QMS Magicolor 6100 Operating instructions

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Standard Product Documentation ................................................................. 1-2

Manuals on the CD-ROM 1-3

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Getting Acquainted with Your Printer ........................................................... 1-7

Printer Components 1-7

The Control Panel ........................................................................................... 1-9

Message Window ............................................................................................ 1-9

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Control Panel Indicators ............................................................................... 1-10

Control Panel Keys ....................................................................................... 1-11

Online, Media, and Cancel Ke

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Menu, Select, Previous, and Next Ke

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Loading the Media Cassette ...........................................................................2-3

Paper Specifications 2-3

Prepare the Paper 2-4

Load the Cassette 2-4

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Letterhead and Memo Media 2-5

Using Media Other Than Paper ......................................................................2-6

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Envelopes 2-7

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Labels 2-9

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Thick Stock 2-11

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Transfer Media 2-12

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Transparencies 2-13

Using Toner Cartridges .................................................................................2-14

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Refilled Toner Cartrid

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Replacing a Toner Cartridge ........................................................................2-16

Replacing the OPC Belt Cartridge ...............................................................2-18

Replacing the Fuser Oil Bottle .....................................................................2-22

Replacing the Cleaning Roller ......................................................................2-23

Replacing the Waste Toner Bottle ...............................................................2-24

Replacing the Ozone Filter ..........................................................................2-26

Handling the Printer ......................................................................................2-26

Cleaning the Printer ......................................................................................2-27

Guidelines for Cleanin

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Inside the Printer 2-28

Cleanin

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the Transfer Unit 2-28

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the OPC Belt Cartrid

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Cleanin

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the Laser Lens 2-33

Cleanin

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the Exterior of The Printer 2-35

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Maintenance Schedule ................................................................................. 2-36

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Schedule 2-36

Preventive Maintenance Schedule 2-37

Replacement Schedule 2-38

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High-Resolution Printing ............................................................................... 3-3

How Much Memor

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Settin

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PDF File Printing ............................................................................................. 3-5

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Cassette Chaining ........................................................................................... 3-7

Enablin

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Collating Output ............................................................................................. 3-8

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Collation Performance 3-9

Duplex (2-Sided) Printing ............................................................................. 3-10

Manual Duplexin

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Auto Duplexin

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Printing on Standard and Custom Media Sizes ......................................... 3-12

Working with Status Pages ......................................................................... 3-13

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Cancelling/Ending Print Jobs ...................................................................... 3-14

Cancellin

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Cancellin

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Endin

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Proof-Then-Print ............................................................................................ 3-16

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CrownView ..................................................................................................... 3-18

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Setting up the Printer Web Page ..................................................................3-19

Determinin

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Settin

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Up Your Browser Software 3-19

Printer Home Page ........................................................................................3-23

Home 3-24

Operator Control 3-25

General Settin

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Printer Jobs 3-34

Consumable Status 3-35

Accountin

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Statistics 3-40

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Color Management and Control..................................................................... 4-2

QMS QCOLOR Technology ............................................................................4-2

QMS QCOLOR Automatic Color Correction 4-3

Color Matchin

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Host-Based Color Matchin

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PANTONE Color Matchin

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Tables 4-8

Color Calibration 4-8

Colorific 4-9

QMS ColorDepth Screenin

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Printer Drivers ................................................................................................4-10

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for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 4-14

Accessin

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Color Matchin

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for Microsoft Windows 3.1 4-16

Accessin

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Color Matchin

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Downloading Custom Profiles .....................................................................4-22

Profilin

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Your Printer 4-24

What’'s Next? .................................................................................................4-24

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Automatic Jam Recovery ............................................................................... 5-3

Preventing Media Jams ................................................................................. 5-3

Understanding the Media Path ...................................................................... 5-5

With Optional Duplexer 5-5

Understanding Media Jam Status Messages ............................................... 5-7

Removing Media Jams ................................................................................... 5-7

Misfeed Jams 5-8

Inner Jams, Outer and Drum Jams 5-8

Duplexer Jams 5-11

Other Jams 5-13

Installation Troubleshooting ....................................................................... 5-14

Status and Service Messages ...................................................................... 5-14

Status Messa

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Service Messa

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HP-GL Error Codes and PCL Error Codes .................................................. 5-28

Testing PC-Printer Communication ........................................................... 5-29

Creatin

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Sendin

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the Test File 5-29

Testing Macintosh-Printer Communication ................................................ 5-37

Testin

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Macintosh Communication 5-37

Printer Problem Checklist ........................................................................... 5-37

OPC Belt Cartridge Problems ...................................................................... 5-39

Control Panel Problems ............................................................................... 5-39

Data Indicator Sta

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No Advanced Status Pa

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No Startup Pa

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Paper Jam Messa

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Printer Resets 5-41

PostScript Errors 5-42

Windows Driver Problems ............................................................................ 5-42

Printer Description Files 5-42

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CrownNet Problems ......................................................................................5-42

Output Problems ...........................................................................................5-45

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Blank Pa

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Not All Pa

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Printer Pauses 5-46

Duplexer Problems ........................................................................................5-47

General 5-47

Print Quality Problems .................................................................................5-48

Image Defects ................................................................................................5-49

General 5-49

Specific 5-49

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Colored Bands, Horizontal Bandin

