Building upon CiSRA's emerging rendering technologies, the Copepa product was conceived and created to provide a cheap, fast and high-quality Colour Laser Copier (CLC) printing solution for the fast-growing business market.
Copepa generates a page description language (in OpenPage, a CiSRA development language) from any Windows application; this is then rendered using hardware acceleration via the Print Enabler PCI card which incorporates another CiSRA development, the 'Star' ASIC. This high-speed rendering allows print jobs to be output by the CLC at the copier's engine speed, allowing efficient and fast printout.
The Copepa system is a server PC running either Windows 95/98, NT, 2000 or XP and attached to one or more CLCs using a Copepa card and a 100-way cable for each copier. The server may be connected to a network to enable other Windows PCs to print to the CLC just as if it were an ordinary colour printer.
Copepa comes in three forms:
- The 'Print Enabler Card-A1' provides connectivity to the older CLC320 and CLC900-series copiers.
- The more recent 'Print Enabler Card-B1' provides connectivity to the CLC1100-series copiers.
- The latest version is the 'Print Enabler Card-B2', which provides access to the copier's scanner.
Both earlier models of hardware use the same software on the server PC and the client PCs. The B1 card is also backward-compatible, enabling older copiers to be connected to the newer card.
A Quick Overview
- Print acceleration and copier connection provided by a standard-sized PCI card that may be used in a print server machine running Windows 95/98, NT or 2000.
- Supports printing from any application under Windows 95/98, NT, 2000 or XP.
- Adds printing capability to CLC320, 900-series and 1100-series copiers.
- Localised for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese languages.
- Provides printing to all paper sizes and types supported by the specific CLC model.
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System Requirements:
Copier:
- CLC320, 900-series or 1100-series Interface board installed
Server PC:
- Pentium 133 MHz or better processor
- Windows NT4.0, Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows 95/98 operating system
- CD-ROM drive
- PCI slot available for the Print Enabler Card
- 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended; 96 MB recommended for Windows 2000/XP)
- 200 MB free hard disk space (400 MB recommended)
Client PC:
- Pentium 133 MHz processor (75 MHz for Windows 95)
- Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 95/98 operating system
- 32 MB RAM for Windows 95/98; 64 MB for NT 4, Windows 2000/XP
- 100 MB free hard disk space
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Want to find out more?
Copepa is now sold with CLC systems in several of Canon's major marketplaces using the product name "Print Enabler Card-B2. For further information please contact your local Canon Sales and Service Centre for your region. |
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