IPS
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FIVE
PCL 5 Interpreter
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Product Brief
Zoran Corporation
1390 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305
www.zoran.com
The IPS FIVE interpreter from Zoran provides a complete
PCL 5 printing solution for color and monochrome printers and
multifunction peripherals. The interpreter is integrated with
Zoran's rich featured embedded foundation technology—IPS—
enabling OEMs to develop high quality printers and MFPs that
support the PCL 5 printing standard. IPS FIVE supports the
PCL 5e language as implemented in the hp LaserJet 4250 series
of printers and PCL 5C as implemented in the hp Color LaserJet
5500 series. IPS FIVE implements all PCL 5C commands
specified in the Hewlett-Packard PCL 5C Color Technical
Reference Manual and the HP PCL 5 Specification.
Benefits
• Single interpreter provides high quality monochrome and color
printing solution with full compatibility to Hewlett-Packard’s PCL 5e
and PCL 5C
Key Features
• Supports print resolutions up to 1200 dpi
• Supports color commands on monochrome devices
• Provides complete HP-GL/2 support
• Source code availability provides design flexibility and facilitates
value-added customization
• Supports Monotype Imaging UFST 4.2 (TrueType, CFF, MicroType
and Asian Compression for TrueType) fonts and UTF-8 encoding
• Integrated with Zoran's OneImage™ common display list
technology to support multi-bit and contone output devices
• Can be combined with the other languages in IPS—IPS XLC,
IPS PS3, IPS PDFt and IPS XPS—for complete print functionality
Description
Supports Widest Variety Of Applications
IPS FIVE is compatible with the widest range of applications, office
printers and MFPs. Zoran's implementations offer full compatibility to
the Hewlett-Packard standard. A single interpreter can be used to
build either monochrome or color devices—both types of devices
accept color PCL 5 commands for compatibility with newer Hewlett-
Packard printers.
IPS FIVE features sophisticated image processing, memory
management and compression techniques for high quality. IPS FIVE
also features innovative Smart Black technology that offers superior
control of image quality for single-bit CMYK output devices while
maintaining complete compatibility with the PCL 5 language.
Zoran provides complete source code for the IPS FIVE interpreter
and a full set of engineering documentation to allow OEMs to
customize the interpreters for specific market requirements.
IPS FIVE, combined with IPS XLC, provides a complete printing
solution compatible with Hewlett-Packard's PCL 6 as implemented in
the hp LaserJet 4250 series and hp Color LaserJet 5500 series.
Zoran Engineering Support Services
Zoran offers Source Code Maintenance and Engineering Support
Programs that can shorten development cycles and ensure that the
latest PCL language features are available as new controllers are
developed. The IPS FIVE source code license includes technical
support, software integration training and source code maintenance.
The Source Code Maintenance Program provides extended source
code maintenance and technical consulting, including informative
technical bulletins and software patches and updates.
Zoran's Engineering Support Program provides direct software
integration assistance and design recommendations to optimize the
interface between the PCL 5-compatible interpreter and the
controller. OEMs can also work with a Zoran-authorized development
partner. These companies have experience in Zoran's IPS FIVE
software integration and can offer fixed-cost, turnkey controller
development for a range of controller configurations and print
engines.
05/07-MMCP
Imaging-IPS FIVE-PB-4
ZORAN [ ZORAN CORPORATION ]
