Introduction - NEC 870 - SuperScript B/W Laser Printer Online User's Manual

Chapter 1: Setting Up the Printer

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the NEC
SuperScript 870 printer. The SuperScript 870 is
designed to offer the best possible combination
of print quality and performance in a personal
laser printer.
The SuperScript 870 can print 8 pages per
minute at 600 dpi resolution. The SuperScript
870 includes special printing features such as
proof sheets (N-up printing), booklet printing,
manual duplexing, and watermarks. The printer
is designed to print on a wide variety of paper
sizes and stock, including legal size, executive,
A4, envelope, transparencies, labels, and index
card. The standard 2 MB of memory can be
increased to maximize print performance. The
Multi-purpose tray and optional 500-Sheet
cassette combine to hold up to 650 sheets of
letter size paper.
The SuperScript 870 has been designed to
support all major personal computer operating
systems, including: DOS, Windows
Windows ® 95, Windows ® 98, and Windows NT
4.0. Macintosh System 7.x and 8.x are supported
with the optional 10/100 Base-T network
interface card (NIC). The optional NIC also
allows users or workgroups on a TCP/IP, Novell
Netware, or Apple EtherTalk network to share
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the printer. PCL 4.5 emulation has been provided
for DOS and Windows NT 4.0 users. For users of
Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98, or Macintosh
System 7.x and 8.x, Adobe PrintGear has been
provided.
Your computer and the SuperScript 870 printer
communicate bidirectionally to exchange
operating status information such as "printing",
"paper out", or "paper jam." Messages are
reported to you on-screen with the status monitor
utility so that you do not have to check the LED
display on the Operator panel.
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