IBM Infoprint 1552 4537-001, 4537-N01, 4537-GN1

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4537-001 Infoprint 1552 (NEW) 4537-001 new sealed $865

4537-N01 Infoprint 1552n (NEW) 4537-n01 new sealed $1219

4537-n01 IBM Infoprint 1552n (NEW, open box) 39V0065 $995

Warranty Options:

41C6091 4537-ALL 2 YR. IOR 9X5ND 41C6091 4537 IBM Onsite Repair warranty 9 x 5 Next Day $402

41C6092 4537-ALL 2 YR. IOR 24X7 41C6092 4537 IBM Onsite Repair, 4 hour response 24 x 7 Same Day $804

The IBM 4537 Infoprint 1552 monochrome laser printer is ideal for small, medium and even large workgroups. It delivers fast print speeds, flexible connectivity, and extensive input and output options to enable scalable solutions.

Model Abstract 4537-001

The IBM 4537 Infoprint 1552 Printer Model 001 has an output of 45 pages per minute (ppm), and its 1200 x 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution provides crisp text and high-quality graphics. This is a low voltage model.

Model Abstract 4537-N01

The IBM 4537 Infoprint 1552 Printer Model N01 has an output of 45 pages per minute (ppm), and its 1200 x 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution provides crisp text and high-quality graphics. This is a low voltage model.

Model Abstract 4537-GN1

The IBM 4537 Infoprint 1552 Printer Model GN1 has an output of 45 pages per minute (ppm), and its 1200 x 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution provides crisp text and high-quality graphics. This is a low voltage model.

Highlights

The Infoprint 1552 printer provides:
Productivity and performance on your network
A high-function, easy-to-use operator interface
Quick Integration of advanced applications with standard ImageQuick
A convenient USB Direct Port for PDF printing
Extensive input and output options to enable a scalable solution
Enhanced security features, including secure wireless networking
A cross-platform print management solution

The Infoprint 1552 supports up to to A4/Letter-size media at up to 45 pages per minute (ppm) respectively.

The Infoprint 1552 comes in base and network models. The base has 64 MB of memory and a parallel and USB port standard. The network model has 128 MB of memory and parallel, USB, and Ethernet ports standard. Both base and network models have a standard input capacity of 600 sheets and standard output capacity is 500 sheets. Both models have a maximum input capacity of 4,100 sheets and a maximum output capacity of 3,000 sheets.

The Infoprint 1552 has a special network model for U.S. government bids only.

Note: (1) Print speed varies depending on document complexity, system configuration, software applications, driver, and printer status.

A number of media options can be installed to offer additional sources of input. Combinations of the 250-sheet drawer, the 500-sheet drawer, the 2000-sheet drawer, and multiple optional drawers are supported simultaneously. The 250-sheet duplex unit offers two-sided printing for the Infoprint 1552. An Output Expander, High Capacity Output Stacker, and StapleSmart Finisher provide flexibility and a scalable solution in the future.

The Infoprint 1552 can adapt easily to existing infrastructures with the 802.11 Wireless feature and will use the optional wireless feature to reduce installation cost by avoiding the expense of Ethernet cabling. Add this printer with a wireless card to handle peak workloads, without waiting for IT to reconfigure cables. Preserve architecture or work around areas that are difficult or impossible to cable.

Print PDF, documents quickly and easily with the convenient USB Direct Port. Once a flash memory device (thumb drive) is inserted in the front of the printer, a list of PDF files and directories is displayed. Navigational arrows are used to traverse the list/directory tree. The user can easily select the file, choose the number of copies to be printed, and submit the file for printing. Viruses are not a concern given no execution of files takes place on the memory device. The files are read and printed - no writing to the printer.

The Infoprint 1552 is provided with printer management utilities. MarkVision Professional is a cross-platform print management solution that enables IT administrators to proactively monitor and manage network devices in an enterprise environment via a Web browser.

High-performance controller

The Infoprint 1552 controller features a 457 MHz processor. It comes with PostScript 3 and PCL 6 emulation, PDF v1.5 as standard data streams and a PPDS migration tool.

Memory

The controller has one slot for memory DIMMs, two slots for flash memory cards or application solution cards, and one slot for internal network adapters, local adapters, or hard drives.

The Infoprint 1552 base model comes with 64 MB of memory onboard and can support a maximum of 576 MB of memory. The network model comes with 128 MB of memory onboard and can support a maximum of 640 MB of memory. A 20+ GB hard disk with adapter feature is available.

Flash memory up to 64 MB is supported using the flash memory cards. Flash memory cards can be installed in either flash memory slot, but the controller supports only one flash memory card.

The Standard Fast Ethernet interface does not take up the network adapter slot. Optional wireless Ethernet is supported through the wired Ethernet port.

Usage rates

The maximum monthly usage is 225,000 impressions. IBM does not recommend printing to the monthly maximum on a consistent basis.

Print quality

The resolutions of the Infoprint 1552 are:
1200 x 1200 dpi (at half speed)
2400 Image Quality
1200 Image Quality
600 x 600 dpi

The Toner Darkness setting offers 10 user-selectable settings to balance print darkness and toner savings. The higher the setting, the darker the print. Within the range of print darkness settings, up to 50% toner savings can be realized. The factory default setting is 8.

Font support

The Infoprint 1552 printer resident fonts include support for following:

Emulation Number of Scalable Fonts Number of Bitmapped Fonts
------------ ------------------------ -------------------------
PCL 6 89 2
PostScript 3 158 0
PPDS 39 5

Media-handling features

The Infoprint 1552 supports the following media-handling options:
250-Sheet Drawer
500-Sheet Drawer
2000-Sheet Drawer
500-Sheet Tray
500-Sheet Duplex Unit
Envelope Feeder
Output Expander
High Capacity Output Stacker
5-bin Mailbox
StapleSmart Finisher

Operator panel

The operator panel is a four-line 160 x 64 mm APA (all points addressable) backlit gray scale display, supporting four lines with 20 characters per line. This provides easy navigation and usability is improved with simple to use, large, bold icons on the buttons. Reliability and serviceability are enhanced with "show me" screens and "tell me more" screens.

Management

MarkVision Messenger enhances administrators' quality for service and improves end-user productivity and satisfaction by providing real-time notification of printer conditions. It facilitates automated responses to these conditions before they become critical and disruptive to user productivity.

Several standard and optional features are provided that improve or enhance the security of the device. Using the latest version of MarkVision Professional, administrators can configure and manage devices by using authenticated and encrypted network communications.

Using Confidential Print, a user may assign a PIN to a print job, and have the printer hold that job until the user physically arrives and enters the correct PIN. This will prevent another user from taking the printed output from the output bin.

These devices also support "printing lockout." This feature is especially useful in preventing printing after normal business hours.

Features

The Infoprint 1552 supports the following features:

Mach Feature Part
Type Model Number Number Description
---- ----- ------- ------- ---------------------------
39V0213 250-Sheet Drawer
39V0214 500-Sheet Drawer
39V0317 500-Sheet Tray
39V0215 2,000-Sheet Drawer (Letter)
39V0216 2,000-Sheet Drawer (A4)
39V0217 500-Sheet Duplex Unit
39V0219 Envelope Feeder
39V0220 Output Expander
39V0221 5-Bin Mailbox
39V0222 High-Capacity Output Stacker
39V0223 StapleSmart Finisher
75P6986 128 MB Memory DIMM
75P6987 256 MB Memory DIMM
75P6988 512 MB Memory DIMM
75P6989 32 MB Flash Memory
75P6990 64 MB Flash Memory
39V0229 20+GB Hard Disk with Adapter
75P6992 Ethernet 1000BaseTX
28P1836 Token-Ring-3 Port
28P1839 Ethernet 10/100BaseTX-1 Port
28P1840 Ethernet 10/100BaseTX-3 Port
75P6857 802.11g Wireless to Ethernet
75P6854 802.11g Wireless to USB
28P1871 10 ft. Parallel Cable
28P1875 2-meter USB Cable
53P7950 Printer Stand with Cabinet
53P7951 Printer Stand
53P7952 Low Profile Printer Stand
75P4806 Printer Base

Accessibility by people with disabilities

The following features support use by people with disabilities:

Controls and latches are operable with one hand and minimal dexterity.

