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The InfoPrint Color 100 is not capable of printing on preprinted forms or pre-die-cut labels.
Printer Components
Following is a description of the major components of the printer.
Print Tower
The print tower is the largest component of the InfoPrint Color 100. It houses a web-fed continuous-form
printing engine that contains a set of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) printing units for each side
of the paper. This allows full-color duplex printing in a single pass. Each of the electrophotographic printing
units is directly fed by digital data, and uses a light-emitting diode (LED) array as the imaging device.
The temperature and humidity within the print tower is controlled to assure a stable printing environment.
The printer fuses toner to the paper using a non-contacting radiant fusing station. After the paper exits the
fuser, a set of gloss enhancement pressure rolls reheats the toner, smoothing it to a glossy finish. Finally,
the printer cuts the paper to the specified job length before the paper exits the print tower.
Paper Supply
The paper supply unit attached to the input side of the print tower contains a paper supply roll and a
manual splicing station. The paper supply unit preconditions the paper on both sides before it enters the
print tower to ensure high-quality printing.
Output Jogger
Cut sheets exiting from the print tower are directed to the output jogger. The jogger vibration adjusts the
output into a stack convenient for operator retrieval.
Cooling System
The print tower cooling unit supplies a mixture of water and coolant to the print tower for maintaining
temperature and humidity control in the print tower.
A separate cooling system keeps the LED printheads cooled with temperature controlled water, thus
maintaining consistent light output from the LED assemblies.
Operator Console
The Print Engine Supervisor (PES) control unit, collator, RIP controller, and software comprise the operator
console. The RIP controller supplies the interface to the operator, the LAN, the PES control unit, and the
various I/O devices that support the print operation. The following sections describe elements associated
with the operator console.
Operator Interface and RIP Controller
The operator uses keyboard, mouse, and monitor to control the printer through a graphical user interface
(GUI).
The Raster Image Processor (RIP) software accepts PostScript files as input and produces output to send
to the InfoPrint Color 100. The operating system allows for asynchronous print data transfer and RIPing of
incoming jobs. The RIP controller performs the processing functions when a job is RIPed for printing.
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IBM InfoPrint Color 100 Introduction and Planning Guide
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