Xerox 2060 manual Printer controller components, Sun Blade 1000 workstation

Printer controller

Printer controller components

The printer controller consists of a specially-configured Sun workstation and uses proprietary Xerox hardware, firmware, and software.

Sun Blade 1000 workstation

The printer controller is based on the Sun Blade 1000, a workstation with a high-performance architecture for complex processing tasks. It contains the following hardware components:

•Processor (system unit) containing the following:

–Two UltraSPARC III 750 Mhz central processing unit (CPU) modules

–4 GB memory (four 1 GB Dual In-line Memory Modules, or DIMMs)

–36 GB hard disk drive

–DVD-ROM drive

–3.5 inch diskette drive

•Keyboard and mouse

•Monitor

•Optional Token Ring board

•Two Printer Controller Interface (PCI) boards installed in the processor to interface with the print engine.

Optional For channel connection to a host for IPDS printing, the system components may use a channel interface board that is connected to a

channel cable connector box.

An external 4 mm tape drive is available and recommended for backing up site files. A typical color calibration file is 1.5 MB.

A second internal 36 GB hard disk drive is optional, as are two additional external disks.

2-2 System Overview Guide