Keys are discernible by touch without activating them.

The display, controls, latches, and levers are accessible to someone in a wheel chair.

Color is used as an enhancement for conveying information, and as an additional method of distinguishing between buttons, controls, and latches.

Performance Specifications

The Infoprint 1552 maximum print speeds are shown in the following table. Actual performance depends on:
Interface to the host (serial, parallel, network)
Host system and application
Network complexity and traffic
Page complexity and content
Certain printer options installed or selected with the printer
Available memory in the printer
Printer resolution
Media size, media type setting and tray source

Continuous Print Speeds in pages-per-minute (ppm) are shown in the following table:

Media 1200 dpi 600 dpi
---------------------- ------------ ------------
Simplex on full sized
media (pages per min.)
- Letter 17.9 ppm 45.0 ppm
- A4 16.9 ppm 43.0 ppm
- Legal 14.5 ppm 36.9 ppm

Duplex on full sized
media (sides per min.)
- Letter 16.4 spm 35.7 spm
- A4 15.9 spm 34.2 spm
- Legal 13.7 spm 30.3 spm

Aux. Tray
- Letter 13.3 spm 34.9 spm

A5/Narrow media
- before slowdown 10.0 spm 10.0 spm
- after slowdown 17.9 spm 17.9 spm

Time to First Print(2) values are shown in the following table:

Media 1200 dpi 600 dpi
---------------- ----------- -----------
Ready State
-Simplex Letter 12.1 sec. 8.5 sec.
-Duplex Letter 22.7 sec. 13.0 sec.
-Duplex Legal 24.3 sec. 13.5 sec.

Note: (2) Time to first print is defined as the elapsed time from hitting enter on the PC keyboard to the page exiting to the output bin. All tests pick paper from the indicated tray and the page exits into the primary (top) output bin.

Print Area

The Infoprint 1552 printable area is limited to within 4.2 mm (0.167 in.) of top, bottom, left or right edges of the media. Any information placed outside this specified printable area will not print.

Print Quality

General Statement on Print Quality

During the life of the printer, components are subject to wear based on usage. Printers continuously operating at or near the maximum duty cycle may require service for replacement of these components to ensure high quality printing and good performance throughout the life of the printer.

Data Streams

The Infoprint 1552 supports the following data streams:
PostScript Level 3 Emulation
PCL 6 Emulation
PPDS (Page Printer Data Stream) Migration Tool
PDF v1.5 emulation

Fonts

Fonts and Symbol Sets

The fonts in PCL emulation are compatible with the fonts in the HP4500 and include nine additional fonts and many extra symbol sets to support extra languages and applications. The fonts in the PostScript emulation are compatible with all 136 fonts in Adobe PostScript 3 and include 22 additional fonts.

Additional fonts can be downloaded to the printer RAM or optional Flash memory. PCL emulation supports both scalable and bitmapped downloadable fonts. PostScript emulation supports only downloadable scalable fonts. Font cards and font cartridges are not supported.

Media Support

Infoprint 1552

The printer comes standard with one 500-sheet paper drawer and a 100-sheet auxiliary tray. One 500-sheet output bin is standard. See table below for standard and maximum media capacities.

Input Media Combinations and Capacities (sheets)

Standard Optional Optional Optional Optional Total
Aux. Tray Drawer 1 Drawer 2 Drawer 3 Drawer 4 Drawer 5 Capacity
--------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Standard 100 500 600
Maximum 100 500 500 500 500 2000 4100

Output Media Capacities (sheets)

Optional Optional Optional
Standard Output 5-Bin Optional High-cap Total
Output Bin Expander Mailbox Finisher Stacker Capacity
---------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Standard 500 500

Maximum with 500 3x650 2450
Expander(1)

Maximum with 500 2x500 1500
Mailbox(2)

Maximum with 500 650 750 1900
Finisher(3)

Maximum with 500 650 1850 3000
High-cap stacker(4)

Note: (1) Maximum of three Output Expanders can be installed.

Note: (2) Maximum of two 5-bin mailboxes can be installed.

Note: (3) Maximum of either one Staplesmart Finisher or one Output Expander can be installed. The Staplesmart Finisher and High-Capacity Output Stacker are mutually exclusive.

Note: (4) Maximum of one High-Capacity Output Stacker and one Output Expander can be installed. The 5-bin Mailbox cannot be installed with the High Capacity Output Stacker.

Media Sizes Supported

Media Capacity for Infoprint 1552

Stack
Source Media Height Reference Capacity
----------------------- ----------------- ------ --------------------
Inputs
- 250-Sheet Tray(2)
Plain Paper(1) 25 mm 250 sheets (75 gsm)
Transparencies 225 tranparencies
Paper labels 100 paper labels(3)

- 500-Sheet Tray(2)
Plain Paper(1) 55 mm 500 sheets (75 gsm)
Transparencies 450 tranparencies
Paper labels 200 paper labels(3)

- 2000-Sheet Tray(2)
Plain Paper(1) 212 mm 2000 sheets (75 gsm)
Transparencies NA NA
Paper labels NA NA

- Envelope Feeder (2)
Envelopes 64.7mm 85 envelopes (75 gsm)

- Auxiliary Tray (2)
Plain Paper 10 mm 100 sheets (75 gsm)
Envelopes 10 envelopes (75 gsm)
Paper labels Various quantities

Outputs
- 500-sheet Output(1)(2)
Plain Paper 85 mm 500 sheets (75 gsm)
Transparencies 300 tranparencies
Paper labels 200 paper labels(3)
Envelopes 50 envelopes (75 gsm)

- Output Expander(1)(2)
Plain Paper 80 mm 650 sheets (75 gsm)
Envelopes 50 envelopes (75 gsm)
(6)
- 5-Bin Mailbox(1)(2)
Plain Paper 15 mm 100 sheets (75 gsm)
Envelopes NA

- High Capacity Output(1)(2)
Plain Paper 200 mm 1850 sheets (75 gsm)
Envelopes Various quantities(5)

- Staplesmart Finisher
Plain Paper 750 sheets (75 gsm)
unstapled
Note: (1) 20 lb xerographic paper at ambient environment.

Note: (2) Capacity may vary and is subject to media specs and operating environment.

Note: (3) Capacity will vary with label material and construction.

Note: (4) Capacity will vary depending on weight and type of media.

Note: (5) Stack height will not reach max. due to weight weight of envelopes concentrated on one side of option tray.

Note: (6) Estimate based on capacity of 500-sheet output bin.

