HP QMS 1660E - Manual

Contents v 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 Te...

Contents vii Kanji Option Kit .......................................................................... 6-73 Installing the IDE-SCSI Board and the Kanji Internal IDE Hard Disk 6-73 Configuring the Printer 6-74Accessing the Kanji Fonts 6-74 Updating System Software .....................................

QMS 1660E Print System Reference viii Print Media Sizes B-6 Cable Pinouts ............................................................................... B-7 Centronics/IEEE 1284 Parallel B-7RS-232C Serial B-9LocalTalk (Optional Interface) B-11Macintosh to Serial B-11Ethernet B-12 Printer Options .....

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

Introduction QMS 1660E 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 1660E Print System docu-mentation. This chapter gives you a brief overview of this manual. About This Manual The information in...

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 1660E 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 ne...

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

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

Media Types and Weights QMS 1660E Print System Reference 2-4 Enhanced Image-Area The enhanced image-area allows you to print to the edges of 11x17, 12x19, A3, A4, full ledger, and universal media. ▲ Caution: Due to print engine constraints, full-sheet images may be slightly skewed on the page. In ad...

Media Types and Weights 2-5 Print Media Weight The printer supports 17-34 lb (64-128 g/m 2 ) labels in the multipurpose tray. 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 mu...

Media Storage QMS 1660E 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 ...

Introduction QMS 1660E 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 l...

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 1660E 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. Monospa...

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 1660E 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 ...

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 1660E 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 Demi...

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 1660E 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 ...

Introduction QMS 1660E 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 printer control panel. Your application documentation explains how to control your printer settings: probably by choosing options from a printing menu. Applications use printer drivers to send the appropriate commands automatically to the printer fo...

Methods of Configuration QMS 1660E 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 ...

Configuration Menu 4-5 Printer Configuration Configuration Menu The printer ’s configuration menu allows you change the default printer configuration settings. In other words, changes you make affect all subsequent print jobs. The options in the configuration menu are organized under three main menu...

Configuration Menu QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-6 Example The following table shows how to use the control panel keys to access the printer configuration menu. Press the control panel keys in the order shown. The printer responds by displaying a status mes-sage or configuration menu in the mes...

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 QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-10 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 table. Th...

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 1660E 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 ...

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

Emulations QMS 1660E 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 ...

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. Notes The HP-GL...

Emulations QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-16 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. » Note: See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for more inform...

Emulations 4-17 Printer Configuration Plotter Identifies the HP-GL plotter type. Reverse Image Determines whether an image is printed in reverse. Menu Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Pen x /Color Choices Black, Blue, Brown, Cyan, Gray - 25%, Gray - 50%, Gray - 75%, Green, Magenta, Orange, Red, Violet...

Emulations QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-18 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 Paper Type menu, and then enter the reduction or enlargement needed to fit the plot on the new p...

Emulations 4-19 Printer Configuration 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 or downloaded sof...

Emulations QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-20 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". Monochrome HP-GL/2 Allows your pri...

Emulations 4-21 Printer Configuration Point Size x100 Identifies the point size for scalable fonts in 0.25 point increments. Retain Temporary Fonts and Macros Allows you to choose whether to retain temporary HP PCL5 fonts and macros at the end of each print job. Notes When set to off, this option ma...

Emulations QMS 1660E 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 PCL 4 documents which may inadvertently select unwanted scalable fonts. Choices Off—Reset PCL to...

Emulations 4-23 Printer Configuration Symbol Set Sets the character set used by the HP PCL 5 emulation. Choices Enable—Allow selection of scalable fonts. When you print PCL 4 documents, PCL 5 may substitute scalable fonts that could cause your PCL 4 documents to print incorrectly. Disable—Print usin...

Emulations QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-24 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. Carriage Return is Carriage Return-Line Feed Stipulates w...

Emulations 4-25 Printer Configuration Form Feed is Carriage Return-Form Feed Stipulates whether each form feed (FF) in the print job is translated to a carriage return/form feed (CRFF) combination. Line Feed is Carriage Return-Line Feed Stipulates whether each line feed (LF) in the print job is tran...

Emulations QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-26 pages consisting of more lines than specified are split into multiple pages. 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 la...

Emulations 4-27 Printer Configuration Tab Stops Specifies the number of spaces between tab stops. Setting PostScript Parameters Emulation Level This menu allows you to select a PostScript emulation level. Menu Administration/Emulations/Lineprinter/Tab Stops Choices 0-256 Default 8 Menu Administratio...

