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QMS magicolor LX
Printer User’s Guide
1800409-001A
EDNord - Istedgade 37A - 9000 Aalborg - telefon 96333500
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The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Those listed as registered are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Some trademarks are also registered in other countries. Other product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of ® ® ™ their respective owners. QMS , QMS-PS , the QMS logo, Crown , the Crown ™ ® ™ ™ seal, PS Executive Series , magicolor , magicolor LX /QMS, Inc. PostScript is a trademark o
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Dear Customer, Mark Twain once said that only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. Well, if he were living today, we’re sure he’d add manuals to this list. Just about everything you buy is accompanied by a manual—and your new QMS printer is no exception. Now, we know that even though we’ve devoted our lives to writing manuals, very few people actually enjoy reading them. So we’ve written this manual with you in mind. However, there are more of you out there than there are printers, a
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Optional Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Other Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Printer Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Color L
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Removing the Pressure-Release Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Installing the Cleaning Pad and Oil Bottle. . . . . . . . . 2-24 Installing the Waste Toner Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30 Installing the OPC Belt Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32 Filling the Paper Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38 Starting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43 Connecting the Power Cord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43 Using the
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About the Printer’s Communication Modes. . . . . . . . 3-22 Simultaneous Interface Operation (SIO) . . . . . . . . 3-23 Emulation Sensing Processing (ESP) Modes . . . . 3-23 Chapter 4 Printer Configuration Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Printer Configuration Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Configuration Method Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 The Printer’s Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
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Administration/Special Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37 Administration/Startup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39 Administration/Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42 Administration/Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46 Administration/Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50 Administration/Disk Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52 The Optional Features Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54 Document Option Commands . . . .
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Sending an End-of-Job Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 Diagnostic and Special Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 The Start-up Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 The Status Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 The Sample Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 The Registration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 Header and Trailer Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 Cha
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Chapter 7 Optimizing Color Output Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 QCOLOR Automatic Color Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Enabling QCOLOR for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Enabling QCOLOR for the Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Fine-Tuning Color Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Printer Default Halftone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Dither Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Installing a Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26 Using an Optional Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . 8-32 Centronics to Dataproducts Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . 8-33 Internal Hard Disk Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39 Using External Hard Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43 Identifying External Hard Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45 Formatting an External Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45 Installing an Optional Card F
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Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 Generally Poor Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 Specific Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 Placing a Service Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Appendix A QMS Customer Support QMS Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 QMS National Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 QMS World-wide Offices . . . . . .
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Appendix C Notices FCC Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Canadian Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Vfg 1046/1984 Conformity Statement . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Bescheinigung des Herstellers/Importeurs . . . . . . . C-2 Declaration of Manufacturer/Importer . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Electronics Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 Pro
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Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-13 Updated DOCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14 PCL 5 Emulation Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14 Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14 Font Index Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15 Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15 Resource. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter highlights: ■ About the documentation ■ About your printer EDNord - Istedgade 37A - 9000 Aalborg - telefon 96333500
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REMOTE SWITCH Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter provides a brief overview of the printer, an explanation of the printer documentation, and an explanation of the printer’s main features and benefits. Fig. 1.1 The QMS magicolor LX The magicolor LX produces 300 or 600 dpi color or monochrome prints, using advanced color laser technology combined with the QMS Crown multitasking printer operating system. The magicolor LX prints in color at a rate of 3 to 6 pages per minute, and in monochrome at 1
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Chapter 1 About This Manual This User’s Guide is organized in three parts, Installation (chapters 1 through 3), Operation (chapters 4 through 6), and Reference (the rest of the manual). A tab for each of these sections was included with your manual: insert them at the beginning of the appropriate chapters to make it easier to navigate the manual. Installation ■ Chapter 1: Introduction Gives an overview of the printer documentation and the printer’s major features; it also discusses the QMS Crown
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Chapter 1 envelopes, transparencies, thick stock, and labels, adjusting print density, and canceling or ending print jobs. ■ Chapter 6: Consumables and Preventative Maintenance Guides you through handling and replacing consumables, such as the toner, developer, cleaning pad, oil bottle, OPC belt cartridge, and waste toner pack. It also covers moving and preventative maintenance for the printer. Reference ■ Chapter 7: Optimizing Color Output Discusses QCOLOR, the QMS automatic color control techn
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Chapter 1 IBM PC/XT, IBM PC/AT, and parallel (Centronics and Dataproducts) cables. ■ Appendix C: Notices Presents legal, safety, and other notices. ■ Appendix D: Additional Technical Information Provides information on how your printer works, and on customizing the printer’s memory allocation. ■ Glossary Explains many of the terms used in the documentation. Optional Documentation The following optional manuals are available from your QMS vendor: ■ QMS Crown Document Option Commands This document
