Menu item

Protocol

Standard

Fastbytes

Honor Init

On

Off

Parallel Mode 2

On

Off

Mac Binary PS

On

Off

Auto

Parallel With ENA

ENA Address

ENA Netmask

ENA Gateway

Description

Specifies the parallel port protocol

Notes:

•Fastbytes is the factory default setting. It provides compatibility with most existing parallel ports and is the recommended setting.

•The Standard setting tries to resolve parallel port communication problems.

Determines whether or not the printer honors printer hardware initialization requests from the computer

Notes:

•Off is the factory default setting.

•The computer requests initialization by activating the Init signal from the parallel port. Many personal computers activate the Init signal each time the computer is turned on.

Determines whether the parallel port data is sampled on the leading or trailing edge of strobe

Notes:

•On is the factory default setting.

•This menu appears only if a standard or optional parallel port is available.

Sets the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs

Notes:

•Auto is the factory default setting.

•The Off setting filters print jobs using the standard protocol.

•The On setting processes raw binary PostScript print jobs.

Sets the network address, netmask, or gateway information for an external print server that is attached to the printer using a parallel cable.

Note: This menu item is available only if the printer is attached to an external print server through a parallel port.

Serial <x> menu

This menu appears only if an optional serial card is installed.

Menu item

PCL SmartSwitch

On

Off

Description

Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received through a serial port requires it, regardless of the default printer language

Notes:

•On is the factory default setting.

•When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.

•When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PostScript emulation if PS SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if PS SmartSwitch is set to Off.

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5230N/DN, 5350dn specifications

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