Emulations QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-28 Gamma Correction This option enables or disables gamma correction for PostScript files. For more information, see chapter 5, “Advanced Technical Informa-tion,” in the Reference . Halftone Type This option allows you to specify the halftone used to pri...

Hard Disks 4-29 Printer Configuration Hard Disks Use the Administration/Disk Operations menu to perform disk opera-tion processes that appear only when optional hard disks are installed. ▲ Caution: If you connect to this printer an external hard disk you previously used with an earlier QMS Crown pri...

Hard Disks QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-30 Installing an Optional Font Use the Administration/Disk Operations/Install Option menu to add optional fonts to the hard disk from a font card. This selection copies data from the card to the hard disk. See chapter 6, “Printer Options,” for instructio...

Interfaces 4-31 Printer Configuration Interfaces You can customize all of the printer’s interfaces through the Adminis-tration/Communications menu. Setting Ethernet Interface Parameters Use the Administration/Communications/Network 2/CrownNet menu to set the printer-host communication values for the...

Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-32 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 jobs received via the parallel interface priority ...

Interfaces 4-33 Printer Configuration Minimum Number of Kilobytes for Spooling Sets the minimum number of kilobytes of system memory allocated to the parallel interface. Mode The parallel interface supports Centronics parallel communication as well as IEEE 1284 bidirectional (two-way) parallel commu...

Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-34 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 o...

Interfaces 4-35 Printer Configuration Setting Serial Interface Parameters Use the Administration/Communications/Serial menu to set the serial interface communication values used for printer-host communica-tions. The following options are available. Baud Rate Sets the rate data is received (bits per ...

Interfaces 4-37 Printer Configuration Hardware Flow Control Controls the flow of data between the printer and the host. Ignore Parity Errors Specifies how the printer should handle parity errors. Menu Administration/Communications/Serial/Hdwe Flow Ctl Choices CTSDSRDSR POL DTRDTR POLRTS Off, onOff, ...

Interfaces 4-39 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 1660E Print System Reference 4-40 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 communica...

Media Input 4-41 Printer Configuration Media Input Your QMS 1660E 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 1660E Print System Reference 4-42 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 th...

Media Orientation 4-43 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 1660E Print System Reference 4-44 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 4-45 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 1660E Print System Reference 4-46 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 dis...

Memory 4-47 Printer Configuration will still operate with a smaller cache, but decreased performance may result. Display The K Mem Display memory client is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the display lists. The display list holds the intermediate representation of pages to be printed. Em...

Memory QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-48 page. Increasing this client's size increases the number of PCL down-loaded fonts which can be accepted. Enable Disk Swap The Enable Disk Swap memory client gives your printer virtual mem-ory capability for all memory clients through the creation of a “sw...

Memory 4-49 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. If you are uncertain about how to configure your printer ’s memory, u...

Memory QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-50 » Note: The printer does not allow you to choose features that do not work with the amount of memory currently installed. Using this option does not change the media size. It just ensures that you have enough memory allocated to the appropriate clients to...

Memory 4-51 Printer Configuration 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 PostScript emulation interpreter. This memory client holds downloaded Post-Script emulation fonts, operators, and forms. Printer...

Optional Features QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-52 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-...

Passwords 4-53 Printer Configuration Passwords Use the Installation menu to password-protect the Operator Control and Administration menus. The Installation menu appears when an optional security card is installed in your printer. See chapter 6, “Printer Options,” for more information on using a sec...

Passwords QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-54 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 ...

Printer Engine Features 4-55 Printer Configuration 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 Image Align...

Printer Engine Features QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-56 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 fed ...

Printer Engine Features 4-57 Printer Configuration Enabling/Disabling the Warning Buzzer You can enable or disable the warning buzzer the print engine sounds when it encounters an error (such as paper out). Specifying Page Recovery Action When a media jam or other similar error occurs, the printer h...

Printer Engine Features QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-58 Setting Toner Options Two toner cartridge configuration options are available: Conserve Toner and Toner Out Act[ion]. Conserve Toner To help you conserve toner, your printer can simulate draft-quality printing. The amount of toner used du...

