QMS 1725 SLS User Manual

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  • Page 2 Corporation. Novell and NetWare/Novell, Inc. UNIX/UNIX Systems Laboratories. Ethernet/Xerox Corporation. The digitally encoded software included with your QMS 1725 SLS Print System is Copyrighted © 1995 by QMS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This software may not be reproduced, modified, displayed, transferred, or copied in any form or in any manner or on any media, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of QMS, Inc.
  • Page 3 Although your new QMS printer is the result of the latest and most advanced engineering techniques in the electronic industry, it isn’t necessary for you, the user, to understand every detail of the printer’s design in order to make it do what you bought it for. But there are some things you’ll need to know about your printer, and we’ve...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    About the Printer ... 1-2 About the Documentation ... 1-2 Standard Product Documentation 1-3 Related Documentation 1-5 About This Manual ... 1-5 Typographic Conventions 1-5 Printer Features ... 1-6 Media Flexibility 1-6 Multiple Resolutions 1-6 Five Resident Emulations 1-7 Sessions Support 1-8...
  • Page 6 Introduction ... 2-2 Methods of Configuration ... 2-2 Using an Application 2-2 Using PS Executive Series Utilities 2-3 Using Printer Commands 2-3 Using the Control Panel 2-3 Configuration Menu ... 2-4 How to Move Around the Configuration Menu 2-5 Accessing the Configuration Menu 2-5...
  • Page 7 Setting Lineprinter Parameters 2-39 Special Pages ...2-42 Working with Status Pages 2-42 Working with Trailer Pages 2-44 Enabling/Disabling Trailer Pages 2-44 Printer Start-Up Options ...2-45 Enabling/Disabling the Start-Up Page 2-45 Enabling/Disabling the SYS\START File 2-46 Loading the PostScript Error Handler 2-46 Memory ...2-46...
  • Page 8 Setting Manual Feed Timeout 2-61 Setting the Letterhead Option 2-61 Reading the Page Counters 2-62 Miscellaneous ... 2-62 Restoring the Factory Default Configuration 2-62 Setting the Message Window Language 2-63 Hard Disks ... 2-63 Identifying Hard Disks 2-64 The Disk Operations Menu 2-64 Formatting a Hard Disk 2-65 Collation 2-66 Spool Overflow 2-66...
  • Page 9 Printing a Single Envelope 3-10 The Optional Envelope Feeder 3-11 Tray Chaining ...3-11 Collating Output ...3-12 End Job Mode ...3-14 Common Reasons to Use End Job Mode 3-15 Using the EOD Commands 3-15 Setting the End Job Mode for the Serial and Parallel Protocols 3-16 Setting the End Job Mode via the Control Panel 3-17 Adding an EOD Command to Your File 3-18 Creating a Network Job Separator 3-20...
  • Page 10 Installing the Toner Cartridge ... 5-3 Handling the Printer ... 5-5 Keeping the Printer Clean ... 5-6 Cleaning the Anti-Static Teeth 5-6 Cleaning the Transfer-Guide Lock-Tray and Strip 5-8 Cleaning the Media-Feed-Guide Area 5-9 Introduction ... 6-2 Status Messages ... 6-2...
  • Page 11 Not All Pages Print 6-24 Printer Will Not Duplex 6-25 Print Quality Problems ...6-25 Printer Will Not Print 600 dpi 6-26 Image Defects ...6-26 White or Light Lines 6-26 Light Image (Entire Page) 6-26 Dark Image (Entire Page) 6-27 Stain Along the Edge of the Page 6-27...
  • Page 12 Font and Emulation Cards ... 8-11 Installing an Optional Font 8-13 Removing an Optional Font 8-14 Installing Optional Emulation Cards 8-15 Removing a Printer Emulation 8-15 Downloading an Emulation From Disk ... 8-17 Security Card ... 8-18 Removing and Re-installing the Tray Assembly ... 8-20...
  • Page 13 Hard Disks B-7 Consumable Supplies ... B-7 Cable Pinouts ... B-8 Centronics Parallel B-8 Serial B-9 IBM PC/XT, PC/AT, and Compatible Computers B-10 LocalTalk (Optional Interface) B-11 Macintosh to Serial B-11 Warranty Considerations ... B-12 Consumables and Your Warranty B-12 Electrostatic Discharge and Your Warranty B-12 Introduction ...
  • Page 14 ImageSize C-19 ImagePosition C-19 Rotation C-20 LineEnd C-20 BlockEnd C-20 EBAMode C-21 BitReverse C-21 InvertImage C-21 Compression C-22 DPI C-22 ImageData C-22 PageEnd C-23 JobEnd C-23 Sessions ...D-2 What is a Session? D-2 How is a Session Used? D-3 Session Command D-4 Examples D-7 Sessions Document Finishing Terminology D-9 Document Finishing DOC D-10...
  • Page 15 Menu Diagrams ...F-2...
  • Page 17: About The Documentation

    About the printer About the documentation About this manual Printer features and user benefits Printer options Using the printer’s control panel Printer-host communication...
  • Page 18: Paper Sizes

    The QMS 1725 SLS Print System offers the unique QMS Crown multitasking operating system, superior performance, extensive connectivity, upgrade options including duplex printing, and flexible emulation support. In addition, it prints 17 pages per minute (letter/A4 paper size) and is a high-quality 300x300 and 600x600 dpi multiple-resolution desktop printer.
  • Page 19 In fact, some of them you may never have to refer to at all, depending on the type of documents you print and the environment in which you print them.
  • Page 20 QMS Crown Network Notes Refer to this manual for tips on using your QMS 1725 SLS Print System if you’re connecting to a network. It discusses 3Com 3+Open, Banyan VINES, LAN Manager-based LANs, Novell Net- Ware, TCP/IP, UNIX, and VMS/DECnet.
  • Page 21: Terms

    This manual is a complete guide to the features, operation, and main- tenance of your QMS 1725 SLS printer. Each chapter begins with highlights of its contents. An extensive index at the end of the manual further helps to locate specific topics and a glossary defines relevant terms.
  • Page 22: Upper Case

    Press the Enter key (PC) or Return key (Macintosh) Press and hold down the Ctrl key (PC) This brief overview will acquaint you with your printer’s major features and how they can benefit you. Consult the index or the table of con- tents to locate this information.
  • Page 23 The QMS 1725 SLS Print System’s Level 2 emulation allows you to take full advantage of your printer's high print resolution (up to 600x600 dpi). The Level 2 emulation is compatible with Adobe’s Post- Script Level 2 language while providing additional capabilities.
  • Page 24: Session Command

    TrueType font support (in PostScript emulation only). All resident PostScript typeface families have multi- lingual character sets. The printer also has 7 resident bitmap HP PCL fonts in 25 symbol sets each, 12 resident scalable HP PCL fonts in 35 symbol sets each, 1 resident scalable HP PCL font in 5 symbol sets, and 40 resident HP-GL symbol sets.
  • Page 25 . The multiple interfaces let you connect to any AppleTalk network or directly to an IBM or compatible PC. The printer also works in many minicomputer and mainframe computer environments. User Benefit—You can have more than one computer printing to the printer.
  • Page 26: Printer Features

    These compressed blocks of data are designed to be processed rapidly by the printer, and many more can be stored in memory at one time than can traditional bitmapped images.
  • Page 27 User Benefit—Your printer handles a variety of sizes and types of common print media. The QMS 1725 SLS Print System comes with 13 MB of RAM. How- ever, you can upgrade this RAM to 32 MB through the installation of SIMMs (single in-line memory modules).
  • Page 28 The QMS 1725 SLS Print System can use optional interfaces such as IBM 3270, IBM 5250A, or one of the CrownNet NICs (network inter- face cards) running multiple protocols. Contact your QMS vendor for a list of available protocols.
  • Page 29: Message Window

    The control panel, located on the front of the printer, allows you to direct the printer’s operation. In addition, it displays the current status of the printer, including any condition that needs your attention. The control panel consists of the following parts: Sixteen indicators provide printer status information and identify the current media source.
  • Page 30: Status Messages

    Flashes when the printer is warming up. It remains on when the printer is ready to receive a print job and while it is processing or printing a job (unless an error is encountered).
  • Page 31 This light will flash to indicate the printer is terminating the current print job. The control panel message window provides status and configuration information. Status messages are listed in chapter 6, “Troubleshoot- ing Printer Problems.” Status messages and configuration menus can be displayed in the message window in English, French, German, or Spanish.
  • Page 32 Press the Online/Offline key once to take the printer off line (the indicator goes out). You must take the printer off line before using all other keys except the Cancel key. When the printer goes off line, the communication ports are closed, so no new data is accepted.
  • Page 33 Press the Menu key to access the configuration menu after the printer goes off line. When you’re changing printer configuration, press this key to cancel a change (before pressing the Select key), to return to a previous menu, or to return to a previous character when entering character information.
  • Page 35: Methods Of Configuration

