INTRODUCTION 20
How the imagePRESS Server operates
The imagePRESS Server enables the customer to use the copier as a high-performance,
networked PostScript color printer and scanner. Users at the customer site can print to the
imagePRESS Server from networked Windows computers, Mac OS computers, and
networked UNIX workstations running TCP/IP.
The imagePRESS Server custom-designed boards and system software provide efficient image
processing and printing controls. The main functions of imagePRESS Server components and
software are described in the following paragraphs.
The motherboard includes an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 QUAD-Core, 2.83GHz 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.
The interpreter outputs compressed raster data through the image frame buffer memory to
the imagePRESS Server copier interface board. The copier interface board decompresses the
image data and sends it to the copier through the copier interface cable. The raster data
is supplied to the copier, which then renders the final image on paper at full rated engine
speed.
High-speed DIMMs (dual in-line memory modules) on the motherboard hold the image data
during printing. The imagePRESS Server is configured with two 512MB DIMMs and two
1GB DIMMs, for a total of 3GB of memory.
When Fiery Scan uses the copier as a scanner, the imagePRESS Server acquires RGB (red,
green, and blue) image data from the copier, stores it in memory, and transmits it to the
computer that requested the scan.
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