Printer Start-Up Options 4-59 Printer Configuration monitors, and printers and the reduction of air pollution caused by power generation. » Note: The addition of some optional interfaces, in some combinations, may cause the product to become non-compliant. The Energy Saver option specifies whether t...

Printer Start-Up Options QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-60 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 no...

Special Pages 4-61 Printer Configuration Special Pages Use the Administration/Special Pages menu to print special pages, such as status pages, calibration pages, header pages, and trailer pages. Working with Status Pages Printing a status page is a two-step procedure: Identify the type of status pag...

Special Pages QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-62 Working with Calibration Pages A calibration page helps you test and maintain optimal print quality. The calibration image contains a gray-scale chart that lets you check print density and gamma correction to get the best possible gray scal-ing fro...

Special Pages 4-63 Printer Configuration Identifying a Header Page Input Source You can select the inputbin (tray or cassette) from which the printer pulls media when printing the header page. Working with Trailer Pages A trailer page is a separator page that prints after a print job to help users s...

Timeouts QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-64 Identifying a Trailer Page Input Source You can select the inputbin (tray or cassette) from which the printer pulls media when printing the trailer page. Timeouts You can configure a number of printer timeout settings to set a limit to the amount of tim...

Timeouts 4-65 Printer Configuration Setting an ESP Timeout The ESP (Emulation Sensing Processor) timeout is the maximum number of seconds the printer uses to match an emulation before printing the job in the ESP default emulation (Administration/Emula-tions/ESP Default Emul menu). Setting a Manual F...

Timeouts QMS 1660E Print System Reference 4-66 Setting a PostScript Emulation Timeout The PostScript emulation timeout is the maximum number of seconds the PostScript emulation waits for incoming data. Setting a Print Job Timeout The print job timeout is the maximum number of seconds the printer pro...

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 1660E 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 a higher r...

Gamma Correction, Halftones, and Screens QMS 1660E 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 pr...

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 1660E 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 1660E 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 s...

Memory QMS 1660E 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 ...

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 1660E 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 ...

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 Display List Also known as K Mem Display, this client stores compressed repre-sentations, or blocks, of the pages to be printed. It takes approxi-mately one compressed block for a normal 8.5" x 11" (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm) text page, four compressed ...

Memory QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-18 PostScript Font Cache Also known as K Mem PS Fonts and Font Cache, this memory client stores bitmapped representations of previously scaled PostScript fonts. This process reduces the number of times a font must be con-verted from outline form to bitmap fo...

Memory 5-19 Additional Technical Information the print jobs are completed, leading to virtual memory errors. If not enough memory is allocated to the PS heap, the job cannot print. Increasing the memory allocated to this client allows more complex jobs to print and increases the number of fonts that...

Memory QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-20 Normally, this memory client doesn’t need to be changed unless you plan to download many different non-PostScript fonts. Spool Buffers Also known as Host Input and K Mem for Spool, this memory client stores incoming data from all the interfaces until the ...

Memory 5-21 Additional Technical Information The amount of memory needed for the disk cache client is dependent on the size of the disk, the number of disks, the number of subdirecto-ries on each disk, and the amount of memory dedicated to caching. As long as the disk cache is enabled and there is e...

Memory QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-22 MB Printer Mem This field shows the size of the physical RAM installed in the printer. If a hard disk is installed and disk swapping is enabled (Administration/Memory/Enable Disk Swap), this field also gives the size of available virtual memory. System Me...

Memory 5-23 Additional Technical Information » Note: Chunk collation begins automatically after 50 pages regardless of how much memory is available to the display list client. Specific Printing Environment Example Since configuring memory is not an exact science, it may be helpful to see how others ...

End Job Mode QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-24 End Job Mode When sending print jobs through the serial and parallel protocols, some applications and their printer drivers append an end-of-docu-ment command (EOD) to each print job to ensure that each file prints correctly. The reason for this is ...

End Job Mode 5-25 Additional Technical Information n Multiple print jobs with little or no time delay and with no EOD commands have been sent to the printer and the message win-dow displays only one active job. n Multiple print jobs of the same printer language have been sent to the printer and they...

End Job Mode QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-26 commands perform an end of document for all of the printer emulations supported on your printer (PostScript, HP-GL, HP PCL, and Lineprinter). See your system administrator or applications development depart-ment to have them identify the standard EO...

End Job Mode 5-27 Additional Technical Information your print queuing system documentation, your network administra-tor, or your QMS vendor for more information. Setting the End Job Mode via the Control Panel Use the following procedure to set the end job mode from the printer ’s control panel for p...