    Methods of configuration Configuration menu Operator control menu Administration menu Installation menu...
  • Page 36 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 to make configuration changes.
  • Page 37 However, if you do need to change a printer setting for all print jobs (not just on a per-job basis), you can do so through the control panel.
  • Page 38 The printer’s configuration menu allows you change the default printer configuration settings. Any changes made to the configuration will reside as new default settings and affect all subsequent print jobs. The options in the configuration menu are organized under three...
  • Page 39: Changing Character Information

    Use the control panel keys to move around the printer menu. The top line of the message window always displays the name of the current menu, and the bottom line displays the name of an option within that menu. The control panel keys are as follows: Press the Online/Offline key once to take the printer off line (the indicator goes out).
  • Page 40 Menu Access the configuration menu. The printer must be off line and idle before you can access the config- uration menu. Once you access the configuration menu, you use the control panel keys to move through the menu. Use the following keys: Press this key to...
  • Page 41: Save Changes

    (Menu). You Menu are prompted to save your change(s). Next Advance to the Save Changes?/Yes option. Select Select Yes. The printer finishes printing any print jobs in process, saves your change, and returns to idle. The message window reads... IDLE CONFIGURATION...
  • Page 42 Press the Menu key to cancel any changes to the charac- ter information. If the current character information is longer than the value that you need to enter, replace each extra character with a space. The printer interprets a space at the end of character information as a blank.
  • Page 43: Scaling Percent

    To change the HP-GL emulation scaling percent, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message or configuration menu in the message window. An underline indicates the current input charac- ter in the message window.
  • Page 44 Before the printer can accept print jobs with configuration changes, the changes must be saved. To save your configuration changes, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by dis- playing a status message in the message window. Press this to...
  • Page 45 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.
  • Page 46: Operator Control Menu

    Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the Keypad Language menu to take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit from the Configuration menu, or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on the printer.
  • Page 47 Menu Operator Control/Orientation Choices Landscape, Portrait Default Portrait Allows you to select the default cassette (input bin) from which media is drawn into the printer. Menu Operator Control/Inputbin Choices Upper, Lower Default Upper Notes The current default input bin is indicated by the appropriate...
  • Page 48: Chain Inputbins

    Use this option to indicate the default output bin (tray). You can choose to have paper exit the printer at either the upper bin or the face-up bin. Menu Operator Control/Outputbin Choices Upper, face-up Default Upper Allows you to “chain” input bins (cassettes) so that when the first input bin empties, the printer will automatically draw media from the second input bin with the same size and type of media.
  • Page 49: Administration Menu

    The Def[ault] Duplex option allows you to print on the front and back of each page. Menu Operator Control/Def. Duplex Choices On, Off Default Notes This is an optional feature and supported only if the duplexing unit and enough memory are installed. See “Quick Config” in the Memory submenu later in this chapter.
  • Page 50: Emulations

    The Timeouts options limit the amount of time the printer waits on transmission from the host for various types of data. The PostScript emulation timeout is the maximum number of seconds the PostScript emulation waits for incoming data.
  • Page 51 Default 00005 (5 sec.) Notes A value of 000 is the same as infinity (no timeout). The print job timeout is the maximum number of seconds the printer processes a print job before it ends the job. Menu Administration/Communications/Timeouts/Job Timeout...
  • Page 52 Default Interactive Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the Mode menu to take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit the Configuration menu, or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on the printer.
  • Page 53 QMS EOD—The printer recognizes only the QMS %%EndOfDocument command. HP EOD—The printer recognizes only the HP <ESC>%12345X command. Default None Notes See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for details on how to implement this feature on your QMS 1725 SLS Print System.
  • Page 54: Examples

    Choices None, Odd, Even Default None Notes The printer’s parity setting must match that of the host or application. Use the Administration/Communications/Serial/Ignore Parity menu to specify how the printer handles parity errors. Specifies how the printer should handle parity errors.
  • Page 55 On—Don’t ignore parity errors. The printer replaces the character(s) affected by the error with a question mark. Default Sets the software communication protocol used by the printer to con- trol communication from the host computer. Menu Administration/Communications/Serial/Rcv Sw Flow Ctl...
  • Page 56 Controls the flow of data between the printer and the host. Menu Administration/Communications/Serial/Hdwe Flow Ctl Choices DSR POL DTR POL Defaults DSR POL DTR POL Notes If the host uses hardware flow control, set this option to match the type used by the host.
  • Page 57 The parallel interface supports Centronics parallel communication as well as IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel communication. Menu Administration/Communications/Parallel/Mode Choices Enabled—Establish one-way communication from the host to the printer. Disabled—Turn off parallel communication with the host. The printer stops accepting print jobs over the parallel interface. Default Enabled...
  • Page 58 Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the menu to take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit from the Configuration menu, or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on the printer.
  • Page 59 QMS EOD—The printer recognizes only the QMS %%EndOfDocument command. HP EOD—The printer recognizes only the HP <ESC>%12345X command. Default None Notes See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for details on how to implement this feature on your QMS 1725 SLS Print System.
  • Page 60 For example, you can give jobs received via the parallel interface priority over jobs received via the serial and AppleTalk interfaces. Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communicating over a parallel interface to a PostScript printer. Menu Administration/Communications/Parallel/PS Protocol Choices Normal—Enable standard, ASCII hex protocol.
  • Page 61 Default Enabled Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the Mode menu to take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit the Configuration menu, or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on the printer.
  • Page 63 Default PCL5 Notes You must turn the printer off and back on again for the change to take effect. For more information on ESP, see chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information.” This menu allows you to select a PostScript emulation level. This is useful if you have files prepared in an application which is not fully compatible with Adobe’s PostScript Level 2 page description lan-...
  • Page 64 W and the color commands. Default Level 2 For details on the HP PCL 5 language, refer to the HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual ( available from Hewlett- Packard Co.; order part number 5961-0509) HP PCL5C Technical Support Notes , available free through the QMS Bulletin Board, Q- FAX, and CompuServe, also has information on HP PCL5C.
  • Page 65 PCL font selection mechanism is used to locate a font that matches the selected symbol set. With the standard set of fonts distributed for your printer, this matches the Times* font, but other user-installed fonts could change this result. See Hewlett-Packard’s PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual (HP part number 5961-0509) for more information on selecting PCL 5 fonts.
  • Page 66 Sets the number of lines printed per inch. Menu Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Lines Per Inch Choices 1-48 Default Adds an indicator which controls the way the printer interprets CR (carriage return) and LF (line feed) characters. Menu Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Line Termination Choices CR=CR, LF=LF...
  • Page 67 Choices Off—Reset PCL to its default state at the end of each PCL print job, execute an implicit <ESC>E at the start and end of the job, and delete any temporary fonts, macros, and patterns. On—Reset PCL to its default state at the end of each PCL print job.
  • Page 68 Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Default Font Idx Choices 00000-32767 Default Depends on cartridge or downloaded font(s) Allows your printer to emulate a monochrome or color plotter. Menu Administration/Emulations/PCL 5/Monochrome GL/2 Choices Off—Emulate a color plotter (8 pens). Since a monochrome print system has only 2 pen colors (black and white), grayscale patterns are substituted for other colors.
  • Page 69 Pen 0=White, Pen 1=Black, Pen 2=Red, Pen 3=Green, Pen 4=Yellow, Pen 5=Blue, Pen 6=Magenta, Pen 7=Cyan. When set to on, this option tells the printer to map each pen to its assigned color, then convert the color to a grayscale using...
  • Page 70 Fifteen configuration choices are available. Identifies the HP-GL plotter type. Menu Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Plotter Choices 7550A, 7475A, 7470A, Colorpro Default 7550A Identifies the percentage to reduce or enlarge an image. Menu Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Scaling Percent Choices 001-150 (1-150%) Default 100 (100%) Notes 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 page in the Scaling Percent menu.
  • Page 71 Determines whether an image is printed in reverse. Menu Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Reverse Image Choices On—Print a white image on a black background. Off—Print a black image on a white background. Default Increases the resolution of a downloaded character. Menu Administration/Emulations/HPGL/Enhanced Mode Choices On—Uses an increased resolution for the grid Off—Uses standard resolution for the grid Default...
  • Page 72 Notes Setting this option to On partially determines the range of plotter units for a selected media type. When the plotter senses the media type, it automatically sets the hard clip limits to 0.591"/15 mm on three sides and to 1.537"/39 mm on the fourth side.
  • Page 73: Special Pages

