? Index 1 of 21 Printer Features Main CrownNet Setup This section describes changing print resolution, chaining paper trays, collating output, printing a status page, cancelling a print job, and ending a print job. CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables High-Resolution Printing QMS Multi-Res technology provides a print resolution for almost every application or budget.
? Index 2 of 21 Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. 1200x600 dpi For improved halftone quality in graphics and images, 1200x600 dpi resolution is available for all media sizes on the QMS 3260/4032 EX. 1200x1200 dpi For the best halftone quality in graphics and images, 1200x1200 dpi resolution is available for all media sizes as an option for the QMS 3260/4032. Additional memory and the optional Multi-Res daughterboard will be needed to print 1200x1200 dpi resolution.
? Index 3 of 21 Setting the Default Resolution Main CrownNet Setup Menu Choices CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 Default QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care Printer Jams Print Quality Printer Features Troubleshooting Config. Menus Specifications Support Info.
? Index 4 of 21 How Much Memory Do You Need? Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care Printer Jams Print Quality Printer Features Troubleshooting Config. Menus Specifications Support Info. This table lists the amount of memory required to print a given resolution and page size at optimum print speed. To make sure that enough memory is allocated you can access Admin/Memory/Quick Config and select the page size and resolution that you use to print.
? Index 5 of 21 Minimum System Memory Requirements 300x300 Main 600x600 1200x600 1200x1200* Media Size CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Simplex and/or Simplex and/or Simplex and/or Simplex and/or HCIF* HCIF* HCIF* HCIF* Letter 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 24 MB 24 MB 32 MB 40 MB 56 MB Legal 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 24 MB 32 MB 40 MB 40 MB 72 MB A4 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 24 MB 24 MB 32 MB 40 MB 56 MB Exec.
? Index 6 of 21 Tray Chaining Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. You can choose to have the printer automatically draw media from the other tray (inputbin) when the current tray empties or switch to another output tray when the tray fills. This is called tray chaining and it increases the input and output capacities of your print jobs to the capacity of the input trays attached or the output trays attached using the same size paper.
? Index 7 of 21 Using the Configuration Menu Main Menu Operator Control/Chain Inputbins Choices On—Switches to the next tray with the same size and type of media when the default tray is empty. Off—Doesn’t switch trays; uses only the default tray. On Any—Switches to the next tray, regardless of the size and type of media installed, when the default input bin is empty. Default On Notes Use the Operator Control/Inputbin menu to set the default inputbin. CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin.
? Index 8 of 21 Collating Output Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care Printer Jams You can print multiple copies of documents either as complete sets in numeric order (collated) or as separate sheets. The following figure shows collated and uncollated stacking for two copies of a four-page file.
? Index 9 of 21 On a network, use CrownAdmin to select collation. Main Configure the printer through the configuration menu. Use Remote Console through a telnet session. CrownNet Setup Using the Configuration Menu CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 Menu Operator Control/Collation Choices On, Off Default Off QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care Printer Jams Print Quality Printer Features Troubleshooting Config. Menus Specifications Support Info.
? Index 10 of 21 Chunk Collation Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. This mechanism of introducing a forced boundary—or breaking a document down into several smaller, more manageable sets—is known as chunk collation. For example, in the following illustration, copies “a” and “b” of each set must be manually combined to create one collated document. The order of printing is copy 1(a), copy 2(a), copy 3(a), copy 4(a), copy 1(b), copy 2(b), copy 3(b), and copy 4(b).
? Index 11 of 21 Improving Collation Performance To avoid chunk collation, your printer must have sufficient memory to store an entire document before printing begins. Of course, this always depends on the size of your print job versus the amount of available memory in your printer. The QMS 3260/4032 with 32 MB or more of memory can fully collate most print jobs. Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin.
? Index 12 of 21 Collate through your application. Main CrownNet Setup » Note: Collating through your application is more time consuming than collating through the printer. The application sends the complete job the requested number of times rather than sending it once and holding data in printer memory. Also, if you are collating stapled jobs your output will print better when you set up collation and stapling through the driver or through the printer control panel. CrownNet Admin.
? Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care Printer Jams Print Quality Index 13 of 21 The total capacity of the three trays is approximately 2000 sheets. Each tray has a capacity of approximately 670 sheets plus one additional job up to 50 pages. Face-down stacking This feature can collate the media in the correct order and delivers it face-down. The HCOS supports three modes for face-down media delivery: simple stacking, job offset, and stapling.
? Index 14 of 21 Chaining Output Bins Main CrownNet Setup This menu option allows you to select chaining for the output bins. When your print jobs exceed the capacity of one output bin the job is continued on the next bin and then the final bin until all are full (2000 sheets). When all three bins are full the printer displays CrownNet Admin. X OUTPUT BIN FULL CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care where X is the name of the selected output bin.
? Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care 15 of 21 printing. After you remove your jobs from the bins press the Unload button again (LED turns off) to allow the printer to resume printing. If you don’t press the Unload button within sixty seconds the printer will automatically begin printing again. » Note: When removing paper from the output bins, you must remove all the sheets from the tray for the printer to be able to update the counter on the bin.
? Index 16 of 21 Output Finishing Main CrownNet Setup Menu Operator Control/ Output Finishing/Staple Position Choices Off, Front Corner, Back Corner, Center Default Off CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 Pages can be stapled at the front corner, at the back corner, or at two points in the center. QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Printer Care Paper Size Staple Position Back Front Center Letter/A4 Printer Jams Print Quality Printer Features Troubleshooting 11"x17"/A3 Legal/B4 Config.
? Index 17 of 21 Working with Status Pages Main Identifying a Status Page Type CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin.
? Index 18 of 21 Timeouts (printer timeout settings) Main Communication settings and input buffer sizes (host-printer communication settings, including spooling memory sizes) CrownNet Setup Tickmarks in the lower-left corner for image alignment CrownNet Admin.
? Index 19 of 21 It cancels all jobs with a printing, interpreting, terminating, or spooled status. Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 It allows you to send an end-of-job indicator to a currently compiling print job waiting on incoming data. You don’t have to press the Online button before using the Cancel button. Cancelling a Print Job Consumables Press this button... Printer Care Cancel Access the Job Cancel menu.
? Index 20 of 21 Cancelling all Print Jobs Main CrownNet Setup Press this button... to... Cancel Access the Job Cancel menu. JOB CANCEL CANCEL JOB Next Advances to the Cancel All Jobs mode. JOB CANCEL CANCEL ALL JOBS Cancel or Select Cancel all jobs with a printing, interpreting, spooled, or terminating status. The CANCEL ALL JOBS message displays until all print jobs are completely removed. CANCEL ALL JOBS IS SELECTED CrownNet Admin.
? Index 21 of 21 Ending a Print Job Main CrownNet Setup CrownNet Admin. CrownAdmin 3 QMS 3260/4032 Consumables Use this procedure when the message window displays WAITING ON INPUT END JOB? » Note: This procedure does not end print jobs that are still receiving data. Its only purpose is to provide an end-of-job indicator for a print job that does not have one. You can identify an end-of-job indicator in the Administration/Communications/Parallel and Administration/Communications/Serial menu.