End Job Mode QMS 1660E 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). » Note: <ESC> represents the escape character. (The decimal va...

End Job Mode 5-29 Additional Technical Information When the QMS EOD or the HP EOD is set, the printer does not rec-ognize the Ctrl-D EOD command. Add your organization's standard EOD command to the end of your print file, or add it to a separate file as follows. Adding an EOD Command to the End of Y...

Parallel Interface Modes QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-30 initialization sequences, custom banner pages, print job headers, or print job trailers. The print server does not necessarily send multiple print jobs to the printer in the order that you queued them to the printer. The network job sepa...

PS Protocol Option 5-31 Additional Technical Information Compatibility Mode Printer-host communication is done in a manner that ensures com-patibility. ECP (Enhanced Compatibility Port) Mode This is an advanced version of byte mode which allows transfer of data in either direction without returning ...

PS Protocol Option QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-32 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 5-33 Additional Technical Information 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 QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-34 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 5-35 Additional Technical Information Since your QMS 1660E 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 blac...

HP-GL Color Encoding QMS 1660E Print System Reference 5-36 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 cas-sette out and another in. n Increased paper-f...

Media Input Options QMS 1660E 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 swit...

Media Input Options QMS 1660E 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. M WARNING! The printer weighs about 50 lbs (23 kg). Don’t lift it by yourself. ACHTUNG! Der D...

Media Input Options 6-7 Printer Options 8 Push the green lock levers, located at the right and left of the paper feeder bottom, to the rear to lock them. 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...

Media Input Options QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-8 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 illustra...

Media Input Options 6-9 Printer Options 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 switching casset...

Media Input Options 6-11 Printer Options 7 Lock together the paper feeder and the cassette supporter. Stand the paper feeder and the cassette supporter on their ends. Then, using your thumb, push the lock buttons on the bottom left and right sides of the cassette supporter until you hear a click. 8 ...

Media Input Options QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-12 4 Remove the cassette supporter from the paper feeder. Follow, in reverse order, the steps in the “Installing the Cassette Supporter” section of this chapter. The following is a quick over-view of the procedure: a Pull the lock buttons on the...

Media Input Options 6-13 Printer Options 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. a Up to the bottom limit mark b Halfway to the top limit mark c Up to the top limit mark Top ...

Paper Output Ramp QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-14 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 dow...

Font and Security Cards 6-15 Printer Options 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. ▲ Caution: Whe...

Font and Security Cards QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-16 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...

Font and Security Cards 6-17 Printer Options 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 make sure that t...

Font and Security Cards QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-18 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...

Font and Security Cards 6-19 Printer Options 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 Configuration,” has co...

Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-20 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 i...

Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers 6-21 Printer Options ▲ 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 it to your wrist ...

Removing the Printer and Controller Board Covers QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-22 2 Using both hands, open the multipurpose tray. 3 Open the print-er's front cover. Push up on the release button, located on the top-right front of the printer. 4 Remove and set aside the two screws, one on each e...

Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers 6-23 Printer Options 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 and controller b...

Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-24 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 sli...

Single In-Line Memory Modules 6-25 Printer Options 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, and then turn on ...

Single In-Line Memory Modules QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-26 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 prin...

Single In-Line Memory Modules 6-27 Printer Options 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 seated in the conne...

Single In-Line Memory Modules QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-28 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 ...

Intellifont SIMM QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-30 5 If necessary, refer to “Installing a SIMM,” earlier in this section. 6 Replace the printer and controller board covers. Use the instructions in the “Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers” section of this chapter. Intellifont SIMM A...

Intellifont SIMM QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-32 Increasing the Disk Cache Size If your printer has more than 12 MB of RAM, the size of the disk cache is adequate. 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 (Ad...

Intellifont SIMM 6-33 Printer Options The list of HP PCL fonts includes all of the new Intellifont fonts. Keep this status page for reference when accessing these fonts. Font List The following 37 fonts are now available for use. They can be auto-matically rotated to landscape orientation. All fonts...

Intellifont SIMM QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-34 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...

1200x1200 dpi Resolution Daughterboard 6-35 Printer Options 3 Access the Administration/PCL5/Default Font Idx menu. 4 Identify the appropriate font selection index. 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 ...