    All printer-resident PostScript fonts. Default Courier Notes Any PostScript fonts available on the printer can be used. To see a list of available PostScript fonts, print an advanced status page through the printer configuration menu (Administration/Special Pages/Status Page Type) or through the PS Executive Series Utilities.
  • Page 74 Specifies the type of character map to be used. Menu Administration/Emulations/Lineprinter/Character Map Choices ASCII, EBCDIC Default ASCII Specifies if a five-digit number is to be prefixed to the beginning of each line. Menu Administration/Emulations/Lineprinter/Line Numbering Choices On—Number all lines. Off—Don’t number lines. Default Specifies the number of spaces between tab stops.
  • Page 75 Specifies whether each carriage return (CR) in the print job is trans- lated to a carriage return/line feed (CRLF) combination. Menu Administration/Emulations/Lineprinter/CR is CRLF Choices On—Translate all carriage returns to line feeds. Off—Use carriage returns only as carriage returns. Default Specifies whether each form feed (FF) in the print job is translated to a carriage return/form feed (CRFF) combination.
  • Page 76 Specifies the number of lines printed on a page before an automatic page eject. Menu Administration/Emulations/Lineprinter/Lines per Page Choices 001-128 Default Notes Interline spacing is set to the selected point size. Logical pages consisting of more lines than specified are split into multiple pages.
  • Page 77: Memory

    Two types of status pages are available. Menu Administration/Special Pages/Status Page Type Choices Standard—Lists printer identification information, current memory configuration, timeouts, communication settings, input buffer sizes, and available fonts. Advanced—Contains the same information as the standard status page as well as configuration menu settings, fonts, and downloaded emulations.
  • Page 78 On—Print a header page before each job. Off—Don’t print a header page before each job. Default You can select the input bin (tray or cassette) from which the printer pulls media when printing the header page. Menu Administration/Special Pages/Header Inputbin Choices Upper—Pull header page media from the upper input bin.
  • Page 79 The Administration/Startup Options menu allows you to configure your printer to run certain options automatically when you turn it on. By default, the printer prints a start-up page when you turn it on. The start-up page lists basic information about the printer, such as its name, the PostScript emulation level and version, and various printer settings.
  • Page 80 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. Menu Administration/Startup Options/Do Sys Start Choices Yes—Check the hard disk for and execute the SYS\START...
  • Page 81 (or “block”) of memory. Each memory client is dedicated to a specific printing and application purpose. Your QMS 1725 SLS Print System allows you to distribute its memory among the various memory clients where it can best serve your specific printing needs.
  • Page 82: Memory Clients

    Your QMS 1725 SLS Print System documentation uses the following memory terms: The QMS 1725 SLS Print System comes standard with an internal hard disk and has the option of upgrading to a larger internal hard disk (up to 512 MB) and adding up to six external drives. See also SCSI.
  • Page 83 RAM, and hard disks. ROM contains data and/or machine-executable instructions that can be read but not modified. On your QMS 1725 SLS Print System, the operating system code, resident fonts, and resident emulations are stored in ROM. This information is not lost when the printer’s power is turned off.
  • Page 84 Physical memory refers to the amount of RAM installed in the printer. Spooling is temporary storage to hold print jobs until the printer is available to process them. The first step in allocating your printer’s memory is to define your printing needs.
  • Page 85 300 or 600 dpi res- olution. In most cases, the minimum amount of memory does not allow the printer to run at rated speed. The amounts shown assume the Page Recovery function (Administration/Engine/Page Recovery) is turned on.
  • Page 86: Quick Config

    In addition to the ability to set each client’s memory allocation through the Memory submenu, your QMS 1725 SLS Print System also has a Quick Config option to aid you in setting your printer for your specific environment.
  • Page 87 This value must be greater than the sum of the Min K Spool for all installed and enabled interfaces. If you change the K Mem for Spool value, the printer automatically restarts after you save your changes and exit from the configuration menu.
  • Page 88: Postscript Fonts

    PostScript font must be converted from outline form to bitmap form, thus reducing processing time. If you change the K Mem for PS Fonts value, the printer automatically restarts after you save your changes and exit from the Configuration menu.
  • Page 89: Display List

    This client is listed as Temporary on the status page. Increasing this client’s size increases the number of PCL downloaded fonts which can be accepted. If you change the K Mem Emul Tmp value, the printer automatically restarts after you save your changes and exit from the Configuration menu.
  • Page 90: Disk Cache

    For example, the recommended amount of memory for the disk cache for a single 120 MB hard disk is 180 KB, and for two 120 MB hard disks it is 240 KB. These are recommended values. The printer will still operate with a smaller cache, but decreased performance...
  • Page 91: Frame Buffer

    For example, if you are printing a duplex, 8.5 x 11.0'' page at 600 dpi, with the short edge of the page fed into the printer first, your equation would look like this: (8.5 x 600) / 8 = 638 bytes (scanline width)
  • Page 92 MB Printer Mem, listed as System Use on the status page, is the number of megabytes of RAM available to be split among the various memory clients. The size of this client's memory limits the number of jobs that may be queued simultaneously. When this client's memory is exhausted, the printer slows down, and the hosts are forced to wait.
  • Page 93 Menu Administration/Engine/Image Alignment/Horiz Offset Choices 00000-00300 (0.00"/0 mm-1.00"/25.4 mm) Default 00100 (0.33"/.84 mm) Notes Values above 100 move the image to the right. Values below 100 move the image to the left. Menu Administration/Engine/Image Alignment/Vertical Offset Choices 00000-00300 (0.00"-1.00") Default 00100 (0.33"/.84 mm) Notes Values above 100 move the image down.
  • Page 94 For information on gamma correction, see chapter 4, “Print Quality,” in this guide . When a media jam or other similar error occurs, the printer can reprint the job starting from the page on which the jam occurred. Menu...
  • Page 95 Stop— No printing when a TONER OUT message displays. Default Continue This option allows you to set the amount of time the printer waits for paper to be inserted into the manual feed slot before it cancels the job. Menu Administration/Engine/Man.
  • Page 96 Ten-digits, non-configurable. (For information only.) Default Current page count Notes The sheets printed number represents the number of media pages that have been fed through the printer. A duplexed page increments this counter by only one. Menu Administration/Engine/Page Counters/Faces Printed Choices Ten-digits, non-configurable.
  • Page 97 Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the Keypad Language menu to take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit from the Configuration menu, or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on the printer.
  • Page 98 The documentation that comes with your external SCSI (Small Com- puter System Interface) hard disk should contain all of the necessary information for connecting and configuring the disk. Hard disks are identified by device numbers which you assign. Valid choices for external SCSI hard disks range from DSK0 to DSK5. However, you cannot repeat numbers;...
  • Page 99 After you have accessed the Administration/Disk Operations menu, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window. Always turn on any external hard disks prior to turning on the printer.
  • Page 100 This option is used to specify which disk and how much of that disk should be used to store collated print jobs when the jobs cannot be accommodated by RAM space. The printer scrolls through all the installed hard disk addresses. Refer to “Collating Output,” in chapter 3, “Daily Operations,”...
  • Page 101 The Installation menu appears only if a security card is installed. The system administrator uses the Installation menu to set passwords for the Operator Control and Administration menus. Allows you to enter a password used to enter the Operator menu when enabled.
  • Page 102: Enter Password

    INVALID PASSWORD for three seconds and then returns you to the Configuration menu. Several of the optional features available affect printer configuration and the Configuration menu. When an optional feature is installed, its configuration information merges into the Configuration menu. New menu entries appear, and the range of choices for existing configura- tion values is extended.
  • Page 103: Paper Feeding

    Printing modes Using different print media Paper feeding...
  • Page 104 This chapter covers basic printer operation with various kinds of print media, loading paper and envelopes, and the paper delivery system of the printer. Manual feed is included as is tray chaining (switching). This chapter also explains what a status page is and how to cancel print jobs at the operator control panel.
  • Page 105: Cassette Feed

    This paper is thicker, smoother, and whiter than copier paper and gives your page a more professional appearance. The printer accommodates paper from 16 to 24 pounds (60 to 90 ) with cassette feed and 16 to 36 pounds (60 to 135 g/m ) with manual feed.
  • Page 106 The table that follows gives exact paper sizes your printer supports as well as the imageable area. This imageable area is smaller than the size of the paper. Type Letter Legal Executive How you store paper can make a big difference in print quality and printer operation.
  • Page 107 Manual feed (by hand) Cassette feed automatically pulls paper from one of the cassettes at the front of the printer. The cassettes handle paper as light as 16 pounds (60 g/m ) or as heavy as 24 pounds (90 g/m mum loading depth is 1.97'' inches (50 mm).
  • Page 108 Paper weight can range from 16 to 36 pounds (60 to 135 g/m Envelopes can be fed from the manual feed slot of the upper cassette or with the optional envelope feeder (see chapter 8, “Printer Options,” for more information). Cut sheets, labels, and transparencies can be fed from the manual feed slot of either cassette.
  • Page 109 Insert the media between the guides as far as it goes. The media is automatically fed into the printer, and the printed media is forwarded to the selected output bin.
  • Page 110: Face-Up Output Bin

    After being printed, paper normally stacks face down in the recessed area on the top of the printer. The face-down output bin holds up to 500 sheets of paper. For face-up output, you must attach the face-up output bin to the rear of the printer and configure the printer to access this bin.
  • Page 111 Transparencies are especially sensitive to a dirty paper path. If there are shadows either on the top or the bottom of the sheets, see chap- ter 5, “Printer Care,” of this manual for instructions on how to clean the media path.
  • Page 112: The Optional Envelope Feeder

