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Flow of the computer faxing operation, Flow of the computer faxing operation -4 – Konica Minolta bizhub C250 User Manual

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Overview

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C250

When a print job is received during copying, the data is stored in the memory
of this machine. When copying is complete, the print job is automatically
printed.

Flow of the Computer Faxing Operation

Conventionally, faxes are sent by loading an original into a fax machine and
sending it.

With computer faxing, you can send a fax directly from your computer with-
out using any paper.

Transmission commands sent from the application are received by the print-
er driver.

Data is transmitted to this machine over a parallel interface (IEEE 1284) when
this machine is used as a local printer, over a USB interface when this ma-
chine is used as a USB printer, or over an Ethernet interface (TCP/IP, IPX/
SPX or AppleTalk) when this machine is used as a network printer. The data
is then delivered from this machine to the printer controller, which performs
image rasterization (development of output characters and images to bitmap
data). Finally, this data is stored in the memory of this machine and transmit-
ted like a conventional fax job.

Used as a local

printer

Used as a USB

printer

Application

Application

Application

Used as a

network printer

Printer driver

Printer driver

Printer driver

Parallel interface

(IEEE 1284)

USB

Ethernet (TCP/IP, IPX/

SPX, or AppleTalk)

Machine

Print

Printer controller

PS/PCL processing (rasterizing)

Computer