1200x1200 dpi Resolution Daughterboard QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-36 Installing the Daughterboard 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...

Optional Interfaces 6-37 Printer Options c Snap the daughterboard onto the two support posts and the 80-pin connector. 4 Replace the controller board and printer covers. Use the instructions in the “Replacing the Printer and Controller Board Covers” section of this chapter. 5 Reconnect all interface...

Optional Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-38 CrownNet (Ethernet/Token-Ring) network interface or a LocalTalk interface. These additional interfaces allow you greater flexibility when working in a multiple environments. An optional interface is installed in the OPT I/O opening on the bac...

Optional Interfaces 6-39 Printer Options LocalTalk Interface A LocalTalk interface is used to print if n Your host is any member of the Apple Macintosh family. The instructions in this section explain how to connect a Macintosh to the QMS1660E Print System. n Your host is an IBM PC or compatible mic...

Optional Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-42 4 Attach the interface. a Position the interface so the port slides into the opening you just created. b Snap the plastic standoff onto the controller board. c Snap the interface onto the 80-pin connector and the plastic standoff, both on the...

Optional Interfaces 6-43 Printer Options Using a CrownNet Network Interface Once a CrownNet 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 optional network ...

Optional Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-44 Macintosh Interface Cabling To connect your printer to a single Macintosh, you must have n Two PhoneNET-type transformer boxes (one for the printer port and one for the Macintosh port), each with a DIN-8 connector n An RJ11 (telephone) cable ...

Optional Interfaces 6-45 Printer Options 2 Plug the connector from the other transformer box into the Macintosh printer port. 3 Connect the two transformer boxes with the telephone cable. 4 Put terminating resistors in all open sockets in the connec-tor boxes. This ensures proper communication and h...

Optional Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-46 1 With the Macintosh on, insert the Macintosh Format PS Executive Series Utilities disk in the disk drive. 2 Double-click the PSExec3. xx Installer icon. 3 In the PSExec 3. xx dialog box that appears, verify the Install Location. To change th...

Optional Interfaces 6-47 Printer Options » Note: All Macintosh users on a network must use the same version of the LaserWriter and Laser Prep files to run correctly. For example, if the network has a mixture of LaserWriter 6.x, 7.x, and/or 8.x, the printer will experience frequent reinitialization p...

Optional Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-48 1 If you haven't already, follow the instructions given above in “Installing PS Executive Series Printer Utilities.” 2 If necessary, create a Printer Descriptions folder: System 7 users—Create a folder called Printer Descriptions inside the E...

Optional Interfaces 6-49 Printer Options box. Choose Help in the Options dialog box for information on these options. Application-Specific Printer Files If you plan to print from Aldus PageMaker, Aldus FreeHand, Aldus PrePrint, Adobe Separator, or QuarkXPress, you’ll also want to install the latest ...

Optional Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-50 n If you use Aldus PrePrint, install the version 3.0 PPD and PDX files in the PPDs folder in the Aldus folder in the System Folder. » Note: Version 3 PPDs are not installed automatically through the PS Exec Easy Install procedure. You must us...

Optional Interfaces 6-51 Printer Options 3 Print a directory or a window. a Choose Print Directory or Print Window from the File menu. A dialog box appears. b Select the printing options you want; then click OK. If no page prints, check chapter 6, “Troubleshooting,” of the Operation manual. Printing...

Optional Interfaces QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-52 Setting LocalTalk Interface Parameters Use the Administration/Communications/LocalTalk menu to set the LocalTalk interface values used for printer-host communication. Mode Enables or disables the communication interface. Connection Allows you...

Storage Options 6-55 Printer Options Storage Options Hard disks provide true virtual memory as well as storage for charac-ter bitmaps, downloaded outline fonts, and other files. IDE-SCSI Board An optional internal IDE-SCSI (Integrated Drive Electronics-Small Computer System Interface) board supports...

Storage Options QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-58 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 contro...

Storage Options 6-59 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 QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-60 Removing an IDE-SCSI Board Use the following instructions if you ever need to remove an IDE-SCSI board from the printer (for example, if you decide to install an optional IDE internal hard disk after the IDE-SCSI board is already installed). Illu...

Storage Options 6-61 Printer Options 1 Turn off the printer, and then disconnect the power cord and all interface cables (parallel, serial, Ethernet, and optional) and SCSI hard disk cables, if any, from the printer. 2 Access the printer controller board. Use the instructions in the “Removing the Pr...