    Minimum size: 3.5" x 7" (86 mm x 178 mm) Maximum size: 7.4" x 10.5" (188 mm x 267 mm) Your printer receives the necessary instructions to print on envelopes from your software. Read the printing section of your application man- ual to find out how your software supports envelope printing.
  • Page 113 Instructions for installation and use are in chapter 8, “Printer Options.” See your QMS vendor for more information on the optional envelope cassette. This printer has two cassettes (also known as trays or input bins) for a total media capacity of approximately 1000 sheets before a reload is...
  • Page 114: Tray Chaining

    Use the Operator Control/Inputbin menu to set the default input bin. With sufficient memory or a hard disk installed, the QMS 1725 SLS Print System can deliver multiple copies of your files in collated order to the face-down output bin without having to send the file repeatedly.
  • Page 115 QMS-compressed format for repeated printing. When disk space is consumed during a print job, the printer begins chunk collat- ing. Chunk collation breaks a job into sections and performs collation on each of those sections.
  • Page 116: End Job Mode

    “run” together. The ESP technology (capable of receiving print jobs from all supported emulations simulta- neously) incorporated in your QMS 1725 SLS Print System examines the first part of each print job to determine its emulation. Once the emulation is identified, the print job processes without checking for any changes in emulation until an EOD is received.
  • Page 117 Since the serial and parallel protocols may not be able to detect an EOD automatically, due to a lack of an EOD command in some printer languages, you can insert an EOD command at the end of your file to...
  • Page 118 QMS Crown printers recog- nize two end-of-document commands: QMS EOD and HP EOD. These commands are functionally the same. They enable data stream sensing for the EOD command, allowing your host computer to control print job separation.
  • Page 119 PC, a PC print server, or some other type of print queuing system: Wait for the printer to go idle, and then press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following instructions to access the End Job Mode option.
  • Page 120: End Job Mode

    Next Advances to the Yes option. Select Saves your change and idles the printer. IDLE Online/Offl Puts the printer back on line. 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).
  • Page 121 QMS EOD HP EOD 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.
  • Page 122 Print acct.doc Print end.txt If your printer is connected to a network through a PC and the PC is acting as a print server managing the printing of shared network files, then your system administrator must create a job separator and asso- ciate it with a print job queue.
  • Page 123 (Post- Script level, start-up options, paper handling information, resolu- tion, and gamma correction setting), current memory configuration, time-outs, communication settings and input buffer sizes for all standard and optional interfaces, and hard disk status (address, size, and free space).
  • Page 124 Once the print jobs are canceled or ended, the printer resumes print- ing other jobs in the queue. You don’t have to press the Online/Offline key to take the printer off line before using the Cancel key. There are no equivalent functions in the configuration menu.
  • Page 125 If the first print job in the queue is waiting for, but not receiving the data it needs to finish printing, the message window displays WAITING FOR INPUT END JOB? Use the following procedure to end all print jobs in the queue that are waiting for incoming data.
  • Page 126 SAVE CHANGES? To save your change, press the Next key so that the mes- sage window displays SAVE CHANGES? Press the Select key to save the change. The Online/Offline indicator lights, and the message window dis- plays IDLE...
  • Page 137 Toner cartridge installation Printer handling practices Printer cleaning procedures...
  • Page 138 When toner is low, it is sometimes helpful to take the cartridge out of the printer and redistribute the toner. This is done by gently rocking the cartridge side to side. Then reinstall the cartridge. If the TONER OUT message remains in the display panel after redistributing toner,...
  • Page 139 The cartridge contains the toner and laser-sensitive drum needed to operate the laser printer. The cartridge Is sensitive to light; do not expose it to direct sunlight after open- Should be installed immediately after opening Should be kept level for storage; do not stand or store the car- tridge on its end Contains a magnet;...
  • Page 140 Gently push the cartridge into the printer until it fits firmly. Grasp the tab protruding from the left side of the cartridge and flex it to break it loose. Pull the tab straight out. Pull the attached 22 inches (55 cm) of tape completely out of the cartridge.
  • Page 141 Remove the toner cartridge before moving the printer. Never ship printer with a toner cartridge installed. If you are not going to use the printer for an extended length of time Unplug the power cord from the power source outlet...
  • Page 142 Every time the toner cartridge is changed After printing 8,000 single-sided pages Whenever print quality becomes unsatisfactory The inside of the printer must be wiped clean of any toner residue and paper dust. The areas requiring regular cleaning are The anti-static teeth...
  • Page 143 Open the printer top cover to the upright position and remove the cleaning brush from its position guides located directly behind the control panel on the inside of the printer. Use the cleaning brush to wipe clean the anti-static teeth.
  • Page 144 The transfer-guide area controls the path of the media as it passes through the printer. Dust can accumulate over time on these guides and affect the appearance of your print. To clean the transfer-guide area Make sure the printer’s power cord is unplugged and open the printer top section.
  • Page 145 The media feed guide area provides the media path between the transfer guide area and the fuser assembly. Make sure the printer’s power cord is unplugged and open the printer top section. With a water-dampened, soft cloth, wipe off any accumulated dust from the media feed guide area.
  • Page 147 Status messages Printer problem checklist Media jams Problem descriptions Print quality problems Image defects Placing a service call...
  • Page 148 This chapter provides information to aid you in resolving printer problems you may encounter, or at least guide you to the proper sources of help. You’ll find in this chapter tables of common status messages, a problem checklist, and actions you should take when a specific prob- lem occurs.
  • Page 149 The printer is on line, but no jobs are in IDLE process. The optional envelope feeder was ILLEGAL DUPLEX selected as the input bin and the PRINTING duplexer as the output bin. The printer does not support duplexing envelopes. Media has been inserted in the manual...
  • Page 150 Have this information available when you call for service. Service calls should be placed to the vendor from whom you pur- chased the printer. If you cannot get service from your vendor, see appendix A, “QMS Customer Support.” The compiler is waiting on incoming data for the first job in the queue.
  • Page 151 The following tables list error codes that could appear on the printer message window when running HPGL or PCL emulations. Explanation Error Code Not enough memory for job. Too many transformations. Math error. Job aborted. Instruction not recognized. Wrong number of parameters.
  • Page 152 ISBN 0-201-18127-4) for information on PostScript errors. To test communication between your printer and your PC, first create a short file that ejects a page from the printer. Then send the file to the printer. To create the test file, type the following commands at the DOS prompt: copy con printest.ps...
  • Page 153 If you’re prompted for the name of the list device, type lpt1 or type the name of the PC’s parallel port to which the printer is connected (for example, lpt2 or lpt3). If the printer and PC are communicating, a blank page ejects from the printer.
  • Page 154 If you’re prompted for the name of the list device, type com1 or type the name of the PC’s serial port to which the printer is connected (for example, com2 or com3). If the printer and PC are communicating, a blank page ejects from the printer.
  • Page 155 “Changing Serial Port Settings,” to make them match. Since your printer is configured at the factory for the most typical printing environments, the serial settings in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and on the start-up page may be the same. However, if they differ, you must configure the printer to use the serial settings specified in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
  • Page 156 Press the Next key one or more times until the message win- dow displays COMMUNICATIONS SERIAL Press the Select key to enter the Serial menu. Press the Next key one or more times until the message win- dow displays SERIAL BAUD RATE 10 Press the Select key to enter the Baud Rate menu.
  • Page 157: Save Changes

    AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Try the communication test again. If a blank page ejects from the printer, the printer and the com- puter are communicating. Continue with “PC Printing Software,” to finish connecting the printer. If a blank page does not eject and you typed the file correctly, go to the “Printer Problem Checklist”...
  • Page 158 This section contains a list of possible printer problems and solutions. If you have just installed your printer, be sure you have followed the steps in the QMS 1725 SLS Print System Setup Guide . If there is no display message, use the following steps to identify the...
  • Page 159 YES - Go to question 3. NO - Check the following: Is the printer off line before you try to enter the Adminis- tration/Special Pages/Print Status menu? It should be. Does the cassette have paper? If it is out of paper, the PAPER OUT message displays and the Error indicator lights.
  • Page 160 QMS vendor. If nothing prints at all, do an engine test print. On the front of the printer below the control panel and above the power switch is a line indentation with an opening. Insert a pen or end of a paper clip into the opening until you hear a slight click.
  • Page 161 Duplexing unit After checking for and removing media from the areas indicated, open and close the printer cover to clear the jam signal. If all the jammed media has been removed, printing automatically restarts when the cover is closed. If printing does not restart or if the printer jams again, make sure that no pieces of media remain in the printer.
  • Page 162 Gently open the transfer-guide lock-tray and remove any media. If necessary, remove the cassettes from the printer first. If you experience difficulty in removing the media, or if media isn’t visible under the transfer-guide lock-tray, lift the green lever on the inner metal plate to check for jammed...
  • Page 163 Restore the inner metal plate to its original position and close the transfer-guide lock-tray. Both must be properly in place before closing the printer or the printer may be damaged. Close the printer’s top cover. To clear a media jam from the image-transfer area, follow these...
  • Page 164 It may contain some unfused toner. After removing the media, close the transfer-guide lock-tray. Close the printer top cover. Use this procedure to clear a paper jam from the fuser assembly area: Open the printer top cover and locate the fuser assembly.
  • Page 165 If the jam is at the front of the fuser assembly, remove the media by using the green plastic knob at the left of the fuser and rolling it away from you. Be careful not to get the media near any clothing. It may contain some unfused toner.
  • Page 166 Close the printer top cover. Follow these steps to clear a jam from the output area: Open the printer top cover and locate the fuser assembly. If the media is jammed inside the fuser assembly, grasp the edge of the media and remove it.
  • Page 167 After removing the media, lower the media guide arm. To clear a jam from the duplexing unit, follow these instructions: Press lightly on the upper edge of the duplex access door on the lower-left side of the printer.
  • Page 168: Printer Memory