Input Media for Infoprint 1552

250 1
500- 2000-
Tray Sheet Sheet Env.
Paper Size & Type Aux. 1/2 Tray Drawer Feed
------------------------ ---- ---- ----- ------ ----
A4 (210x297 mm) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Letter (8.5"x11") Yes Yes Yes Yes No
A5 (148x210 mm) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
B5-JIS (182x257 mm) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Legal (8.5"x14") Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Executive (7.25"x10.5") Yes Yes Yes* Yes No
Folio (8.5"x13") Yes Yes Yes No No
Statement (5.5"x8.5") Yes Yes Yes No No
7 3/4 Env. (98x191 mm) Yes No No No Yes
9 Env. (98x225 mm) Yes No No No Yes
Commercial #10 Env. Yes No No No Yes
(104.8x241.3 mm)
C5 Env. (169x229 mm) Yes No No No Yes
B5 Env. (176x250 mm) Yes No No No Yes
DL Env. (110x220 mm) Yes No No No Yes
Other Env.(1) Yes No No No Yes
Universal(2) Yes Yes Yes No No
Universal(3) Yes No No No No
Universal(4) Yes Yes Yes No No
Universal(5) No No No No No
Paper Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Transparencies Yes Yes Yes No No
Cardstock Yes Yes Yes No No
Paper Labels Yes Yes Yes No No

Note: (1) Size 98.4x162mm to 176x250mm (3.87x6.38 in. to 6.93x9.84 in.).

Note: (2) Size 139.7x210mm to 215x355.6mm (5.5x8.27 in. to 8.5x14 in.).

Note: (3) Size 69.85x127mm to 215.9x355.6mm (2.75x5 in. to 8.5x14 in.).

Note: (4) Size 148x182mm to 215.9x355.6mm (5.83x7.17 in. to 8.5x14 in.).

Note: (5) Size 76.2x177.8mm to 215.9x355.6mm (3x7 in. to 8.5x14 in.).

Output Media for Infoprint 1552

Std 5-bin high- Fin. Fin.
Out. Output Mail- cap. Output Staple
Paper Size & Type Dup. Bin Expand box Stack Bin. Jogger
----------------------- ---- ---- ------ ----- ----- ------ ------
A4 (210x297 mm) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Letter (8.5"x11") Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
A5 (148x210 mm) Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
B5-JIS (182x257 mm) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Legal (8.5"x14") Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Executive (7.25"x10.5") Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Folio (8.5"x13") Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Statement (5.5"x8.5") No Yes Yes No Yes No No
7 3/4 Env. (98x191 mm) No Yes Yes No Yes No No
9 Env. (98x225 mm) No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Commercial #10 Env. No Yes Yes No Yes No No
(104.8x241.3 mm)
C5 Env. (169x229 mm) No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
B5 Env. (176x250 mm) No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
DL Env. (110x220 mm) No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Other Env.(1) No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Universal(2) No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Universal(3) No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Universal(4) Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Paper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cardstock Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes(5)
Transparencies No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes(5)
Paper Labels No Yes Yes No Yes No No

Note: (1) Size 98.4x162mm to 176x250mm (3.87x6.38 in. to 6.93x9.84 in.).

Note: (2) Size 139.7x210mm to 215x355.6mm (5.5x8.27 in. to 8.5x14 in.).

Note: (3) Size 69.85x127mm to 215.9x355.6mm (2.75x5 in. to 8.5x14 in.).

Note: (4) Size 148x182mm to 215.9x355.6mm (5.83x7.17 in. to 8.5x14 in.).

Note: (5) Supported by offsetting only, not stapler function.

Note: Dup = Duplex.

Media Type and Weights Supported

Input Media for Infoprint 1552

Aux & 250-Sht 500-Sheet Tray
Print Media (5) (6) 2000-Sht Drwr Env. Feeder
------------------ ------------- -------------- ------------- -----------
Copier/Xerographic 60-135 gsm 60-176 gsm 60-135 gsm No
16-36 lb 16-47 lb 16-36 lb

Card Stock Upper
Limit grain Long(1)
- Index-Bristol 120 gsm (67lb) 163 gsm (90lb) No No
- Tag 120 gsm (74lb) 163 gsm (100lb) No No
- Cover 135 gsm (50lb) 176 gsm (65lb) No No

Card Stock Upper
Limit grain Short(1)
- Index-Bristol 163 gsm (90lb) 199 gsm (110lb) No No
- Tag 163 gsm (125lb)203 gsm (125lb) No No
- Cover 176 gsm (65lb) 216 gsm (80lb) No No

Transparencies 138-146 gsm 138-146 gsm No No
37-39 lb 37-39 lb No No

Labels Upper Limit
- Paper 163 gsm (43lb) 180 gsm (48lb) No No

Integrated Forms
- Pressure Area(2) 140-175 gsm 140-175 gsm No No
- Paper Base 75-135 gsm 75-135 gsm No No
20-36 lb 20-36 lb

Envelopes(5) 60-105 gsm No No 60-105 gsm
(Sulfite, wood-free 16-28lb bond(3) 16-28 lb(4)
or up to 100% cotton bond)

Note: All media specified in lb is bond.

Note: (1) For 60 to 176 g/m2 paper, grain long fibers are recommended. For papers heavier than 176 g/m2, grain short is preferred.

Note: (2) Pressure sensitive area must enter the printer first.

Note: (3) 100% cotton content maximum weight is 24 lb. bond. 28 lb bond bond envelopes are limited to 25% cotton content. This spec applies to the auxiliary tray, not the optional 250-sheet drawer.

Note: (4) 100% cotton content maximum weight is 24 lb. bond. 28 lb bond bond envelopes are limited to 25% cotton content.

Note: (5) THe duplex option supports the same weights and types as the printer except for transparencies, envelopes, and labels. Integrated trays include the standard 500 tray and the 400-UAT tray in the integrated tray position.

Note: (6) Optional 250-drawers include the 250-UAT drawer. Optional 500-drawers include the 400-UAT drawer.

Output Media for Infoprint 1552

Print Media Std/Expd/Stak Finisher Bin Fin stple/Off Mailbox(5)
------------------ ------------- -------------- ------------- -----------
Copier/Xerographic 60-176 gsm 60-176 gsm 60-90 gsm 60-90 gsm
grain long, 16-47 lb 16-24 lb 16-24 lb
16-47 lb

Card Stock Upper
Limit grain Long(1)
- Index-Bristol 163 gsm (90lb) 163 gsm (90lb) No No
- Tag 163 gsm(100lb) 163 gsm (100lb) No No
- Cover 176 gsm (65lb) No No No

Card Stock Upper
Limit grain Short(1)
- Index-Bristol 199 gsm (110lb)199 gsm (110lb) No No
- Tag 203 gsm (125lb)203 gsm (125lb) No No
- Cover 216 gsm (80lb) 216 gsm (80lb) No No

Transparencies 138-146 gsm 138-146 gsm Offsetting No
37-39 lb 37-39 lb 138-146 gsm No
37-39 lb

Labels Upper Limit
- Paper 180 gsm (48 lb) No No No

Integrated Forms
- Pressure Area(2) 140-175 gsm No No No
up to 47 lb
- Paper Base 75-135 gsm No No No
(long grain) 20-36 lb

Envelopes 60-105 gsm No No No
(Sulfite, wood-free 16-28 lb bond(3)(4)
or up to 100% cotton bond)

Note: All media specified in lb is bond.

Note: (1) For 60 to 176 g/m2 paper, grain long fibers are recommended. For papers heavier than 176 g/m2, grain short is preferred.

Note: (2) Pressure sensitive area must enter the printer first.

Note: (3) 100% cotton content maximum weight is 24 lb. bond. 28 lb bond bond envelopes are limited to 25% cotton content. This spec applies to the auxiliary tray, not the optional 250-sheet drawer.

