IBM 3000 manual Printer Characteristics, System Components

Printer Characteristics

The InfoPrint 3000 printers are nonimpact, all-points-addressable printers. The printers each use a laser, electrophotographic print technology, and Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) licensed programs to create high-quality text and graphic printer output.

The printers use continuous-forms in a variety of sizes, styles, and weights, including preprinted forms and some adhesive labels.

Note: Duplex mode does not support printing on adhesive labels.

After printing, the forms may be stacked in the printer stacker or processed by an optional postprocessing device.

Nonimpact printing, when combined with all-points addressability, allows graphics and many different type sizes and styles to appear on a single page. The printers can be used for text, image, graphic, optical character recognition (OCR), and bar-code printing. Text, images, and electronic overlays can be placed at any de®ned point on the page areas on which the printers can print.

System Components

Model ED1

This model includes:

±Printer engine

±Printer Utility Module (PUM). This unit includes:

-Operator alert assembly

-Power control panel

-System interconnection electronics

-Preprocessing/postprocessing device interfaces

Models ES1 and ED2 These models include:

±Printer engine

±Advanced Function Common Control Unit (AFCCU), which includes:

-Operator alert assembly

-Power control panel

-IBM RISC technology processor

-XGA touch-screen Display Touch Screen

-System interconnection electronics and cables

-Preprocessing/postprocessing device interfaces

Model ED2

This model also includes:

±Buffer/Flipper Unit.

This unit guides the paper path from the ®rst printer to the second printer in this dual printer con®guration. The unit allows the forms to take the following paths from the ®rst printer to the second printer:

-Straight through path (inline) with 180° inversion

-Left 90° path with 180° inversion

±Urge unit

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