    On an LocalTalk network, Macintosh computers sometimes interfere with each other. If this happens often, reinstall the LaserWriter and Laser Prep files, which reset the printer. If neither of these is the prob- lem, place a service call to your QMS vendor.
  • Page 169 Go to the last section of this chapter, “Placing a Ser- vice Call.” Occasionally, Macintosh applications interfere with each other. Appli- cations send a printer prep file to the printer at the beginning of each document. Other prep files cannot be sent without resetting the...
  • Page 170 If these solutions do not work, contact your QMS vendor to purchase another toner cartridge. If the printer stops printing in the middle of your file, try the following: Check your cable. You could have the wrong kind of cable, or your printer may not be configured for the correct cable and port.
  • Page 171 If the error message DUPLEXER ABSENT appears in the message window, make sure you have the optional duplexing assembly cor- rectly installed by referring to chapter 8, “Printer Options.” If you have correctly installed the duplexing unit and configured the printer from the front panel to duplex (Operator Control/Def.Duplex), but the...
  • Page 172 Place a service call to your QMS vendor. If you have configured the printer from the front panel to print at 600 dpi resolution but the printer continues printing 300 dpi, you may need additional memory allocated to the frame buffer. See the “Memory”...
  • Page 173 If steps 1, 2, and 3 do not solve the problem, install a new cartridge. Decrease print density by adjusting the print density control lever inside the printer to the thin end of the wedge-shaped scale. Remove the toner cartridge and gently rock it from side to side as you would when installing a new cartridge.
  • Page 174 Appendix A, “QMS Customer Support” for information on contacting QMS Customer Technical Assurance). If you’ve determined your printer needs to be examined by a QMS service technician, contact QMS National Service for work inside the US, or one of the QMS international offices for work outside of the US.
  • Page 175: About Typefaces And Fonts

    About typefaces and fonts Typography terms Typeface classification Resident fonts Postscript typeface sampler...
  • Page 176 This chapter defines common terms used in the description of fonts and typefaces, and displays the printer’s resident typefaces. Many of the terms and phrases used in desktop publishing are derived from the language of professional printers and typesetters. This section explains common words and phrases used when dis- cussing typefaces.
  • Page 177 One way of classifying the different typefaces is to group them into the following categories: 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, have also been and Times are serif typefaces.
  • Page 178 Pi or symbol typefaces are collections of assorted special- purpose characters (for example, decorative, graphic, math, or monetary characters). They are especially useful for highlighting items in lists, providing graphics, and displaying symbols that might otherwise have to be drawn in by hand. Many typefaces today include a complement of the more commonly used pi characters.
  • Page 179 A bitmapped font is a one in which each character is represented by a set of dot patterns. Each font size requires a different set of dot patterns. A scalable font is one in which each character’s dot pattern (bitmap) is generated from a mathematical representation (or outline) of the character.
  • Page 180 Italic was originally developed in the early sixteenth century as a typeface based on cursive handwriting. Today’s italics are still individually crafted typefaces designed to blend with a specific roman (upright) typeface. ITC Avant Garde Roman ITC Avant Garde Oblique Oblique (or slanted) type forms, however, are not designed and crafted individually but are mechanically slanted versions of the roman form from which they derive.
  • Page 181 The following 39 PostScript fonts are resident in your printer. See your QMS vendor if you are interested in expanding your printer's typeface families.
  • Page 182 New Century Schoolbook Roman New Century Schoolbook Italic New Century Schoolbook Bold New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Courier Courier Oblique Courier Bold Courier Bold Oblique ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demibold ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demibold Oblique Helvetica...
  • Page 183 Your printer has the following resident HP PCL fonts. All fonts can be automatically rotated to landscape orientation. Some are fixed in pitch and point size while others are scalable. Unless otherwise noted, samples are show in 10 point size.
  • Page 184 Your printer has the following resident HP-GL symbol sets. All come in both fixed- and variable-spaced versions, and all are scalable. 9825 Character Set ANSI ASCII French/German ISO French ISO German ISO IRV (International Reference Version) ISO Italian ISO Norway, Version 1...
  • Page 185 Envelope feeder Duplexer assembly Font and security cards Downloadable emulations and print system software Single in-line memory (SIMMs) Installing optional interfaces Internal and external hard disks...
  • Page 186 The QMS 1725 SLS Print System has many options which expand its capabilities. The following are available for purchase from your QMS vendor: Paper cassettes in A4, letter, legal, and executive size High capacity feeder(1500-sheet capacity) Automatic envelope feeder (100-sheet capacity)
  • Page 187: The Envelope Feeder

    Envelopes must meet the specifications listed in appendix B, “Techni- cal Specifications.” They should be the top-flap type with pre-folded sealing flaps. The leading edge (the edge that feeds into the printer) must be thin and well creased. End-flap envelopes, envelopes with transparent windows, and envelopes with three or more layers on the left and right edges are not recommended.
  • Page 191: Duplexer Assembly

    300 or 600 dpi resolution. In most cases, the minimum amount of memory does not allow the printer to run at rated speed. The amounts shown assume the Page Recovery function (Administration/ Engine/Page Recovery) is turned on.
  • Page 195 IDLE The two slots on the front, right side of the printer, below the bottom paper tray, may be used to expand the font and/or emulation capabili- ties of your printer. Both slots accept optional font, emulation, and security cards. Optional emulations may require additional RAM to operate properly.
  • Page 196 To remove a card To download an emulation to a hard disk, refer to “Installing an Optional Emulation” later in this chapter. To download HP PCL fonts...
  • Page 197: Format Disk

    After you have accessed the Administration/Disk Operations menu, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window (DSK refers to the hard disk number, and CAR0 and CAR1 refer to the font card slot number).
  • Page 198 After you have accessed the Administration/Disk Operations menu, press the control panel keys in the order shown in the following table. The printer responds by displaying a status message in the message window (DSK refers to the hard disk number, and CAR0 and CAR1 refer to the font or card number).
  • Page 199: Install Option

    After the option is removed, remove the card from the slot and place the printer back on line. Use the Install Option selection from the Disk Operations menu. Refer to the instructions earlier in this for help using the printer control panel. To install an optional emulation, use this procedure: INSTALL OPTION Use the Remove Option menu selection if you need to remove an installed option from the hard drive.
  • Page 200: Remove Option

    REMOVE OPTION...
  • Page 201 Optional emulations, such as LN03 and QUIC II, are available as PostScript files on floppy disks. This section describes how to down- load an optional emulation from the floppy disk to the printer’s hard disk. Once an emulation is downloaded, the only way to remove it is to reformat the hard disk (using the Administration/Disk Opera- tions/Format Disk menu or PS Executive Series Utilities).
  • Page 202: Font And Emulation Cards

    The security card uses the same card slots as the font and emulation cards. The card slots are located on the front, right side of the printer, below the bottom paper tray. To install a security card, use the follow-...
  • Page 203 When the correct pass- word is entered, the submenu displays. The password for these two menus may be the same or different. See “Installation Menu” in chap- ter 2, “Printer Configuration,” for more information.
  • Page 204 Use the following instructions to remove the tray assembly from the printer and to reinstall the tray assembly once the printer option has been installed. A small-point Phillips screwdriver is needed for this...
  • Page 207: Re-Installing The Tray Assembly

    You are now ready to install an optional feature in the printer. Follow the instructions for the feature you are installing, then return to the next section, “Re-installing the Tray Assembly” to complete the proce- dure.
  • Page 208 After installing a memory upgrade, an optional interface, or an inter- nal hard disk drive, use the following instructions to re-install the tray assembly.
  • Page 210 (where it stores data sent from the computer), and duplex print at a higher resolution. Your printer comes standard with 13 MB RAM and can be upgraded through the installation of additional SIMMs to a maximum of 32 MB.
  • Page 211 To install a SIMM, follow these steps:...
  • Page 213: Installing A Simm