Storage Options QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-62 Installing an Internal IDE Hard Disk Only one internal IDE hard disk is supported. However, you can add up to three external SCSI hard disks to the printer. » Note: Before installing an internal IDE hard disk, you must have an optional IDE-SCSI b...

Storage Options 6-63 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 1660E Print System Reference 6-64 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 6-65 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 1660E Print System Reference 6-66 ▲ Caution: I f you connect to this printer an external hard disk you previ- ously 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 ma...

Storage Options 6-67 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 One or more of the following messages may appear while you are using the Dis...

Storage Options QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-68 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 windo...

Storage Options 6-69 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 QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-72 Downloading an Emulation Optional emulations, such as LN03 and QUIC II, are available as PostScript files on PC floppy disks. This section describes how to download an optional emulation from a floppy disk to the printer’s hard disk. » Note: At l...

Kanji Option Kit 6-73 Printer Options The emulation is ready to be used. 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,...

Kanji Option Kit QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-74 n If you already have an IDE-SCSI board installed in the printer, you do not need to purchase another board on which to install the Kanji hard disk. However, you do have to remove the IDE-SCSI board from the printer before you can install the ha...

Updating System Software 6-75 Printer Options Updating System Software The system software in your QMS 1660E 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 ne...

Updating System Software QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-76 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 yo...

Updating System Software QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-78 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 ...

Updating System Software 6-79 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 1660E Print System Reference 6-80 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-...

Updating System Software 6-81 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 1660E Print System Reference 6-82 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 6-83 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 1660E Print System Reference 6-84 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 pag...

Updating System Software QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-86 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 ...

Updating System Software 6-89 Printer Options » 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 software is not functioning, you must con-nect your PC to either the printer’s parallel or seria...

Updating System Software QMS 1660E Print System Reference 6-90 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-...

In This Chapter . . . n Sources of customer support n QMS world-wide offices A QMS Customer Support

Sources of Support QMS 1660E 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 spe...

Sources of Support A-3 QMS Customer Support 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 electro...

Sources of Support QMS 1660E 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 the CRC at (334) 633-3716 (US). Please indi-cate whether y...

QMS World- wide Offices A-5 QMS Customer Support 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] Ameri...

Print Engine Specifications QMS 1660E 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 l...

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 1660E 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 1660E Print System Reference B-6 Print Media Sizes * E nhanced image-area printing allows you to print to the edges of 11x17, 12x19, A3, A4, full ledger, and universal media. However, due to print engine constraints, full-sheet images may be slightly skewed on the page. In addition, ...

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 1660E 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 fo...

Cable Pinouts QMS 1660E 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. ...

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...

Cable Pinouts QMS 1660E Print System Reference B-12 Ethernet 10BaseT RJ45 The following table provides the pinouts for the 10BaseT RJ45 Ether-net interface: 10Base2 BNC The following table provides the pinouts for the 10Base2 BNC Ethernet interface: Pin Name Pinout View from Printer Interface 1 Tran...

Consumable Supplies QMS 1660E Print System Reference B-14 Consumable Supplies 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...

Warranty Considerations B-15 Technical Specifications case, standard time and material charges will be applied to service your printer for that particular failure or damage. QMS recommends that you use only QMS consumables and accessories to support your printer. To order QMS consumables and accesso...

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

Supported DOC Commands C-3 Document Option Commands Select original paper size %%IncludeFeature:size 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 Ena...

Supported DOC Commands QMS 1660E Print System Reference C-4 Set number of lines per page %%IncludeFeature:linesperpage Set orientation %%IncludeFeature:lporientation Set tabs %%IncludeFeature:tabs Specify character map type %%IncludeFeature:map Wrap lines %%IncludeFeature:autowrap PostScript Emulati...

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 1660E 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 i...

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 1660E 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. ...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660E Print System Reference C-10 Remove Object Command Example B—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 DOC Commands QMS 1660E Print System Reference C-12 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 remov...

Updated DOC Commands C-13 Document Option Commands 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 %%IncludeFeatu...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660E Print System Reference C-14 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 s...

Updated DOC Commands C-15 Document Option Commands 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 is ov...

Updated DOC Commands QMS 1660E Print System Reference C-18 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 li...

Updated DOC Commands C-19 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 Cnadian notice n Colophon

Manual Notice QMS 1660E 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. ma...