Note: (4) 100% cotton content maximum weight is 24 lb. bond. 28 lb bond bond envelopes are limited to 25% cotton content.

Paper Sensing for Infoprint 1552

The Infoprint 1552 printer has the following paper sensors:

Standard Optional Optional Optional
Input 250/500 2000-Sht. Envelope
Sensing Function Trays Drawers Drawer Feeder
--------------------------- --------- -------- --------- --------
Paper Size Sensing
- Paper Tray Yes Yes Yes No
- Auxiliary Tray No No No No
Paper Out Sensing
- Paper Tray Yes Yes Yes Yes
- Auxiliary Tray Yes No No No
Tray Present Sensing
- Paper Tray Yes Yes Yes No
- Auxiliary Tray No No No No
Envelope Conditioning Yes No No No
Misc. Other
- Narrow Media Yes No No No
- Auto Size Yes No No No
- Tray Low Yes Yes No No
- Pass Through No Yes Yes Yes
- Cover Open/
Cartridge Present Yes No No No
- Input Sensor Yes No No No
- Fuser Exit Yes No No No

Optional Optional Optional
Output 5 -Bin High-Cap. Optional
Sensing Function Expander Mailbox Stacker Finisher
--------------------------- --------- -------- --------- --------
Output Bin Near Full Yes No Yes Yes
Output Bin Full Yes Yes Yes Yes
Output Bin Empty No Yes No Yes
Envelope Conditioning
Misc. Other
- Pass Through Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stapling Sensing
- Paper In Stapler No No No Yes
- Stapler Low No No No Yes
- Staple Cartridge Present No No No Yes
- Stapler Empty No No No Yes
- Stapler Top Cover No No No Yes
- Stapler Access Door No No No Yes

Additional Media Guidelines for Infoprint 1552

Follow the media guidelines below for successful printing:

Paper

Rough, highly textured, limp, or pre-curled papers will result in lower print quality and more frequent paper feed failures.

Colored papers must be able to withstand 190 deg C (400 deg F) fusing temperature.

Preprinted forms and letterheads should be selected using guidelines found in the printer User's Guide. The chemical process used in preprinting may render some papers unsuitable for use with these printers.

Unsuitable papers include multipart forms and documents; chemically treated papers; coated, synthetic and thermal papers; and preprinted papers requiring a high degree of registration.

Recycled paper less than 80g/sqm may cause unacceptable results.

Envelopes

All envelopes should be new, unused, and without package damage.

Envelopes with excessive curl or twist exceeding 6 mm, those stuck together, those with bent corners or nicked edges, or those that interlock should not be used.

Minimum weight: 75 g/m2 (20 lb.)

The following envelopes should not be used:
Envelopes with windows, holes, perforations, cutouts, or deep embossing.
Envelopes with metal clasps, string ties, or metal folding bars.
Envelopes with exposed flap adhesive when the flap is in the closed position.
For best results, print on new 90 g/m2 (24 lb.) sulfite or 25% cotton bond envelopes.
Under high humidity conditions (over 60%), envelopes may seal during printing.

Transparencies

Use letter or A4-size sheets only.

Transparencies specifically designed for xerographic copy machines or laser printers may be used with the Infoprint 1552.

Labels

Labels should be selected using guidelines found in the User's Reference, Complete Printer Reference, and tested for acceptability. VINYL AND POLYESTER LABELS ARE NOT SUPPORTED.

Operator Panel

Display

Four-line160x64mm APA backlit gray scale display: Non-double byte languages use a proportional font, supporting four lines with 20 characters per line maximum. Double byte characters, at 16x16 pixels in size, support four lines of 10 characters per line maximum.

Numeric Pad

The numeric pad consists of numbers, a pound (#) sign, and a backspace button. The "5" button has a raised bump for non-visual orientation.

Two-Toned LED

The two-toned LED button is green and the lighting/flash pattern is:
Blinking green: Device warming up, processing data, or printing
Solid red: User intervention occurring or required
Solid green: Ready state

Navigational Elements

An intuitive grouping of navigation elements is placed close to the display panel. Up/Down navigation arrows navigate up and down lists. Left/Right buttons navigate within the screens.

User Workflow Separated from Administration/Configuration

User and print job related workflow is accessed via the Home screen. Administrative related workflow is accessed via the Menu button.

Home States

There are two Home States: HomePrime and HomeStatus. HomePrime is the legacy "Ready" state. HomeStatus is the legacy @Busy@ state.

Toner at A Glance

A graphical representation of toner cartridge levels is available.

Show Me

Additional information is provided for a select group of required user interventions via a @Show me@ selection. "Show me" selections contain detailed steps (graphics and text) that instruct the user how clear the specified intervention.

Tell Me More

Additional information is provided for a select group of user interventions via a "Tell me more" selection. "Tell me more" selections contain more detail about the specific, such as why it has occurred and/or what the user can do to clear the intervention.

Printer Features

All printer features are customer installable.

Input, Output and Other Media Features

Software

Printer drivers are provided on the Drivers, MarkVision, and Utilities CD that is packaged with the printer. See Publications section for details.

The Windows software applications, which operate in the operating systems listed above, are best suited to run with the drivers supplied with the printer. These drivers for Windows take advantage of your printer functions and increase the printer performance wherever possible.

Operating Systems

Infoprint 1552 is compatible with applications running under the following operating systems for either local or network connections: For information about USB connections, see Local Connections.

Apple Macintosh
Apple Mac OS 9.x .APPLE

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows 95 4.00.950 or later

Microsoft Windows 98, 1nd Edition

Microsoft Windows 98, 2nd Edition

Windows Me

Microsoft Windows NT 4 SP6

Microsoft Windows NT 4 Server SP6

Microsoft Windows NT 4 Server running Terminal Server: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 (Citrix only supports up to 1.8 on NT4)

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services with: Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server-Feature Release 3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services with: Citrix MetaFrame Presentation 3.0

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services with: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8or XP 1.0

Microsoft Windows XP Home

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Server

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services with Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 or XP 1.0

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Server with: Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server-Feature Release 3

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Server with: Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0

Novell

Novell NetWare(r) 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x including full DNS and NDPS support

Novel(r) Distributed Print ServicesTM (NDPS) 5.1, 6.0, and 6.3 or later with IBM NDPS IP Gateway.

Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4
SuSE Linux Professional 9.0
SuSE Linux Professional 9.1
SuSE Linux Professional 9.2
SuSE Linus Enterprise Server 8
SuSE Linus Enterprise Server 9
Linspire 4.5
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0

Download the Enhanced Printer Drivers from the IBM Web site.

UNIX
HP-UX 11.00, 11.11
IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Sun Solaris SPARC 7, 8, 9, 10

IBM AIX Colon Files

IBM AIX 4.2.1, 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2

Other

Virtually any platform supporting TCP/IP

IBM iSeries Systems with TCP/IP with OS/400(r) V5R1 or later using OS/400 Host Print Transform.

The software applications that operate with most Apple LaserWriter printers will generally operate with the Infoprint 1552. The Macintosh 128, 512, and 512e Computers are not supported.

Management Solutions (MarkVision**)

MarkVision Professional and MarkVision Messenger are available via the Web at www.markvisionprofessional.com.

NetPnP, Software Installation and Distribution tools are provided on Drivers and Utilities CDs.

MarkVision Professional

MarkVision Professional is a cross-platform print management solution that enables IT administrators to proactively monitor and manage network devises in an enterprise environment via a web browser. It provides IT administrators with realtime device status and information, centralized device setup, remote printer monitoring and management, and asset management capabilities.