    If you want to replace a 4 MB SIMM with an 8 MB SIMM, use the fol- lowing procedure to remove a SIMM. Then refer to the previous sec- tion, “Installing a SIMM,” for installation instructions.
  • Page 214 In addition to the three standard interfaces ( serial, parallel, and AppleTalk) your printer supports optional interfaces such as Ethernet, and IBM 3270/5250A. Additional interface options allow greater flexi- bility when working in a complex network environment. Depending on which optional kit you purchased for your printer, your...
  • Page 215 Use the following procedure to install an optional network interface:...
  • Page 220 Your printer is shipped with a Centronics parallel port, but a kit for converting it to a Dataproducts interface is available from your QMS vendor. Make sure you have all the parts necessary for the conversion. The Dataproducts conversion kit includes...
  • Page 222 Your printer comes standard with an internal hard disk but can be upgraded to a larger disk if your printing environment requires more hard disk storage space.The internal hard disk drive provides space to store downloaded fonts and optional emulations and increases the...
  • Page 223 Q-FAX (see appendix A, “QMS Customer Support,” for Q-FAX instructions). The following is included in your hard disk drive assembly kit: An anti-static wristband The hard disk drive with mounting brackets Phillips screws...
  • Page 224 Use the following instructions to install a new hard disk drive:...
  • Page 226 In addition to an internal hard disk drive, the QMS 1725 SLS printer supports up to three optional external SCSI hard disks (four if no internal hard drive is installed). The external hard disks connect to the SCSI port on the rear panel of the printer. These disks provide space for optional emulations and permanent downloading of fonts.
  • Page 227 The recommended device number for the internal SCSI hard disk, if present, is DSK6. The system software in your QMS 1725 SLS Print System is stored on flash ROM, read-only memory that can be erased and rewritten to “in a flash.” This allows you to update the system software without opening up the printer and installing new PROMs.
  • Page 228 x :pkunzip x :system IDLE QMS SOFTLOAD X.X INITIALIZING QMS SOFTLOAD X.X READY TO BOOT...
  • Page 229 QMS SOFTLOAD X.X BOOT SYSTEM INITIALIZING Install to Disk QMS SOFTLOAD X.X INSTALL TO DISK INSTALL TO DISK PARALLEL INSTALL TO DISK TARGET DISK 6 INSTALL TO DISK CONNECTING... copy /b system.dl lpt1:...
  • Page 230 INSTALL TO DISK CONNECTING INSTALL TO DISK DSK6: INSTALL TO DISK COMPLETED QMS SOFTLOAD X.X INSTALL TO DISK QMS SOFTLOAD X.X BOOT SYSTEM BOOT SYSTEM HARD DISK BOOT SYSTEM HARD DISK 6...
  • Page 231 BOOT SYSTEM LOADING Y.Y IDLE...
  • Page 233 Sources of customer support QMS world-wide offices...
  • Page 234: Your Application Vendor

    Your QMS Vendor Your local vendor (the one from whom you bought the printer) may be best equipped to help you. Your vendor has specially trained service technicians available to answer questions, and the equipment to analyze your printer problems.
  • Page 235: Qms National Service

    Your phone number, fax number, and shipping address A description of the problem The printer model and serial number The type of host computer you are using The type and version of operating sys- tem you are using...
  • Page 236: Qms World-Wide Offices

    QMS World-wide Offices United States/Latin America QMS, Inc. One Magnum Pass Mobile, AL 36618 (334) 633-4300 Product Information: (800) 523-2696 OEM Information: (800) 631-2692 Consumables: (800) 777-7782 Fax: (334) 633-4866 E-mail: info@qms.com Latin America Fax: (334) 639-3347 Canada QMS Canada, Inc. 9630 Rte.
  • Page 237: Print Engine Specifications

    Print engine specifications Controller characteristics Electrical and environmental requirements Physical characteristics Print media specifications Optional hardware Printer options and consumables Warranty considerations...
  • Page 238 Engine Canon P170 Duty Cycle 75,000 pages per month (maximum) Print Method Laser beam scanning and dry electrophotographic printing; fixing by heated rollers Print Speed Up to 17 pages per minute using letter or A4 paper Up to 7.5 double-sided pages per minute using letter paper size Resolution 300x300 dpi...
  • Page 239: Resident Postscript Fonts

    40 resident HP-GL symbol sets Support for Type 1 and Type 3 host-resident downloadable and printer-card-resident PostScript fonts Support for Type 42 (PostScript format) host-resident downloadable TrueType fonts Interfaces Centronics Parallel, RS-232 (serial), and AppleTalk...
  • Page 240 Noise Level Idle; less than 50 dB (A) Printing; less than 60 dB (A) Ozone Density The printer emits less than 0.1 ppm maximum with a 100% duty cycle under 8 hours of continuous operation Relative Printing: 20-80% RH (non-condensing)
  • Page 241 Delivery Face down; about 500 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m Face up; about 100 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m Feed Paper cassettes (2) About 500 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m Optional High-Capacity Feeder (1500-sheets) is also supported. Loading Cut-sheet paper from cassette or manual feed, envelopes from upper cassette manual feed slot or power feeder,...
  • Page 242 Manual feed Power feed (Requires optional envelope feeder) Duplexer Optional kit that allows printing on both sides of paper assembly Envelope feeder Optional bin for power envelope feeding Media cassettes Optional cassettes: 500-sheet and 1500-sheet high capacity feeder Minimum Size 3 3/8”...
  • Page 243 Hard Disks hard disks from different vendors; therefore, not all SCSI hard disks are compatible with this printer. With an internal SCSI hard disk installed, up to 3 external hard disks may be added. Without an internal SCSI hard disk installed, up to 4 external SCSI hard disks may be added.
  • Page 244 This table gives the correct pinouts for the printer end of the Centron- ics/IEEE 1284 parallel cable used to connect your printer to a com- puter. Signal Pin No. 19-30 Signal Description Direction Strobe- Data 1 InOut Data 2 InOut...
  • Page 245 Data transfer must be carried out by recognizing the ACKNLG or BUSY signal. The cable must have an overall braided shield, Belden 8345 or equivalent. This table gives the pinouts for the printer end of the 25-pin RS-232 cable. Name Not Used...
  • Page 246 This diagram gives the suggested cable pinouts for IBM PC/XT, PC/ AT, and compatible computers Printer CPU XT end of end of cable cable 25-Pin M 25-Pin F Printer end of cable 25-Pin F CPU AT end of cable 9-Pin F...
  • Page 247 Transmit Data - (TXD) Signal Ground (GND) Receive Data - (RXD) Transmit Data + (TXD) Receive Data + (RXD) These are the pinouts for a cable connecting the Macintosh printer or modem port to the printer’s serial port: Macintosh DB-9 Female HandshakeOut...
  • Page 248 However, if QMS printer failure or damage is found to be directly attributable to the use of non-QMS consumables and/or accessories, QMS will not repair the printer free of charge. In this case, standard time and material charges will be applied to service your printer for that particular failure or damage.
  • Page 249 Redischarge your body each time after walking around and before touching the printer controller board again. Handle the tray carefully, and try to handle it by the edges only. Incidental and consequential damages caused by not discharging...
  • Page 251 Supported Document Option Commands (DOCs) Updated PLC 5 DOCs CCITT commands...
  • Page 252: Supported Docs

