Printing Flow - Konica Minolta Bizhub C252 Operation Manual

Overview

Printing flow

When using this printing system as a printer, the flow of the main process is
described below.
Print commands transmitted from the application are received by the printer
driver.
Data is transmitted to this machine over a parallel interface (IEEE 1284) when
this machine is used as a local printer, over a USB interface when this
machine is used as a USB printer, or over an Ethernet interface (TCP/IP,
IPX/SPX, AppleTalk) when this machine is used as a network printer. The
data is then delivered from this machine to the printer controller, which
performs image rasterization (development of output characters and images
to bitmap data). Finally, this data is printed from this machine.
Note
The parallel and USB interfaces cannot be used simultaneously.
Parallel interface
Print
bizhub C252
Used as a
local printer
Application
Printer driver
(IEEE 1284)
PS/PCL processing (rasterizing)
Computer
Used as a
USB printer
Application
Printer driver
USB
Machine
Printer controller
Used as a
network printer
Application
Printer driver
Ethernet (TCP/IP,
IPX/SPX,
or Apple Talk)
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