DEClaser 5100 Printer User’s Guide

This "DEClaser 5100 Printer User's Guide" is a comprehensive manual for operating and maintaining the DEClaser 5100 desktop laser printer. Designed for a shared networking environment, the printer delivers high-quality text and graphics at a resolution of 600 x 600 dots-per-inch (dpi), with an optional enhancement up to 1200 x 1200 dpi, and prints at up to 8 pages per minute.

Key features highlighted include:

• Language Support: Full support for Adobe PostScript Level 2 (with 73 resident fonts) and Enhanced PCL5 emulation (with TrueType rasterizer and 47 resident fonts), featuring automatic language sensing.
• Connectivity: Utilizes OPENcomm architecture for simultaneous support of serial (EIA-232, EIA-422), parallel (IEEE 1284 bidirectional), and LocalTalk interfaces. An optional Ethernet card is also available for network integration.
• Image Enhancement: Incorporates Digital's SmartPage processing for efficient memory management with complex documents and DECimage Plus technology to enhance the clarity, smoothness, and sharpness of grayscale images.
• Media Handling: Offers versatile paper handling with a 250-sheet internal tray and a multi-purpose front tray for various media types (paper, transparencies, labels, envelopes). Optional large capacity input trays and envelope feeders are supported. The printer is environmentally friendly, being EPA Energy Star compliant, producing no ozone, and supporting a toner cartridge recycling program.
• Font Expansion: Provides two PCMCIA slots for optional font cards and supports an optional internal hard disk drive for storing additional PostScript and PCL fonts.

The document covers the following main topics:

• Introduction: Overview of printer features, available options, and identification of major printer parts.
• Control Panel Usage: Detailed instructions on using the printer's control panel, message display, indicator lights, and keypad for configuration and functions like printing test pages and font lists.
• Loading Paper: Guidance on choosing and loading various paper types and media into the internal and front trays, including manual feeding.
• Printing Documents: Procedures for printing from different host systems and operating environments, including Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Macintosh, OpenVMS, and ULTRIX.
• Fonts: Explanations of font terminology, efficient font usage, managing built-in fonts, and extending font complements through downloading, hard disk, or cartridges.
• Enhancing Document Appearance: Methods to improve print quality, such as adjusting resolution, utilizing DECimage Plus, and modifying print density.
• Memory Management: Information on SmartPage technology, page protection, and determining memory requirements for printing complex pages.
• Maintenance: Instructions for routine maintenance tasks, including replacing the toner cartridge and cleaning the printer.
• Clearing Paper Jams: A comprehensive guide to identifying and resolving paper jams in various areas of the printer and optional feeders.
• Troubleshooting: Detailed information on error messages (alerts, faults, disk drive errors), PostScript error pages, and common operating and print quality problems, along with corrective actions.
• Calling for Service: Guidelines on when and how to contact customer services for printer issues.
• Appendices: Provide in-depth details on printer menus, specifications (printer, print media), and accessories and supplies ordering information.

Safety precautions, including warnings about the printer's weight and hot fusing unit, are also prominently featured.