imagerunner 330/400 mailbox feature

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

me@privacy.net wrote:
> In message <1116974891.494030.307950@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> usenet.filter@gmail.com writes
> >Can anyone shed light on how to turn on the mailbox function on the
> >Canon ImageRunner 330/400 series? We're using a few of these machines
> >with the network printer board installed, but the documentation seems a
> >bit sparse.
> >
> >The PCL driver shows the mailbox options, but the copier/printer itself
> >doesn't seem to have tne function enabled.
> >
> >I've seen some suggestions that additional ram needs to be added in
> >addition to the default configuration. (To the printer board? To the
> >main board?) The user manual instructions lead to a menu option that's
> >disabled.
> >
> >Thanks for any suggestions or info you can provide.
>
> It _might_ need a hard disk to do that sort of thing. My
> (free-standing) RIP (probably from 1998/9) has a 2 gig hard drive I can
> use to store jobs or if it was networked up to lots of computers could
> be used to pile up a queue of jobs.
>
> Do you know which printer board it is?
>
> There are people on ebay selling disks of the service manuals, which
> _MIGHT_ help. Alternatively, there is the expensive route of the canon
> dealer!
>
> --
> Timothy

Thanks for the response Timothy.

1) Yes, I have a service manual CD, from eBay. So far this hasn't
helped very much since it doesn't seem to discuss the printer board.
I'll double check to see if I overlooked anything.

2) Both of our 330's came with hard drives installed (at least 2 gig,
judging from the configuration page it prints.)

3) To my knowledge there was only one printer board available for the
330/400 series. The printed manual I have for the card is "Network
Multi-PDL Printer Board-H1/Network Printer Board-K1", or iR H1/K1 for
short. It supports both PCL and PostScript.

The mailbox function is mentioned several times in the "Reference and
Copying Manual" - the end-user guide. The language is unclear about
the RAM requirements for the feature.

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

In message <1116974891.494030.307950@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
usenet.filter@gmail.com writes
>Can anyone shed light on how to turn on the mailbox function on the
>Canon ImageRunner 330/400 series? We're using a few of these machines
>with the network printer board installed, but the documentation seems a
>bit sparse.
>
>The PCL driver shows the mailbox options, but the copier/printer itself
>doesn't seem to have tne function enabled.
>
>I've seen some suggestions that additional ram needs to be added in
>addition to the default configuration. (To the printer board? To the
>main board?) The user manual instructions lead to a menu option that's
>disabled.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions or info you can provide.

It _might_ need a hard disk to do that sort of thing. My
(free-standing) RIP (probably from 1998/9) has a 2 gig hard drive I can
use to store jobs or if it was networked up to lots of computers could
be used to pile up a queue of jobs.

Do you know which printer board it is?

There are people on ebay selling disks of the service manuals, which
_MIGHT_ help. Alternatively, there is the expensive route of the canon
dealer!

--
Timothy