Introduction

Introduction

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.

The rest of the chapter provides basic printer configuration information about some of the configuration menu options. The QMS Crown- Net Interface System Administrator’s Guide (on the QMS Software Utilities CD-ROM) contains the CrownNet submenu configuration information for the Ethernet interface. In both guides, menu features are grouped according to task. Each feature is introduced, then a table describes the feature’s location in the configuration menu, the available choices for that feature, and the factory default (the value set at the factory).

Methods of Configuration

You have five ways to configure your printer to meet your printing needs:

nThrough an application

nThrough printer commands

nThrough the printer control panel

nThrough a remote console (for network users)

nThrough a local console

Using an Application

Using your application is the best way to control your printer since most printing is done on a per-job basis. This helps prevent confusion in network environments and saves you from making changes at the

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