TA Triumph-Adler LP 4024 - Manual (Page 279)

Printing through Application Software
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3.4.3 Printing with Job Storage
Using Job Storage, you can print multiple copies by sending the data for
just one copy (electronic sorting), or print jobs stored on the Microdrive at
any time as required using the option barcode reader.
Electronic Sorting
The electronic sorting function allows you to print multiple copies of a
document while only requiring the data to be transferred to the printer
once. This approach reduces the amount of time that it takes to print
multiple copies. With a conventional page printer, the printer must repeat
the rasterization process for each copy of a document, each time that it
receives data from the host computer.
For example, when printing five copies of a five-page document, a
conventional page printer has to complete the rasterization process for
5 × 5 = 25 pages.
With the electronic sorting function, the host computer only sends the
document data once, together with a copy count instruction (e.g. the five-
page document shown below).
The printer then stores the rasterized data on Microdrive and then uses
this rasterized data to print the remaining four copies. As a result, the
remaining four copies (20 pages in total in the example shown below) can
be printed much more quickly.
Data generation Data transfer Data processing Printing
Data generation Data transfer Data processing Printing MPS Electronic
sorting
Conventional
page printer
5 x 5 = 25 pages
generated
25 pages processed 25 pages transferred
5 pages generated 5 pages processed Printed more quickly! 5 pages transferred
Stored to printer's internal hard disk; the
stored data is used to print the second and
subsequent copies.