. » Note: Not all serial cables are configured as shown and may require an additional null-modem adapter. C...

Cable Pinouts B-11 Technical Specifications LocalTalk (Optional Interface) The following table provides the pinouts for the printer ’s optional 8-pin LocalTalk interface: Macintosh to Serial The following table provides the pinouts for a cable connecting the Macintosh printer or modem port to the pr...

Warranty Considerations B-13 Technical Specifications 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 Warranty The u...

Warranty Considerations QMS 1660 Print System Reference B-14 Electrostatic Discharge and Your Warranty It's very important to protect the printer controller board and other printer circuit boards from electrostatic damage. If an anti-static wrist strap is provided in your printer option kit, attach ...

Introduction QMS 1660 Print System Reference C-2 Introduction This appendix lists the supported Document Option Commands (DOC) for your QMS 1660 Print System. The commands are grouped by feature type. Each command is preceded by either a DOC statement (%%) or an IncludeFeature statement (%%IncludeFe...

Supported DOC Commands C-3 Document Option Commands Select original paper size%%IncludeFeature:sizeSelect pen width and color%%IncludeFeature:penSelect plotter%%IncludeFeature:plotterShift the origin%%IncludeFeature:originReverse image%%IncludeFeature:reverse HP PCL 5 Emulation Commands Enable scala...

Supported DOC Commands QMS 1660 Print System Reference C-4 Set number of lines per page%%IncludeFeature:linesperpageSet orientation%%IncludeFeature:lporientationSet tabs%%IncludeFeature:tabsSpecify character map type%%IncludeFeature:mapWrap lines%%IncludeFeature:autowrap PostScript Emulation Command...

Updated DOC Commands C-5 Document Option Commands Updated DOC Commands This section provides updated information on HP PCL 4 and PCL 5 DOC commands. This information will be merged into the appropriate manuals as they are revised. But until then, it supersedes the following: n QMS Crown Document Opt...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660 Print System Reference C-6 Font Index Number In addition to its ID, a downloaded font also has an unique index num-ber which is automatically assigned by the printer when the font is downloaded. This index number may change if new resources are added, but in practice it...

Updated DOC Commands C-7 Document Option Commands when the resource in which they reside becomes the current resource. User-downloaded PCL objects (with the exception of palettes) are identified by an ID when they are downloaded. The ID is usually set by the file performing the download. If not, the...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660 Print System Reference C-8 Updated PCL 5 DOC Commands Disable Scalable Fonts Command Install Object Command Syntax %%IncludeFeature:scalablefonts( value ) Purpose Enables/disables PCL 5 scalable fonts Variable value Purpose Specifies whether to disable scalable fonts. R...

Updated DOC Commands C-11 Document Option Commands Remove Object Command Example B—Job 2 <ESC>(8U<ESC>(s1p12v0s0b4153 This text will be in the downloaded font, if it supports the ROMAN-8 symbol set, is proportionally spaced, 12 points in height (or scalable), upright, medium weight, and ...

Updated DOC Commands C-13 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 comman...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660 Print System Reference C-14 Resource Command Format Integer Notes If the object id is not specified, or it is specified as * or -1, all objects on the specified resource with the specified object type are removed. Syntax %%IncludeFeature:resource (resource id object cod...

Updated DOC Commands C-15 Document Option Commands Select Font Command Notes If no resource item is provided, the internal default location is used; otherwise, this parameter, which must be provided, specifies one of the alternate locations. For most QMS printers, resource 6 is the system disk. obje...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660 Print System Reference C-16 Select Font Index Command Range courier12times*blditaliccourier12bolduniv*courier12italicuniv*italiccourier10univ*boldcourier10bolduniv*blditaliccourier10italicunivcond*lineprinterunivcond*italictimes*univcond*boldtimes*italicunivcond*blditlc...

