QMS 1800409-001A User manual

QMS magicolor LX
®
Printer User’s Guide
1800409-001A

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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 Laser Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
QCOLOR Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Multiple Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Software Loadable System (SLS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Energy Saver Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
QMS Crown Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Media Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Automatic Jam Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Convenient Control Panel Operation. . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
PS Executive Series Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
PostScript Level 2 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Resident HP PCL 5C and HP-GL Emulation . . . . 1-12
Intel RISC-based Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
39 Resident PostScript Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Printer Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Chapter 2 Initial Printer Setup
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Finding a Good Location for Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Location Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
What’s Included in the Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
QMS Product Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Unpacking the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Installing Developer and Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . 2-11
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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 Power Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
The Start-up Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
Installing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
Chapter 3 Connecting the Printer
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
About Macintosh Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Connecting to a Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Making the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Printing from the Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 3-3
Installing the Printer Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Installing LaserWriter 8.x
and the magicolor LX 4.1 PPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Installing Printer Description Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Testing Macintosh Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Where to Go Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Connecting to a PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
How to Choose a Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Making the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
PC Printing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
PS Executive Series Printer Utility Software . . . . 3-13
Installing a Color PostScript Printer Driver . . . . . 3-13
Installing the Windows 3.1 Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Printer Description Files (PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Testing Parallel Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Testing Serial Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Checking Serial Communication Settings. . . . . . . 3-20
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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
The LCD Message Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
The Control Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
The Function Keys. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using the Configuration Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Password-protected Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Selecting Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Entering Alphanumeric Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Saving Configuration Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
The Main Menu Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
The Installation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Installation/Operator Passwrd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Installation/Use Operator Pwd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Installation/Admin Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Installation/Use Admin Pwd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
The Operator Control Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Operator Control/Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Operator Control/Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Control/Collation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Control/Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Control/Inputbin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Operator Control/Chain Inputbins. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operator Control/Color Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operator Control/Color Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operator Control/Manual Feed Size . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
The Administration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Administration/Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Administration/Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Header/Trailer Page Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Header/Trailer Information Commands . . . . . . . . 4-56
HP-GL Emulation Features Commands . . . . . . . . 4-57
HP-PCL Emulation Features Commands . . . . . . . 4-57
Lineprinter Emulation Features Commands . . . . . 4-57
PostScript Emulation Features Commands. . . . . . 4-58
Printer Features Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Chapter 5 Print Media and Daily Operations
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Refilling the Media Cassette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Manual Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Printing Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Printing Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Printing on Letterhead or Other Preprinted Media. . . . 5-8
Printing on 3-Hole or Other Pre-punched Media. . . . . 5-8
Printing Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Printing on Thick Paper Stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Page Sizes, Imageable Regions and Margins. . . . . . . 5-10
Page Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Selecting and Storing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Media Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Media Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Collating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Configuring the Printer for Collation . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Changing Print Job Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Adjusting Print Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Cancelling and Ending Print Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Cancelling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
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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
Chapter 6 Consumables and Preventative Maintenance
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Storing and Handling Consumables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Storing Consumables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Handling Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Replacing Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Replacing a Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 6-4
Replacing a Developer Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Replacing the OPC Belt Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Replacing the Cleaning Pad and Oil Bottle. . . . . . 6-12
Replacing the Waste Toner Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Moving the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Removing the Fuser Unit and Oil Bottle. . . . . . . . 6-19
Removing and Replacing
Pressure-Release Pieces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Preventative Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
General Tips for Extending Printer Life . . . . . . . . 6-26
Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Cleaning the Charger Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Cleaning the Pre-Charger Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Cleaning Register and Transfer Rollers . . . . . . . . 6-34
Cleaning the Paper Exit Rollers and Plates. . . . . . 6-37
Cleaning the Paper-Feed Roller
and the Manual-Feed Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
Cleaning the Exterior of Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
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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. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 7-9
Gamma Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Printer-Resident Color Rendering Dictionaries . . 7-10
Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Device Calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Color Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Methods of Color Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Color Matching with a CMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Color Matching with PostScript Level 2. . . . . . . . 7-14
PANTONE®* Color Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
The Resident PostScript Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
The Resident HP PCL Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Chapter 8 Printer Options
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
The Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Installing the Sheet Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Using the Envelope Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Font and Emulation Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Using Font and Emulation Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Security Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Using a Security Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Removing the Controller Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Replacing the Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Single In-Line Memory Modules (SIMMs) . . . . . . . 8-22
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* Pantone, Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color and color reproduction materials.