MarkVision Messenger

MarkVision Messenger provides real-time notification of printer conditions via e-mail, paging, or other applications and facilitates automated responses to these conditions before they become critical and disruptive to user productivity. MarkVision Messenger enhances administrators' quality for service and improves end-user productivity and satisfaction.

NetPnP

NetPnP senses when a new IBM printer is attached to the network and automatically creates a shared printer object on the Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 system. Furthermore, NetPnP notifies end-users via e-mail that the new network printer is available for printing. Designed for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 environments, Net PnP makes the Infoprint 1552 printers available to end-users within seconds of network attachment.

Software Installation and Distribution tools

In Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 environments, these tools enable administrators to push printer software installation to other Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 workstations or to write a script that will install specified printer software on specified Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 workstations on the network. In Windows 9X environments, it enables administrators to write installation scripts that can then be distributed to other workstations. When executed, these scripts will silently install all specified IBM software.

The IBM printers with USB interfaces are certified for USB attachment to Sun Blade workstations and Sun Ray appliances. MarkVision Professional is available from the IBM Web site.

IBM Infoprint Manager

Infoprint Manager support: Yes (post GA). Requires administrators to create printer objects.

Network Printer Resource Utility (NPRU)

NPRU will not support the Infoprint 1552

TCP/IP Network Port Monitor Utility

This utility will not support the Infoprint 1552

LPR Remote Printing Client Utility

This utility will not support the Infoprint 1552
Physical Specifications

Dimensions

Width Depth Height Weight(1)
Base 1 --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------
Network 436.0 mm 523.0 mm 406.0 mm 23.1 kg
Printer (17.2 in) (20.6 in) (16.0 in) (51.0 lb)

Note: (1) Weights for low voltage and high voltage modes are the same.

Recommended clearances

Left Right Front Back Top
Network ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------- ------------
Printer 304.8 mm 304.8 mm 508.0 mm 304.8 mm 137.2 cm
(12.0 in.) (12.0 in. (20.0 in.) (12.0 in.) (4.5 ft.)

Operating environment
Temperature: 16 to 32 C (60 to 90 F)
Relative humidity: 8 to 80%
Altitude: 3,048 meters (10,000 ft)

Storage and shipping (packed)
Temperature (degrees): -40 to 43 C (-40 to 110 F)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95%
Altitude: 10,300 meters (34,000 ft)

Storage and shipping (unpacked)
Temperature (degrees): 0 to 40 C (32 to 104 F)
Relative humidity: 5% to 80%

Electrical specifications

Low voltage models
100 - 127 V ac at 50 to 60 Hz nominal
90 - 137 V ac extreme

Power consumption

Printing states 1552 n
------------------------------ ---------
120 Volts
Power Saver mode on 20 watts
Standby Mode 95 watts
Continuous printing 830 watts
Maximum current while printing 8.0 amps

Note: All models are Energy Star compliant.

Acoustics

All measurements were made in accordance with ISO 7779 and reported in conformance with ISO 9296.

Infoprint 1552:

Sound Sound
Mode Pressure dBA Power Bels
------------------ -------------- ------------
Idle (Standby) 30 dBA 4.5 Bels
Simplex Printing 55 dBA 7.0 Bels
Duplex Printing 58 dBA

Mach Feature Part
Type Model Number Number Description UPC
---- ----- ------- ------- ------------------------------ ---------------
4537 001 39V0064 Infoprint 1552 NA (LV) 0-00435-76816-2
4537 n01 39V0065 Infoprint 1552 NA n (LV) 0-00435-76817-9
4537 gn1 39V0194 Infoprint 1552 NA gov (LV) 0-00435-76593-2
39V0217 500-Sheet Duplex Unit 0-00435-78298-4
4537 001,n01,gn1 39V0227 Bar Code Card 0-00435-78309-7
4537 001,n01,gn1 39V0228 Decryption Card 0-00435-78310-3
4537 001,n01,gn1 39V0326 Serial Interface Card 0-00435-81951-2
4537 001,n01,gn1 39V0327 Parallel 1284-B Iface Card 0-00435-81952-9

Bar Code Card for Infoprint 1552

The Bar Code Card enables IBM's laser printers to print more than forty seven of the most popular industry-standard bar codes, including Datamatrix, QR Code, Aztec, microPDF417, PLANET, Codablock F, TF14, and HIBC128. The bar code card generates bar codes algorithmically for improved readability.

The Bar Code Card emulates HP printers with an HP BarCodes & More font solution, JetCAPS BarDIMM, or JetCAPS BarSIMM (v.2.0b).

The Bar Code Card cannot be used in conjunction with the Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe or the Decryption Card.

(P/N 39V0227) Bar Code Card for Infoprint 1552
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This feature is installed in the flash memory/applications solutions slots.

This feature prints over forty industry standard bar codes.

The bar code card enables IBM's laser printers to print more than forty seven of the most popular industry-standard bar codes, including Datamatrix, QR Code, Aztec, microPDF417, PLANET, Codablock F, TF14, and HIBC128. The bar code card generates bar codes algorithmically for improved readability.

The Bar Code Card emulates HP printers with an HP BarCodes & More font solution, JetCAPS BarDIMM, or JetCAPS BarSIMM (v.2.0b). p.The bar code card cannot be used in conjunction with the IPDS card or decryption card.

Printer Features

(P/N 39V0228) Decryption Card

PN 39V0228 for Infoprint 1552.
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This feature is installed in the flash memory/applications solutions slots.

The Decryption feature allows an equipped printer to receive and decrypt print jobs that have been encrypted using the decryption software on compatible client operating systems. Decryption supports AES encryption using key and block lengths of 128, 192, and 256 bits, providing robust security for sensitive documents. Decryption also supports the use of Session or dynamic encryption keys, which greatly reduces management overhead. Session keys are automatically and randomly generated with each print job, ensuring that a unique key is applied to each print job. For more information, please refer to the Decryption documentation.

(P/N 39V0326) Serial Interface Card
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This feature is installed in the local connection slot.

This feature provides a serial port for the printer.

(P/N 39V0327) Parallel 1284-B Interface Card
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This feature is installed in the local connection slot.

This feature provides an IEEE 1284-B parallel port for the printer.

(P/N 39V0224) Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe Feature
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This feature is installed in the flash memory/applications solutions slots.

The Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe provides AFP/IPDS and SCS (LU1) data stream support for IBM servers. The Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe allows customers to print AFP/IPDS or SCS(LU1) documents over TCP/IP to LAN printers

IPDS is only supported for Single Byte Character Set and does not support Double Byte Character Set.

Details on Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe Emulation

Product Overview:

The SCS/TNe or IPDS configuration settings can be changed using MarkNet print server's resident web server, a browser and the printer's IP address.

For IPDS emulation printing, the capture of outline fonts (LF3) is now supported.

These affordable Cards for IPDS and SCS/TNe provide configuration flexibility and compatibility for AFP/IPDS or SCS printing over TCP/IP to LAN printers. These Cards for IPDS and SCS/TNe are compatible with IBM mainframe or IBM iSeries applications that generate SCS (LU1) output or with applications that output AFP/IPDS through Print Services Facility (PSF).

IBM continues to make it easy for IS/IT managers to have an affordable printing solution in a distributed network or on a LAN for applications or software that generate AFP/IPDS or SCS. This includes:

PDF417 2D bar code, Data Matrix, MaxiCode 2D bar code support, QR code 2D barcode

Using AFP/IPDS and PSF, capture fonts to hard disk or to flash memory resulting in reduced network traffic over LAN, coaxial or twinaxial connections.

