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 Copepa, Print Enabler Card

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) from any Windows application, which is then rendered using hardware acceleration via the Copepa PCI card incorporating the CISRA developed '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 or 2000 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 is marketed as the 'Print Enabler Card' and 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. Both 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.

The latest version is the "Print Enabler Card-B2", which provides access to the copier's scanner.

Copepa was first released for the CLC320 and 900-series at the end of 1998 with support for Windows 95 and 98 only. By mid 1999 support for Windows NT was added while the newer CLC1100-series copiers were supported in a release at the start of 2000. Support for Windows 2000 was provided in September 2000. The current series, released in July 2001, adds support for scanning.
The Copepa 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 or 2000.
  • 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.

System Requirements:
Copier:
  • CLC320, 900-series or 1100-series Interface board installed
Server PC:
  • Pentium 133 MHz or better processor
  • Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows 95/98 operating system
  • CD-ROM drive
  • PCI slot available for the Print Enabler Card-B2
  • 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended, 96 MB recommended for Windows 2000).
  • 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, or Windows 95/98 operating system
  • 32 MB RAM for Windows 95/98; 64 MB for NT 4, Windows 2000
  • 100 MB free hard disk space

Want to find out more?
Please contact the Canon Sales and Service centre for your region.

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