Updated DOC Commands C-17 Document Option Commands Select Symbol Set Command Syntax %%IncludeFeature:symbolset (name) Purpose Specifies the default symbol set for the emulation. Notes This command specifies the default symbol set. Not all symbol sets are available with certain resident fonts. In par...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660 Print System Reference C-20 Set Lines Per Inch 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 PCL lin...

Updated DOC Commands C-21 Document Option Commands Set Lines Per Page Command Set Point Size Command v Syntax %%IncludeFeature:linesperpage (#) Purpose Sets the default PCL line spacing. Notes Both the %%IncludeFeature:linesperinch and %%IncludeFeature:linesperpage DOC commands affect PCL’s default ...

D Notices In This Chapter . . . n Manual notices n Laser safety n FCC compliance n Energy Star compliance n Canadian notice n Colophon

Manual Notice QMS 1660 Print System Reference D-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, Inc. mak...

FCC Compliance D-3 Notices cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installa-tion. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equ...

Energy Star Compliance QMS 1660 Print System Reference D-4 Energy Star Compliance 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. Le ...

Glossary Glossary AppleTalk A local area network communication protocol developed by Apple Computer. AppleTalk operates on LocalTalk cabling and can be used by Macintosh systems, PCs, and printers. See also LocalTalk . Application Any computer program designed to help people perform a certain type o...

dpi QMS 1660 Print System Reference G-4 dpi An acronym for dots per inch, a measurement unit used to indicate printer resolution. Your QMS 1660 Print System has 300x300, 600x600, and 1200x600 dpi resolution. Driver See printer driver . DTR/DSR An acronym for Data Terminal Ready and Data Signal Recei...

Interface Cable Glossary G-7 HP PCL An acronym for Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language, the printer control language native to the HP Laser Jet Series II and III printers. Your QMS 1660 Print System has a resident HP PCL 5 emulation. HP-GL An acronym for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language, the p...

Interface Port QMS 1660 Print System Reference G-8 Interface Port Your printer comes with three standard interface ports—serial, parallel, and LocalTalk—located on the back panel. Up to two network interface ports are available through the installation of optional Ethernet or Token-Ring network inte...

Next Key Glossary G-9 Media Any material (such as paper, labels, and transparencies) used in the printer for printed output. Memory The space within your printer where information is stored while being actively worked on. The term applies to internal storage space as opposed to external storage, suc...

Physical Memory Glossary G-11 Paper Path The path the paper follows in its journey through the printer; it begins at the paper cassette or tray pickup point and ends at the output tray. Parallel Interface A data transmission technique that sends each bit simultaneously over separate lines. (For this...

Raster Graphics Glossary G-13 Printer Driver A printer driver is a program that translates the file you are printing into a language that the printer understands. Usually, the printer driver is installed within an application. PROM An acronym for Programmable Read-Only Memory. A storage device that ...

Rasterization QMS 1660 Print System Reference G-14 Rasterization The conversion of vector graphics (images described mathematically as points connected by straight lines) to equivalent images composed of pixel patterns that can be stored and manipulated as sets of bits. Resident Permanently stored i...

Spool QMS 1660 Print System Reference G-16 Spool An acronym for simultaneous print operations on line. Spooling is tempo-rary storage to hold print jobs until the printer is available to process them. Start-up Page A page generated when you turn on the printer (unless you have disabled it). It gives...

XON/XOFF Glossary G-17 Trailer Page A separator page, printed after a print job, that identifies the print job and helps users sort out the print jobs in the printer's output tray. See the QMS Crown Document Option Commands manual information on customizing the trailer page information. Transformer ...

Index Legend GS Getting Started manual O Operation manual R Reference manual %%EndOfDocument (R)4-38<ESC>%12345X (R)4-381200x600 dpi resolution unavailable (O)6-28 1284, IEEE, cable pinouts (R)B-73 hole punched (O)6-29500-sheet paper cassette (R)6-13600x600 dpi resolution unavailable (O)6-28 A...