Supports TN3270E or TN5250E SCS (LU1) over the LAN using TCP/IP with Telnet.

No changes to host applications.

Supports emulation of common IBM IPDS and SCS printers.

Additional or new remote controllers with twinax or coax cabling are unnecessary. However, twinax and coax connections continue to be available using the Coax/Twinax Adapter for SCS.

One LAN printer can print LAN (PostScript, PCL, etc) and mainframe or iSeries documents (AFP/IPDS, SCS).

With a card and the standard Ethernet network port or a MarkNet print server using TCP/IP, the printer becomes an IBM host workstation printer capable of printing AFP/IPDS or SCS documents from an iSeries or System/390 computer.

With the appropriate host software and one of these options, the IBM printer emulates an IBM mainframe or iSeries host printer. See the compatibility section for details.

With the TN3270E and TN5250E extended Telnet protocol support in these options, the printer emulates one TN3270E printer session and up to 4 TN5250E printer sessions using the LU1 SCS data stream over TCP/IP. This is supported directly from an iSeries or from a mainframe using TCP/IP or through any TN3270E capable gateway that supports TN3270E according to RFC 2355. The DSC/DSE or SCS data streams over LU3 or LU0 are not supported. The Telnet protocol function is only supported with through the standard Ethernet network port or with the MarkNet N2000 print servers. See the compatibility section for more details.

For IPDS emulation, the card supports resident scalable fonts and 300, 600, 1200 image quality or 1200 dpi print resolutions. The resolution is selected through an IPDS MENU setting. This setting determines the print resolution of IPDS text, graphics, bar code, scalable image and scalable font data.

The printer can be configured to take advantage of additional RAM, and when attached to a LAN through the standard Ethernet port or a MarkNet print server, can save IPDS resources to improve performance for complex IPDS print jobs with host resources such as fonts, overlays or page segments.

The IPDS emulation supports the IPDS data and resource towers. SBCS fonts can now be downloaded, captured and saved to hard disk or flash memory in the printer. The US Postal Bar code POSTNET font and the Euro currency symbol are supported within IPDS.

The Euro currency symbol is also supported for the SCS, PostScript and PCL 6 emulations.

Fonts

AFP/IPDS Font and Typestyle Support:

The Card for IPDS supports resident scalable fonts. The font complement with 12 typestyles supports the IBM Font Collection (Core Int erchange Scalable Font Sets - Courier, Times New Roman and Helvetica faces).

The following languages are supported:

Latin 1: Afrikaans, Belgian (French and Dutch), Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian English, Canadian French, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish (Castillian), Swedish, Swiss (German, French and Italian), United Kingdom English, United States English

Latin 2/ROECE: Albanian, Croatian, Czech, East German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian

Latin 3, 4, 5 and 6: Maltese, Turkish, Estonian, Greenlandic, Lappish, Latvian, Lithuanian

Greek

Cyrillic for: Bulgarian, Byelorussian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian.

The font complement for the IBM Coordinated Scalable Font Set provides support for Latin 1 languages in 3 Letter Gothic (medium, bold and italic) and 3 Prestige (medium, bold and italic) scalable typestyles. Scalable OCR-A and OCR-B typestyles are supported.

The following fonts are supported using bitmaps: APL 12, Boldface PS, Boldface Italic PS, OCR-A 10, OCR-B 10 and Prestige PS. The OCR bitmap fonts have different FGIDs than the scalable font versions.

The IBM 4028 Compatibility Font set consists of 22 fixed pitch typestyles supported by bitmap fonts. Times Roman typestyles (13) are created from Times New Roman scalable typestyles of the same weight and style.

The IBM 3812/3816 Compatibility Font set consists of 35 typestyles supported by bitmap fonts at 240 dpi.

Font Capture

Fonts can also be captured dynamically and saved (cached) to hard disk or flash memory in the printer. A captured font then appears as a printer resident font. If many fonts are used in the jobs that are printed, capturing fonts and saving them in the printer will decrease network traffic on busy networks.

PSF defines fonts as either public or private. In order to capture a font, it must be marked as eligible and public. A private font is not eligible to be captured.

Note: Do not mark sensitive fonts such as signatures and MICR fonts as eligible to be captured. Check the font licensing information before a font is made eligible for capture.

If a font is to be captured, the appropriate files for the coded font or character set and code page resources must all be marked.

The printer must also be defined as capable to capture fonts in PSF. For bitmap fonts, the font resolution of the font captured must match the resolution of the emulated printer for it to be recognized by the printer as a printer resident font. For example, the IBM 3812 and 3816 printer emulations require 240 dpi fonts. The IBM 4028 printer emulation requires 300 dpi fonts.

iSeries

On the iSeries, Font capture is supported by OS/400 V5R1 or later. To define the printer as capable to capture, in the PSF configuration (CRTPSFCFG/CHGPSFCFG), set FNTCAPTURE (*YES).

Eligible fonts must be marked. Display the font attributes to identify marked fonts (DSPFNTRSCA). Verify that *YES is specified for the Font Capture attribute. Use Create Font Resource (CRTFNTRSC) to mark font resources from other systems. Use Change Font Resource (CHGFNTRSC) to mark fonts that are not marked as eligible.

For a font to be eligible for capture, it must have non zero fields for FGID and GCSGID. Any fonts captured and saved in the printer's hard disk or flash memory are saved across instances of the writer.

Mainframe (OS/390 or z/OS)

Font capture is supported by PSF for OS/390 or z/OS. Use APSRMARK to mark eligible fonts if they are not already marked. The IBM Font Collection fonts are already marked as eligible for capture.

SCS Font and Typestyle Support

The SCS emulation uses the default resolution set using the Quality menu from the printer's operator panel. The SCS emulation in the card uses PCL fonts from the printer firmware. If the printer is set to 600 dpi, then all SCS data is printed with 600 dpi PCL fonts. It is possible to imbed PCL and PJL commands into the SCS data stream and pass them to the printer utilizing ASCII transparency.

On the iSeries, fonts can be selected by specifying the FGID (Font Global Identifier) or by characters per inch (CPI). With IBM mainframes, only CPI font selection is possible.

A parameter in the SCS data stream (Final Form Text (Level 2) Document Content Architecture (FFT (L2) DCA)) Page Presentation media (PPM) command is used to control Duplex printing.

These 6 fonts are included in SCS emulation as 300 dpi bitmap fonts: OCR-B (3), Boldface Italic (155), Boldface (159), Essay (160), Essay Bold (163) and Document (175).

Compatibility

For the Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe, IPDS is supported under the IPDS MENU settings and SCS is supported under the SCS/TNe MENU settings.

Support Notes:

Microcode updates and User's Guides are available from the IBM web site.

See the appropriate User's Guide for configuration instructions.

When the printer is emulating an IBM printer, the function supported depends on the IBM host software.

For Direct Network Attachment - Hardware Compatibility

When the printer contains an optional Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe, it attaches to a network using one of the following MarkNet print servers:
Standard Ethernet (100BaseTX/10BaseT) Network port in the printer
MarkNet(tm) N2000 Series print servers
MarkNet X2000 Series print servers (AFP/IPDS only)
MarkNet Pro print servers (AFP/IPDS only)

The optional MarkNet print servers support Token-Ring (4Mbps or 16 Mbps), Ethernet 10BaseT/10Base2 and Ethernet 100BaseTX/10BaseT with the following Network Operating Systems: Novell NetWare (including NetWare Directory Services - NDS and NDPS), Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server, TokenTalk and EtherTalk, and the following UNIX platforms: Caldera OpenLinux, IBM AIX, Compaq Tru64 (Digital), HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, SCO OpenServer, UnixWare, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris x86, SuSE Linux and TurboLinux.