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 1660E 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 10Base2 An IEEE standard for thin-wire Ethernet networks. It provides 10 megabits (10 million bits) transmission and baseband signaling, and it has a maxi-mum length of 607 feet (185 meters) per coax segment. See also thin-wire Ethernet cable . 10BaseT An IEEE standard for twisted-...

Application QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-2 Application Any computer program designed to help people perform a certain type of work (for example, word processing, page layout, programming, graphics, and spreadsheets). Adobe Illustrator, Excel, and Word are applications. ASCII An acronym for Ame...

Control Panel Glossary G-3 Buffer Storage space used to compensate for a difference in rate or sequence of data flow when transmitting data from one device to another. Byte A unit of information consisting of 8 bits, the equivalent of one character. See also bit . Cancel Key The control panel key th...

Controller QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-4 Controller The software that controls the engine of a printer. The controller is the intelligence of the printer. Crown A multitasking operating system architecture developed by QMS and used in the QMS 1660E Print System. Default A printer control pane...

Factory Default Glossary G-5 emulation, it responds to the same commands (HP PCL) that a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer does. Emulation Sensing Processor (ESP) Technology Emulation Sensing Processor technology. Using a form of artificial intelli-gence, ESP technology analyzes incoming file data fr...

Flash ROM QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-6 Flash ROM Quick loading, reprogrammable memory that holds information (such as system code and downloadable emulations) even when the printer is turned off. The chief advantage of flash ROM is that system upgrades can be loaded from a floppy disk withou...

IEEE Glossary G-7 Hard Disk A secondary storage place for such items as downloaded fonts and emulations and for spooled data, thus providing virtual memory capabilities. You can add an internal IDE hard disk and up to three external SCSI hard disks to your QMS 1660E Print System. Header Page A separ...

Imageable Area QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-8 Imageable Area The maximum area of a sheet of media capable of being printed on. It is subject to both hardware limits (the physical page size and the margins required by the print engine) and software constraints (the amount of memory available fo...

Memory Upgrade Glossary G-9 LAN Manager/LAN Server LAN Manager is a network operating system developed by Microsoft that runs under OS/2. LAN Server is IBM’s version of LAN Manager. Both run on Ethernet and Token-Ring networks. Landscape Orientation See orientation . LCD An acronym for Liquid Crysta...

Menu Key QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-10 increments of 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 MB. See also SIMM (Single In-Line Memory Module ). Menu Key The control panel key that accesses the printer configuration menu when the printer is off line. Use this key to advance through the menus or to return to a ...

Parallel Interface Glossary G-11 Off Line Not accepting data from the computer. The printer is taken off line by pressing the Online/Offline key. When the Online indicator is off, the printer is off line. The printer must be off line to enter the Configuration menu. On Line Accepting data from the c...

Protocol Glossary G-13 2 emulation is the native language of your printer’s controller. It describes text, graphics, and page images to the printer. Previous Key The control panel key that returns through the list of previous selections or options for the current menu. When changing the character in...

Queue QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-14 Queue A list of documents waiting to be printed. RAM An acronym for Random Access Memory, the memory your printer uses to perform tasks. It can be written to and read from. Once a task is complete, the memory is free again to be used for another file. This...

SCSI Glossary G-15 RISC An acronym for Reduced Instruction Set Computing, a microprocessor design that focuses on rapid and efficient processing of a relatively small set of instructions. RJ45 Connector A type of network connector used with twisted-pair Ethernet cable. See also twisted-pair Ethernet...

Security Card QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-16 Security Card A module the size of a credit card that allows you to set passwords for the Operator Control and Administration menus. When a security card is inserted into the printer card slot, the Installation menu appears in the configuration men...

Transformer Box QMS 1660E Print System Reference G-18 Crown Document Option Commands manual information on customizing the trailer page information. Transformer Box Also known as a connector box. This piece of equipment consists of a small box with a built-in cable that links the printer to a LocalT...

Index Legend GS Getting Started manual O Operation manual R Reference manual %%EndOfDocument (R)4-36<ESC>%12345X (R)4-3610Base2 See Ethernet 10BaseT See Ethernet 1200x1200 (O)6-271200x600 dpi resolution unavailable (O)6-27 1284, IEEE, cable pinouts (R)B-73-hole-punched paper (O)6-29500-sheet p...