JOHNSOND%ibm-sj.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (07/11/84)
From: Dion Johnson <JOHNSOND%ibm-sj.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>
TITLE IBM 3852 COLOR PRINTER
ABSTRACT Today, IBM announces the IBM 3852 Color Printer for attachment
to the IBM 3270-PC Graphics Workstation (3270-PC/G) and the IBM
3270-PC Graphics Extended Workstation (3270-PC/GX) to provide
seven-color, drop-on-demand ink jet character, graphic, and graphic
image printing.
INSTALLATION INFORMATION
The IBM 3852 is customer set-up only. Instructions are provided
with each printer.
OVERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
? The IBM 3852 is a convenient desk-top size workstation printer.
? Seven colors, including black, can be used on any one page.
? A variety of print media types may be used: roll-fed paper,
cut-sheet paper, which is fed manually, and transparencies,
also fed manually.
? Two 12-pitch character sets are resident for standard character
printing: PC Graphics Character Set 2 and 3270-PC MFI.
? Print resolution is 84 pels x 63 pels per inch for text.
Graphics and image printing are available at 84 pels x 63 pels
per inch and 84 pels x 84 pels per inch.
? Bold printing is available at approximately one-half the normal
speed.
? Print line spacings of six and eight lines per inch are
supported.
DESCRIPTION
The IBM 3852 Color Printer provides a small convenient workstation
printer for the 3270-PC/G and 3270-PC/GX workstations. Its low
profile allows it to fit easily into any office environment. The
IBM 3852's physical characteristics are:
? Height - 114 mm (4.49 inches)
? Width - 400 mm (15.75 inches)
? Depth - 295 mm (11.61 inches)
? Weight - 5.6 Kg (12.4 pounds) excluding paper
The color printing capability of the IBM 3852 is provided by
two ink cartridges: one with black ink and the other with three
subtractive colors, which allow the printing of the following six
colors: red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, and cyan.
Print speed for normal text characters is 37 characters per
second. When in the graphics mode, print speed is 3,100 pels per
second. Text and graphics, either black or colors, may be mixed on
a page. Two 12-pitch fonts are provided as standard for normal text
character printing. A one-half speed bold mode is also available
via program control or by activating a back panel switch.
Printing may be done on special roll-fed paper, which is
standard, or a user may manually feed sheets of special paper.
Special transparencies may also be used and are fed manually. The
IBM 3852 contains a paper cutter to assist with handling the
roll-fed paper.
There are two 12-pitch fonts provided as standard with the
printer. The first font is the PC Graphics Character Set 2. The
second font provides the 3270 MFI Character Set and includes
multilingual support through the characters shown on code page
00500 of the IBM Registry of Character Sets and Code Pages.
The IBM 3852 provides simple controls for ease of operation.
The following switches are provided on the control panel: on/off,
forms feed, line feed, and online/offline. Additionally, indicator
lights are provided for a quick display of printer status: ready,
check, and power.
CUSTINFO SCHEDULE
Planned availability is fourth quarter 1984.
TECHINFO TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
HARDWARE SUPPORT: Attachment is to the IBM 3270-PC Graphics and IBM
3270-PC Extended Graphics Workstations via the IBM PC parallel
interface.
SOFTWARE SUPPORT: The IBM 3852 Color Printer is supported as a
screen printer under the 3270-PC Graphics Control Program.
Reference the 3270-PC/G or 3270-PC/GX Graphics Control Program
User's Guide (SC33-0180) and the IBM 3270-PC/G or 3270-PC/GX
Graphics Control Program Workstation Programmer's Guide and
Reference (SC33-0181) for detailed information.
The IBM 3852 Color Printer may also be used when operating the
3270-PC/G or 3270-PC/GX in native PC mode under IBM DOS 2.1.
SECURITY, AUDITABILITY, AND CONTROL The end user is responsible for
protecting data from unintended modification, destruction, or
disclosure, and for the accuracy and integrity of the results.
The security of the applications printed on the IBM 3852 is
maintained by user management, who is responsible for evaluation,
selection, and implementation of security features, for
administrative procedures, and for appropriate controls in
application systems.
PLANNING INFORMATION
CAPACITY CONSIDERATIONS: The IBM 3852 is designed for 500 pages per
month print volume. Ink cartridge life is approximately 3 1/2
million characters for color cartridges and approximately 4 million
characters for black cartridges.
PROBLEM DETERMINATION: The user is responsible to isolate problems
as explained in the user's guide.