Notes:

MarkNet N2000 microcode level 3.15.x or later is required for SCS/TNe support.

For OptraImage network ports, microcode level 5.15.x or later is required for SCS/TNe support.

Any MarkNet X2000 microcode level provides AFP/IPDS support only.

For IPDS printing, a minimum of 16MB of printer memory is required.

Software Compatibility for AFP/IPDS Printing over TCP/IP

The IBM host software requirements for AFP/IPDS printing when the printer is emulating an IBM 381x, 43xx, 311x or 4028 printer are:

OS/400 V5R1 or later through PSF/400 (See Note).

Note: With OS/400 V5R1, to print IPDS over TCP/IP through PSF/400.

Software Compatibility for SCS LU1 Printing over TCP/IP

The IBM iSeries software requirements for TN5250e SCS (LU1) printing using up to 4 sessions when the printer is emulating an IBM 3812-01 printer are:

OS/400 V5R1 or later with all PTFs applied

Note: Up to four (4) TN5250e sessions from multiple hosts are supported; however, the SCS Menu options settings for all 4 sessions are the same.

The IBM mainframe software requirements for TN3270e SCS (LU1) printing using one session when the printer is emulating an IBM 3287 printer are:

IBM Communications Server (CS) for OS/390 or z/OS Version 2 Release 5 or later on ESA systems (Note: all appropriate APARs must be applied)

TCP/IP for VM/ESA Version 2 Release 4 or later (function level 310 or later)

TCP/IP for VSE/ESA V1 R3 or later using General Print Server Feature

Using Cisco 7500 Series Routers

SCS LU1 Printing using a Gateway and TCP/IP

If TN3270E capable SNA gateway software supports the TN3270E protocol according to RFC 2355, then a TN3270e session can be used to print SCS jobs directly from a mainframe or iSeries. Examples of these gateways are:

IBM SecureWay Communications Server 6.0.2 for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, AIX, UnixWare 7, OS/2 Warp

Microsoft NetResults SNA Server 4.0

Novell NetWare for SAA 4 as either a TN3270E Server or TN5250 Server

Attachmate E-Vantage SNA Gateway 2.0

Barr Systems Communications Server

Cisco TN3270 Server

OpenConnect using the WebConnect SNA Access Server or SNA Print Server

(P/N 39V0212) Coax/Twinax Card for SCS
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

The Coax/Twinax Card for SCS provides SCS (for Coax, DSC/DSE) data stream support for IBM server customers who must print SCS over distributed SNA networks using a coaxial or twinaxial cable connected printer.

This feature plugs in the network slots.

For Direct Twinaxial Attachment - Hardware Compatibility

When the printer contains an optional Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe and the Coax/Twinax Card for SCS with a twinaxial cable, the printer attaches to the following IBM hardware:
iSeries servers and e-systems
iSeries Twinaxial Workstation Controllers
iSeries Advanced System/36 Twinaxial Workstation Controller
5494 Remote Control Unit
5394 Remote Control Unit

Notes:

Coax/Twinax Card for SCS microcode level H02-8491 or later is required.

There must be two separate twinax addresses, one for the SCS emulation using the card for SCS and another for the Card's IPDS emulation. The Card for SCS does not require the Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe to support SCS.

The Coax/Twinax Card for SCS provides SCS data stream support for a twinax connection that requires both IPDS and SCS data stream support when using the Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe.

For Direct Coaxial Attachment - Hardware Compatibility

When the printer contains the Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe and the Coax/Twinax Card for SCS with a coaxial cable, the printer attaches to the following IBM hardware:
IBM 3174 Control Unit
ES/9000 Work Station Subsystem Controller
IBM 3174 compatible control units

Note:

Coax/Twinax Card for SCS microcode level H01-9072 or later is required.

The Coax/Twinax Card for SCS provides SCS data stream support for a coax connection that requires both IPDS and SCS data stream support when using the Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe.

For Direct Coaxial Attachment - Software Compatibility

The IBM host software requirements for AFP/IPDS printing when the printer is emulating an IBM 381x, 43xx, 311x or 4028 printer are as follows:

Any application or host software that generates the AFP/IPDS data stream for one of the emulated printers such as:
PSF/VSE V2.2.1
PSF/VM V2.1.1 (with maintenance)
PSF for z/OS V3.3.0 or later
PSF for i5/OS V5R1 or later
Infoprint Manager for AIX V3.2 or later
Infoprint Manager for Windows
GDDM V2.3 with APARs
RSCS V3.2 or later

The Infoprint 1552 media features include:

(P/N 39V0213) 250-Sheet Drawer
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 4
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This input option can be installed beneath the printer to offer an added input source which holds approximately 250 sheets of 20 lb. Paper. Multiple optional drawers are supported simultaneously.

(P/N 39V0214) 500-Sheet Drawer
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 4
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This optional input source installs beneath the printer, and it holds approximately 500 sheets of (20 lb.) paper. Multiple optional drawers are supported simultaneously.

(P/N 39V0215) 2,000-Sheet Drawer for Letter
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This optional input source is designed to be installed beneath the printer and below any other optional input sources. This option holds approximately 2000 sheets of letter (20 lb.) paper.

(P/N 39V0216) 2,000-Sheet Drawer for A4
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This optional input source is designed to be installed beneath the printer and below any other optional input sources. This option holds approximately 2000 sheets of A4 (20 lb.) paper.

(P/N 39V0317) 500-Sheet Tray
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

For customer environments with space or budget constraints that would prevent purchase of the complete input drawer option, a separate tray option is available. (Drawer includes tray support unit.) For example, the tray might hold an alternate media, such as letterhead, and temporarily replace a tray with standard media as needed. This version of the tray holds 500 sheets of (20 lb.) paper.

(P/N 39V0217) 500-Sheet Duplex Unit
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This option offers two-sided printing capabilty for the Infoprint 1552 printer.

(P/N 39V0219) Envelope Feeder
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

Although occasional envelope printing is supported through the printer's multi-purpose tray, this option is available for more frequent envelope printing. It holds up to 85 envelopes.

(P/N 39V0220) Output Expander
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 3
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This output option installs above the printer's primary output bin. It offers an additional output destination, which holds up to 650 sheets of 20 lb paper. Multiple output expanders are supported, as indicated in Media Support.

(P/N 39V0222) High Capacity Output Stacker
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none
Conflict = this feature is mutually exclusive with the StapleSmart Finisher

This option is a solution for very large print jobs that need to be sent as a whole to one large bin (as opposed to splitting the large job up to separate smaller bins). The High-Capacity Output Stacker holds approximately 1850 sheets (20 lb paper). This option is designed to install directly above the printer's primary output bin. The printers support an output expander in addition to the High Capacity Output Stacker, for a total capacity of up to 3000 pages of output. When both an output expander and High Capacity Output Stacker are installed, the output expander must be installed above the High Capacity Output Stacker.

(P/N 39V0221) 5-bin Mailbox

This is available on the Infoprint 1352 only.

Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 2 or 1 if either the Output Expander or Staplesmart Finisher is installed

Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This option offers five output destinations in one. Each of the 5 bins on this option supports approximately 100 pages (20 lb) of paper. The workgroup printers support two of these options for a total of ten additional bins or an additional capacity of 1000 sheets of output.

