Level 2 Options

CH

You do not need to change this setting if you are using only one computer. If you are using two or three computers with your printer, read this section carefully before deciding what settings to use.

The CH option gives you the choice of two settings to specify how the printer’s memory is used. With AUTOSENSE the printer automatically detects which channel (parallel, serial, or optional) is receiving data and allocates all of the printer’s available memory to that channel. The INDIVIDUAL mode, on the other hand, uses a separate area of memory for each channel.

Your printer has l.oMB of memory. If you use more than two channels with the INDIVIDUAL setting or if you use one of the optional identity cards with either mode, you have to add more memory. See Chapter 7.

AUTOSENSE is less complicated and requires less total memory, but there is a small chance that files sent from two different computers at the same time will interfere with each other; the INDIVIDUAL setting eliminates this possibility.

CAUTION: New CH settings take effect only when you execute SAVE&INIT, as described below.

Menu/submenu

Available options

 

 

AUTOSENSE S,

P, or O

INDIVIDUAL

S, P, or O selects the first channel used when the printer is turned on or initialized.

In AUTOSENSE mode all Level 1 settings are saved in the channel displayed just before you enter SelecType.

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