    This appendix lists the supported Document Option Commands (DOCs) for your QMS 1725 SLS Print System. The commands are grouped by feature type. Each command is preceded by either a DOC statement (%%) or an IncludeFeature statement (%%IncludeFeature). See the QMS Crown Document Option Commands manual for information on how to use each command.
  • Page 253 Select pen width and color Select plotter Shift the origin Reverse image Enable scalable fonts Establish the current resource %%IncludeFeature:install*and default Remove an external object Reset to PCL defaults Retain temporary macros/fonts %%IncludeFeature:retaintemporary Select default font Select default font ID Select monochrome Select symbol set Set carriage return to CR+LF %%IncludeFeature:criscrlf*...
  • Page 254 Select number of copies Select orientation Select output bins Set printer resolution This section provides updated information on HP PCL 4 and PCL 5 DOCs. This information will be merged into the appropriate manuals as they are revised. But until then, it supersedes the following:...
  • Page 255 PCL jobs. In addition to its ID, a downloaded font also has an unique index num- ber that is automatically assigned by the printer when the font is downloaded. This index number may change if new resources are added, but in practice it usually remains fixed.
  • Page 256 Temporary is set to On or On Compatibility) or when the system is reset (<ESC>E or receipt of Printer Job Language). Permanent Permanent objects reside on the current resource and are retained when the system is reset (<ESC>E or receipt of Printer Job Language). External External objects reside on the additional resources.
  • Page 257 hard disk, but they will be located in different directories of that resource’s file system. Syntax %%IncludeFeature:scalablefonts( value ) Purpose Enables/disables PCL 5 scalable fonts. Variable value Purpose Specifies whether to disable scalable fonts. Range Default Notes Disable scalable fonts to Print PCL 4 documents which have selected PCL 5 scalable fonts.
  • Page 258 Notes If no %%IncludeFeature:install DOC command is sent, the internal default location is used; otherwise, this parameter, which must be provided, specifies one of the alternate locations. For most QMS printers, resource 6 is the internal system disk. object id Purpose Assigns an ID to an object, such as a font, macro, or pattern.
  • Page 259 <ESC> (20Xthis text is also in the downloaded font...) Syntax %%IncludeFeature:remove( resource id object id object type ) Purpose Removes an external object from the printer system. Variables object type Purpose Specifies the kind of objects that are to be deleted from the specified printer system.
  • Page 260 If object type is * or is not specified, then all objects Notes on the specified resource with the specified object id are removed. object id Purpose Specifies the ID of the object that is to be removed from the printer system. Range *, -1 to 32767 Default -1 (wildcard) Format...
  • Page 261 If the disk does not exist, PCL issues the NO SPACE FOR FONT, MACRO, OR PATTERN error message. object id Purpose Specifies the ID of the object that is to be removed from the printer system. Range *, -1 to 32767 Default -1 (wildcard)
  • Page 262 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 %%IncludeFeature:install DOC. It is included for backward compatibility. All downloaded objects are by default temporary, and will be deleted at the end of a job unless Retain Temporary is set to on, true, or on compatibility.
  • Page 263 Fonts are identified by the names shown above. Only the resident fonts may be selected (the available set varies from printer to printer). An asterisk * in the name indicates that a font is scalable, and that a point size is to be applied. The value selectbyid indicates that the default font ID or unique font index will be used for default font selection.
  • Page 264 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 overridden if a bound font is selected as the default or if an unbound font is selected that does not support the default symbol set.
  • Page 265 Purpose Specifies whether a carriage return is treated simply as a carriage return, or as a carriage return-line feed combination. Range Off/false—Treat line feed as a line feed. On/true—Treat line feed as a carriage return-line feed combination. Default Printer configuration dependent Format Boolean iso-60 iso-61 iso-69 iso-84 iso-85...
  • Page 266 Purpose Specifies whether a linefeed is treated simply as a linefeed or as a carriage return-linefeed combination. Range Off/false On/true combination. Default Printer configuration dependent Comments CR CR,LF LF,FF FF CR CR,LF CR-LF,FF CR-FF CR CR-LF,LF LF,FF FF CR CR-LF,LF CR-LF,FF CR-FF —...
  • Page 267 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 line termination command. The second setting (lfiscrlf on, criscrlf off) is correct for most ASCII listings printed from UNIX machines.
  • Page 268: Ccitt Commands

    Command variable; replace thes variable with information specific to your document Introduce the command; you must type these characters Enclose command variables; you must type the parentheses 0.25 to 999.75 in 0.25 increments Printer configuration dependent Floating point number...
  • Page 269: Imageposition

    Function Sets the image size to be used for decompression of the image data that follows the %%ImageData command. %%ImageSize (width height) Syntax width The width of the image in pixels. height The height of the image in pixels. Default None.
  • Page 270: Rotation

    Function Sets the rotation to be used when the image is decompressed. %%Rotation (degree) Syntax degree 00 rotation 9090 rotation 180180 rotation 270270 rotation Default 0–The image is not rotated Notes Rotation occurs about the current image position origin set by the %%ImagePosition command.
  • Page 271: Invertimage

    Syntax %%BlockEnd (true/false) true Indicates that a BlockEnd is required in the image data. Otherwise, an error results false Indicates that a BlockEnd is not required in the image data but, if present, it is accepted with no error. Default false Function Sets the Encoded Byte Align flag, which indicates that the image data is broken into individual lines that are each aligned on a byte...
  • Page 272: Compression

    Default false Function Sets the data compression type of the data following the %%ImageData command. Syntax %%Compression (type) type 0Group 4 1Group 3, 1-dimensional 2Group 3, 2-dimensional Default 0 (Group 4) Function Sets the print resolution to match the scanned resolution of the original image.
  • Page 273: Pageend

    You must include this command for a page to be printed. Image data must be included after this command. Function Signals the end of a CCITT print job and resets the printer to the default mode. Ends the job and returns the printer to ESP mode.
  • Page 275 Sessions commands...
  • Page 276 However, language-specific markers do not work very well when you need to create a document from files using multiple printer description languages. In such cases, high-level document manipulation applica- tions find it difficult to deal with markers without taking into account the language and semantics of the language-specific delimiters.
  • Page 277 Some host applications add DOCs at the beginning of a document’s data stream before transmitting a job to the QMS Crown printer. If you do not ensure that such features are completely disabled, the pro- cessing of the %%Session command will be terminated, and unex- pected results may be printed.
  • Page 278 The default mode of the FTP protocol for the QMS Crown printer adds network addressing information, in the form of DOCs, to the start of a job and this data would also terminate the session.
  • Page 279 After the printer reads the required number of bytes within the current document, the printer knows that it has reached the end of the subjob. Any data which comes after this point, within the same connection, is treated as the beginning of the next subjob.
  • Page 280 %% Session: ... or if there are errors in the mode and argument parameters to the command, the printer will act as if the command is not present in the job and default to the use of language-specific terminators to end the...
  • Page 281 To group the three subjobs in the following example into a document using the end-by-delimiter string method, the new combined data stream may look like this: Open connection: data comes into the printer %%Session: 5 null %%IncludeFeature: emulation (postscript) %%EndComments...
  • Page 282 %%End2ndSubJob %%Session: 4%%End3rdSubJob %%IncludeFeature: emulation (impress) %%EndComments imPRESS data Close connection To further clarify subjob terminators, let’s look at the following exam- ple. If you want to group the three subjobs into a document using the %%session command with subjob terminators, the new combined data stream may look like the following example.
  • Page 283 %%Session: 4 %%End2ndSubJob %%IncludeFeature: emulation (pcl5) EndComments PCL 5 data %%End2ndSubJob %%Session: 0 0 %%Session: 2%%End3rdSubJob %%IncludeFeature: emulation (impress) %%EndComments imPRESS data Close connection The %%newlayout command is the mechanism that allows groups of subjobs to use the same layout features. A layout may be specified once for an entire document or altered for individual subjobs using the newlayout command.
  • Page 284 This command is equivalent to the absence of the %%IncludeFeature: newlayout command altogether. Indicate to the printer that new document formatting options, such as grids, book- lets, borders, margins, pages sizes, page offsets, and orientation, should apply from this point on.
  • Page 285 Any QMS DOC settings for standard commands (such as layout, document finishing, or document formatting) which are specified in the current subjob will replace the previous values of these settings inherited from the previous subjobs. All other settings inherited from the previous subjobs in the document remain unchanged.
  • Page 286 on collate Allows a change in both the layout properties and in the collation properties at this subjob boundary. Any QMS DOC settings for standard commands (such as layout, document finishing, or document formatting) which are specified in the current subjob will replace the previous values of these settings inherited from the previous subjobs.
  • Page 287: International Notices

    Manual notices Laser safety FCC compliance International notices Colophon...
  • Page 288 This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser product under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Perfor- mance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968.
  • Page 289 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 equip- ment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer- ence by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
  • Page 290 Einhaltung der Bestimmungen eingeräumt. QMS Inc., Mobile, AL, USA We hereby certify that the QMS 1725 SLS Print System is in compli- ance with Vfg 1046/1984 and is RFI suppressed. The marketing and sale of this equipment was reported to the Ger-...
  • Page 291 The right to retest this equipment to verify compliance with the regula- tion was given to the German Postal Service. QMS Inc., Mobile, AL, USA Your printer complies with the Electronics Emissions Requirements of the German Federal Minister for Postal and Telecommunication Tech- nology regulation:...
  • Page 293 Menu Diagrams...
  • Page 294: Administration Disk Operations

    Operator Control Administration Disk Operations Copies Collation Orientation Inputbin Outputbin Chain Inputs Manual Feed Size Def. Duplex Tumble Duplex Operator Control Disk Operations Install Option Remove Option Format Disk Collation Spool Overflow Administration...
  • Page 295: Miscellaneous

    Trailer Page K Mem Emulation Trailer Inputbin K Mem Emul. Temp Status Page Type K Mem Display K Mem Disk Cache K Mem Frame Buff MB Printer Mem. Enable Disk Swap Engine Miscellaneous Image Alignment Restore Defaults Keypad Language Horiz. Offset Vertical Offset Duplex H.
  • Page 297 AppleTalk A local area network communication protocol developed by Apple Comput- er. AppleTalk operates on LocalTalk, Ethernet, or Token-Ring cabling and can be used by Macintosh systems, PCs, and printers. See also LocalTalk . Application Any computer program designed to help people perform a certain type of work (for example, word processing, page layout, programming, graphics, and spreadsheets).
  • Page 298 Baud Rate or Baud The data transfer rate between two devices, such as your computer and your printer. Both devices must be configured for the same baud rate. Your printer’s baud rate ranges from 300 to 38,400 bits per second.
  • Page 299: Hard Disks