(P/N 39V0223) StapleSmart Finisher
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none
Conflict = this feature is mutually exclusive with the High Capacity Output Stacker (FC 4630)

This output option offers stapling, offsetting, and an additional output bin. Utilizing the same "floating" tray system as the High Capacity Output Stacker, the Finisher can support up to 750 sheets of unstapled media. For stapled media, the output bin supports up to 40 stapled sets or 600 sheets. The stapler can staple a maximum of 25 sheets per set. For additional output, one output expander OR one 5-bin mailbox can be placed on top of the Finisher. The Finisher must be the first option attached to the printer. The staple cartridge contains 3000 staples. Refill staple cartridges are available in packages of three cartridges. The StapleSmart Finisher has two handy storage compartments for storing extra staple cartridges.

Memory and Flash Memory Features

The Infoprint 1552 has one slot for memory DIMMs and two slots for flash memory cards and application solution cards. Only one flash memory card is allowed.

The memory features include the following SDRAM features:

(P/N 75P6986) 128 MB Memory DIMM
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

(P/N 75P6987) 256 MB Memory DIMM
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

(P/N 75P6988) 512 MB Memory DIMM
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

The flash memory features include:

(P/N 75P6989) 32 MB Flash Card
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

(P/N 75P6990) 64 MB Flash Card
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

If larger storage is required, an optional hard disk feature is also available. The hard disk with adapter feature is required for a hard disk support. The adapter plugs into the internal network adapter slots. Multiple hard disk features may be ordered although only one hard disk can be installed at a time.

(P/N 39V0229) 20+ GB Hard Disk with Adapter
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none
Connection Features

In addition to the standard USB port and standard parallel port, each Infoprint 1552 model has one slot for an optional hard disk, optional internal print servers, or optional local connections.
Internal Local Connection Features

The following local connection options are supported:
Cable Features

(P/N 28P1871) 10 Ft. Parallel Cable
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

For parallel attachment, this cable is recommended for ten feet or less and may be ordered by the customer.

(P/N 28P1875) 2-meter USB Cable
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

For USB attachment, this USB cable is recommended and may be ordered by the customer.
Network Connection Features

Network cards plug into the one internal interface adapter slot. Only one card is allowed per network protocol. That is, only one Ethernet card.

Network Cards for Internal Print Server Features

Some Infoprint 1552 models come standard with Fast Ethernet 10/100BaseTx built-in to the controller board. Additionally, it supports the following Internal Print Servers:

(P/N 75P6992) Ethernet 1000BaseTX
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = base model, Co-requisite = none

This internal Ethernet adapter supports the Gigabit Ethernet standard over CAT-5 cabling.

Network Cards for External Print Servers Features

These features are external standalone boxes that connect to the printer's parallel or serial ports. Network models require the Parallel 1284-B Interface Card. The following features provide external network connection:

(P/N 28P1839) Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX-1 port
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This external print server has one parallel port to connect to an Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX network.

(P/N 28P1840) Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX-3 port
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This external print server has two parallel ports and one serial port to connect up to three printers to an Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX network.

(P/N 28P1836) Token Ring-3 port
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This external print server has two parallel ports and one serial port to connect up to three printers to a Token-Ring network.

(P/N 75P6857) 802.11G Wireless To Ethernet
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite =none

This feature allows the printer to be connected directly to a wireless LAN using the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard. This standard operates at speeds of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps). The range of this wireless adapter depends on the environment, whether used indoors or outdoors and building contruction. Typical indoor ranges are 20-50 meters and outdoor ranges are 100-200 meters. Performance will degrade with distance. The wireless LAN feature is compliant with any WiFi-compliant device.

The feature is an external adapter that connects to the ethernet port on the printer. The ethernet port can be the standard port that comes on any network model, or an internal ethernet or external print server port. This feature includes a cable that plus into the Ethernet port.

(P/N 75P6854) 802.11G Wireless To USB
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = 1
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite =none

This feature allows the printer to be connected directly to a wireless LAN using the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard. This standard operates at speeds of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps). The range of this wireless adapter depends on the environment, whether used indoors or outdoors and building contruction. Typical indoor ranges are 20-50 meters and outdoor ranges are 100-200 meters. Performance will degrade with distance. The wireless LAN feature is compliant with any WiFi-compliant device.

The feature is an external adapter that connects to the USB port on the printer.

Network Compatibility

The internal network adapters support and work in Infoprint 1552 printer.

The internal and external network adapters support Network Plug and Print 2.0 on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 systems.

The Ethernet and Token-Ring print servers and standard Ethernet connections support the following protocols:
TCP/IP
Novell (IPX/SPX including NetWare Directory Services)
AppleTalk**
LexLink** (DLC/LLC)

The TCP/IP standard set of application services including DHCP, WINS, SNMP (industry standard printer MIB), http, lpr/lpd, ftp, tftp, ping, finger, telnet, bootp and rarp. The following protocols are also supported:
IPP: Internet Printing Protocol
SLP: Service Location Protocol
NTP: Network Timing Protocol

The printer with standard Ethernet internal print server and external print servers support a Resident Web page with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later and Netscape Navigator 4.5 or later for Windows 95/98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows NT.

The remote operator panel is available from the internal or external print servers.

Furniture Features

(P/N 53P7951) T Printer Stand Feature
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

The standard printer stand (without cabinet) is a solution for an office environment where the user desires a printer at approximately table height. It is solid grey in color.

(P/N 53P7952) T Low-Profile Printer Stand Feature
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

The low-profile printer stand is targeted for an office environment where:
The printer is usually accessed by a user who is sitting down (directly behind a desk), or
Reduced access height to the printer and output options is desired, or
It is required to meet ADA needs.

It is solid grey in color.

(P/N 53P7950) T Printer Stand with Cabinet Feature
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

The standard printer stand with cabinet is targeted for an environment where:
the user desires the printer to reside approximately at table height, or
An increased height is desired for input option access, or
A storage bin is desired.

(P/N 75P4806) Printer Base
Minimum required = 0, maximum allowed = no maximum
Prerequisite = none, Co-requisite = none

This base includes casters to allow the printer to be moved easily.

Printer Stand Recommendations

To minimize the possibility of tipping when the printer is configured with three or more paper drawers, the use of a printer stand is recommended.

Under no circumstances should the bottom of the base printer or the bottom of the duplex unit, if installed, be higher than 38.1 mm (1.5 in.) above the printer stand side shelves.

The following table shows the recommended limit for input and output options to use with each respective printer stand:

Maximum Recommended Configurations:

Low Profile Printer Stand
Stand with Cabinet Printer Stand
--------------- --------------- --------------- -------------
Input Options: Any 4 250/500 Any 4 250/500 Any 4 250/500
sheet drawers sheet drawers sheet drawers
OR OR OR
2000-sheet drwr 2000-sheet drwr 2000-sheet drwr
plus 1 250/500 plus 1 250/500 plus 3 250/500
sheet drawers sheet drawers sheet drawers

Output Options: Full Support Full Support Full Support

Printer Stand Dimensions

Width Depth Height Weight (1)
------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
Low Profile Stand 569mm(22.4") 594mm(23.2") 579mm(22.8") 24.6Kg(54lb)

Printer Stand 569mm(22.4") 594mm(23.2") 800mm(31.5") 34.1Kg(75lb)
with Cabinet

Printer Stand 569mm(22.4") 594mm(23.2") 800mm(31.5") 30.9Kg(68lb)

Trademarks

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** Company, product, or service name may be a trademark or service mark of others.

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UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.
© IBM Corporation 2005.