INTRODUCTION 8
INTRODUCTION
This document includes information about servicing the E-42. In this document, the Color
Controller E-42, is referred to as “the E-42.”
About the E-42
The E-42 adds computer connectivity and highly efficient Adobe PostScript 3 color printing
capability to the copier/printer. It is optimized for high-speed network communications,
processing, rasterization, and printing of color and black-and-white pages.
As an integral part of a color printing system, the E-42 enables users to:
• Send images over TCP/IP networks to E-42-supported devices.
• Spool print jobs and select a printing priority for each job. Users can control spooled print
jobs sent to the E-42 with remote user software running on networked Windows and Mac
OS computers.
• Print color, grayscale, and black-and-white jobs.
• Use the copier/printer as a high-resolution color scanner with Fiery Scan software.
• Use 136 resident fonts (126 Adobe Type 1 PostScript, and 10 TrueType), plus several
Adobe Multiple Master fonts used for font substitution when printing PDF files. Use
Command WorkStation or any third-party LaserWriter downloader, such as the
Adobe Font Downloader, to download additional fonts.
• Use built-in ColorWise color management and NetWise network features.
The E-42 also supports the Microsoft version of Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) for
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2, Windows 7, and e-mail
printing.
How the E-42 operates
The E-42 enables the customer to use the copier/printer as a high-performance, networked
PostScript color printer and scanner. Users at the customer site can print to the E-42 from
networked Windows computers, Mac OS computers, and UNIX workstations running TCP/
IP.
The motherboard includes an Intel CPU that controls the image data transfer to and from the
motherboard and runs the interpreter. The interpreter rasterizes the page description file and
compresses the image pattern into memory using compression technology.
High-speed DIMMs (dual in-line memory modules) on the motherboard hold the image data
during printing. The E-42 is configured with two 2GB DIMMs, for a total of 4GB of
memory.