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Uneven Print Densit

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Vertical Streakin

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Placing a Service Call ..................................................................................5-56

What’'s Next? .................................................................................................5-56

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Introduction ......................................................................................................6-2

What's Involved? 6-2

Remove Cables and Cassette(s) ....................................................................6-3

Remove the Toner Cartridges ........................................................................6-3

Remove the OPC Belt Cartridge ....................................................................6-3

Prepare the Fuser Unit ...................................................................................6-5

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Change the Waste Toner Pack ....................................................................... 6-8

Remove the Duplexer Unit ............................................................................. 6-9

Remove the Lower Feeder Unit ................................................................... 6-11

Repack the Printer ........................................................................................ 6-13

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Sources of Support .........................................................................................A-2

Your Vendor A-2

Your Application Vendor A-2

Internet A-2

Support A-3

QMS World-wide Offices ................................................................................A-4

QMS United States and Latin America A-4

QMS Canada A-5

QMS Japan A-5

QMS EMEA A-5

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QMS Crown Network

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ou to take

full advanta

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e of all the capabilities of

y

our printer.

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When

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ou use Acrobat to view

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our manuals, keep the followin

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some of the navi

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ation features built into Acrobat and

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our manuals.

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view the document in three different st

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, with bookmarks,

or with thumbnails. Tr

y

each to see which

y

ou like best. Viewin

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with bookmarks

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y

ou to use a

q

uick table of contents to move around the document.

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ives

y

ou

q

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e navi

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ation features. For exam-

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ou ma

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click a button to advance

(

>

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or reverse

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one pa

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o to the start

(

|<

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or end

(

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of the document, or use the histor

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button

(

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to

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o to the previ-

ous pa

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es

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ou viewed. There are other buttons in the toolbar to chan

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e view or

ma

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nification of the document.

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As

y

ou browse throu

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h the document the open hand tool will sometimes turn into

a pointin

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hand. You have discovered an embedded link in the manual. You will

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find these links in the table of contents, index, www addresses, and cross refer-

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ump to a new location.

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discover a movie camera icon on Windows and Macintosh

platforms. Click the icon to pla

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a QuickTime video clip of the

procedure described in the text.

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Use the Acrobat Reader Online Help for a more complete explanation of these

features.

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our application documentation, host operatin

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s

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stem documenta-

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information. Further infor-

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h the Internet. See appendix A, “QMS

Customer Support” for details.

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The followin

g

t

y

po

g

raphic conventions are used in this manual:

»Note:

Notes contain tips, extra information, or important information that deserves

emphasis or reiteration

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Caution:

Cautions present information that you need to know to avoid equipment

dama

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e, process failure, or extreme annoyance.

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WARNING!

Warnin

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s indicate the possibility of personal injury if a specific procedure

is not performed exactly as described in the manual.

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Vor

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ehensweise, da sonst Verletzun

g

s

g

efahr bestehen könnte.

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Text

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ou t

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pe, and messa

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pe; replace the italicized word

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s

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with information

specific to

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our printer or computer

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ed in the printer messa

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e window

lowercase bold

PostScript operators and DOS commands

lowercase italic

Variable information in text

UPPERCASE File and utilit

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names

↵

Press the Enter ke

y

(

PC

)

or Return ke

y

(

Macintosh

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^ Press and hold down the Ctrl ke

y

(

PC

)

In Adobe Acrobat PDF versions of the manual, click to

pla

y

a QuickTime video clip of the procedure described in the text.

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Before operatin

g

the printer,

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ou should become familiar with certain ph

y

sical items,

as shown on the followin

g

pa

g

es.

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g

the Acrobat PDF version of this manual, the parts of the printer

identified on the next 2 pa

g

es are hotlinked—by clickin

g

on that portion of the

illustration, you will

g

o to the section in the

Installation Guide

or

Operation

manual that

pertains to that part.

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The control panel, located on the front of the printer, allows

y

ou to direct the printer’s

operation. In addition, it displa

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s the current status of the printer, includin

g

an

y

condi-

tion that needs

y

our attention.

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The control panel messa

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e window provides status and confi

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uration information.

Status messa

g

es are listed in chapter 5, “Printer Jams and Troubleshootin

g

.”

Printer confi

g

uration is explained in chapter 2, “Printer Confi

g

uration,” in the

Reference

manual

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Four indicators displa

y

printer status information.

Menu

Administration/Miscellaneous/Ke

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pad Lan

g

ua

g

e

Purpose

Chan

g

e the messa

g

e window lan

g

ua

g

e.

Choices

En

g

lish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portu

g

uese

Default

En

g

lish

Notes

The printer must be restarted for chan

g

es to this menu to take effect. You can

either let the printer restart automaticall

y

after

y

ou save the chan

g

e and exit

from the confi

g

uration menu, or

y

ou can wait for the chan

g

e to take effect the

next time

y

ou manuall

y

turn on the printer.

Indicator Off On

The printer is not read

y

to print.

»Note:

When this indicator

is blinkin

g

, the printer is

warmin

g

up or is in Ener

g

y

Saver mode.

The printer has finished warmin

g

up and is read

y

to print.

The printer is off line and not read

y

to accept data.

The printer is on line and read

y

to

accept data.

No problem. The printer re

q

uires operator

attention

(

usuall

y

accompanied b

y

a status messa

g

e in the messa

g

e

window

)

.

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