    Supplies, such as paper, transparencies, and toner. Control Panel The area on the front of the printer consisting of eight keys that allow you to configure the printer and perform frequently used operations, four LEDs (light-emitting diodes) that identify various printer status information, and an LCD (liquid crystal display) message window that provides status information ad configuration menus.
  • Page 300: Ethernet Network

    An acronym for dots per inch, a measurement unit used to indicate printer resolution. Your QMS 1725 SLS Print System has 300x300 and 600x600 dpi resolution. Driver See printer driver . DTR/DSR An acronym for Data Terminal Ready and Data Signal Received, a hard- ware-controlled protocol.
  • Page 301 The memory remaining after providing all the other memory clients with their specified amounts of memory is automatically added to the excess memory client. All excess memory in your QMS 1725 SLS Print System goes into a pool shared by the frame buffer and the display list clients.
  • Page 302: Gamma Correction

    The computer or network to which a printer is connected. HP PCL An acronym for Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language, the printer control language native to the HP Laser Jet Series II and III printers. Your QMS 1725 SLS Print System has a resident HP PCL 5 emulation.
  • Page 303: Imageable Area

    HP-GL An acronym for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language, the programming language on which HP plotters are based. Your QMS 1725 SLS Print System has a resident HP-GL emulation. An acronym for Integrated Drive Electronics. “Integrated” refers to the fact that all of the controller electronics are on the drive itself, so no separate adapter card or expansion slot is required.
  • Page 304 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 previous position in the menu. When changing printer setup, press this...
  • Page 305 Accepting data from the computer. The printer is on line when the Online/ Offline key is pressed and the Online indicator is on. Online/Offline Key The control panel key used to take the printer off line and put it back on line.
  • Page 306 A special buffer large enough to hold an entire page of data. Paper Path The path the paper follows in its journey through the printer; it begins at the paper cassette or tray pickup point and ends at the output tray.
  • Page 307 Permanent Soft Fonts Permanent soft fonts are soft fonts downloaded into the printer's memory that remain resident there, even if the printer is reset, until the printer is turned off or the fonts are deleted by an application. See also download .
  • Page 308 This memory is volatile, so if your printer loses power while a file is being sent, you must resend the file. The number and type of features you can run simultaneously on your printer depend on the amount of RAM available and how that RAM is distributed.
  • Page 309: Remote Console

    Remote Console A feature in QMS Crown printers allowing users to configure the printer and monitor printer conditions over network interfaces. Resident Permanently stored in the printer’s memory.
  • Page 310 SCSI An acronym for Small Computer System Interface, which allows up to three external hard disks to be connected to your printer. See also IDE . Security Card A module the size of a credit card that allows you to set passwords for the Operator Control and Administration menus.
  • Page 311 Soft Fonts Fonts created or stored on disks. They can be transferred to the printer’s memory and remain available to be used until the printer is turned off. See also download . Spool An acronym for simultaneous print operations on line. Spooling is tempo- rary storage to hold print jobs until the printer is available to process them.
  • Page 312 Toner Cartridge A disposable cartridge containing dry toner and a print drum. The QMS 1725 SLS Print System uses an EP-BII toner cartridge. Trailer Page A separator page, printed after a print job, that identifies the print job and helps users sort out the print jobs in the printer's output tray. See the QMS Crown Document Option Commands manual information on customizing the trailer page.
  • Page 313 XON/XOFF Control characters used for flow control in data transmission.
  • Page 315 Alignment See Image Alignment ANSI ASCII symbol set (HP-GL) 7-10 Anti-static teeth 5-6 AppleTalk G-1 See LocalTalk Application G-1 Configuration, printer 2-2 ASCII G-1 Automatic Jam Recovery 1-10 Autowrap menu (Lineprinter) 2-41 Avant Garde Gothic ITC Avant Garde Gothic 7-3...
  • Page 316: Collation

    2-40 Character set 7-2 Chunk collation 3-13 Cleaning Anti-static teeth 5-6 Paper feed guide 5-9 Transfer guide lock tray 5-8 Transfer guide strip 5-8 Cleaning printer 5-6 Client, memory 2-48 Collating Chunk 3-13 Output 3-12 Collation 2-13 Colophon E-5 Communication...
  • Page 317: Lineprinter Emulation Commands

    HP-GL emulation commands C-2 Lineprinter emulation commands C-3 PCL 4 emulation commands C-4 PCL 5 C-7 PCL 5 emulation commands C-3, C-4 PostScript emulation commands C-4 Printer commands C-4 Sessions D-2 Trailer page commands C-2 Updated commands C-4 Document Option Commands See DOC...
  • Page 318 PCL5 parameters, setting 2-30 PostScript parameters, setting 2-29 Temporary, allocating memory 2-55 Timeout 2-17 Emulation Level menu (PostScript) 2-29 Emulation Sensing Processor (ESP) Technology 1-9 See also ESP Emulations 1-11 Menu 2-29 Setting parameters 2-29 End Job Mode 3-14 %%EndOfDocument 2-19 <ESC>%12345X 2-19 Menu Parallel 2-25...
  • Page 319 Fonts Bitmapped 7-5, G-2 Defined 7-2 Installing optional 8-13 PCL 5 C-4 PCL5, scalable 2-33 PCL5, temporary, retaining 2-32 PostScript, allocating memory 2-54 PostScript emulation B-3 Removing optional 8-14 Scalable 7-5, G-14 See font name Subset 7-2 Formatting Hard disk 2-65 Frame Buffer Memory, allocating 2-57 French/German symbol set (HP-GL)
  • Page 320 Katakana 7-10 Roman Extensions 7-10 Scandinavian 7-10 Spanish/Latin 7-10 Special Symbols 7-10 HP-GL/2 See PCL5<$npage> 2-34 IBM PC AT cable pinouts B-10 XT cable pinouts B-10 Idle Status message 6-3 Idle input printing Status message 6-3 Ignore Par. Err. menu (serial) 2-20...
  • Page 321 PCL5, temporary, retaining 2-32 Manual feed Guides 3-7 Size 2-14 Manual Feed Timeout 2-61 Manual notice E-2 Margins menu (Lineprinter) 2-42 MB Printer Mem menu 2-58 Memory 2-48 Buffer, frame 2-57 Client G-8 Clients 2-47, 2-48 Configuration 3-21 Definitions 2-48...
  • Page 322 K Mem Emulation 2-54 K Mem for PS Fonts menu 2-54 K Mem for PS Head menu 2-53 K Mem for Spool menu 2-52 Management 2-47 MB Printer Mem menu 2-58 Physical 2-50 PostScript fonts 2-54 Printer 2-58 PS Heap 2-53...
  • Page 323 Administration 2-67 Invalid 2-68 Using 2-68 System software, updating 8-43 Testing parallel port 6-6 Updating print system software 8-44 PC/AT See IBM PC PC/XT See IBM PC PCL 4 DOC C-4 PCL 5 Default Font Index menu 2-34 Default Font menu 2-30...
  • Page 324: Hard Disks

    Page sizes B-5 See Envelopes, Labels, Paper, and Transparencies Print quality Density adjustment 4-2 Gamma correction 4-3 Halftones 4-4 Print quality problems See Printer errors Print resolution 4-5 Gray levels 4-5 Printable area Table of 3-4 Printer All pages don’t print 6-24...
  • Page 325: Resident Fonts And Symbol Sets

    Printing status Status message 6-3 Problem checklist 6-12, 6-28 Proportional spacing 7-4 PS Executive Series Utilities Configuration, printer 2-3 PS Protocol 2-22 Parallel 2-26 Serial 2-22 PS Wait Timeout menu 2-16 Q-FAX A-2 QMS Crown Technology 1-8 QMS EOD 2-19, 3-16...
  • Page 326: Service Messages

    Stop Bits menu 2-21 Xmit software flow control menu 2-21 Serif typefaces 7-3 Service See Support Service call Placing 6-28 Service message 6-2 Sessions Collation range D-9 Command D-3 Document Option Commands D-2 Newlayout D-9 Set D-9 setgray 4-6 showpage operator (PostScript) 6-6 SIMMs 2-49 Simultaneous Interface Operation (SIO) 1-9...
  • Page 327 Stop Bits menu (serial) 2-21 Storage Memory 2-49 SCSI 2-49 Stroke weight 7-6 Subjob, sessions D-2 Support CompuServe A-3 Customer A-2 Internet A-3 QMS bulletin board A-2 QMS, World-wide A-4 Technical A-3 United States A-3 Symbol 7-8 Symbol sets HP-GL 7-10 Menu (PCL5) 2-31 See HP-GL symbol sets SYSSTART file 2-46...
  • Page 328: Using The Eod Commands

    Stroke weight 7-6 Symbol 7-8 Times 7-9 Univers Condensed 7-9 Zapf Dingbats 7-9 Typographic Conventions 1-5 Updating system software 8-43 Upgradable RAM (Random Access Memory) 1-11 Using the EOD commands 3-15 Vendor Labels B-7 Paper B-7 Transparencies B-7 Vertical Offset menu 2-59 Virtual disk 2-49 Waiting for idle Status message 6-3...

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