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HP 4200tn, 4300dtns, 4200n, 4200dtnsl manual Submenu

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I/O submenu

Items on the I/O (input/output) menu affect the communication between the printer and the computer. The contents of the I/O submenu depend on which EIO card is installed.

The section that follows lists the settings and possible values. In the Values column, the default value for each setting is the one with an asterisk (*) next to it.

Item

Values

Explanation

 

 

 

I/O TIMEOUT

5 to 300 (*15)

Select the I/O timeout period in seconds.

 

 

This setting allows you to adjust timeout for best

 

 

performance. If data from other ports appear in the middle

 

 

of your print job, increase the timeout value.

 

 

 

PARALLEL INPUT

There is no value

Configure the parallel features.

 

to select.

 

 

 

 

HIGH SPEED

NO

Select YES to enable the printer to accept the faster parallel

 

*YES

communications that are used for connections with newer

 

 

computers.

 

 

 

ADVANCED

OFF

Turn the bidirectional parallel communication on or off. The

FUNCTIONS

*ON

default is set for a bidirectional parallel port (IEEE-1284).

 

 

The function allows the printer to send status readback

 

 

messages to the computer. (Turning the parallel advanced

 

 

functions on might slow language switching.)

 

 

 

EIO [X]

There is no value

The [X] represents the slot in which the optional

 

to select.

HP Jetdirect print server is installed, if any. Which of the

 

 

following submenus appears depends on the type of print

 

 

server that is installed.

 

 

 

TCP/IP

There is no value to select.

 

 

 

ENABLE

OFF

Select whether the TCP/IP protocol stack is enabled or

 

*ON

disabled. You can set several TCP/IP parameters.

 

 

 

CONFIG METHOD

*BootP

Select the TCP/IP configuration method.

 

DHCP

For the MANUAL option, set the values for IP ADDRESS,

 

 

 

MANUAL

SUBNET MASK, DEFAULT GATEWAY, SYSLOG SERVER, and IDLE

 

 

 

 

TIMEOUT.

 

 

 

IPX/SPX

There is no value to select.

 

 

 

ENABLE

OFF

Select whether the IPX/SPX protocol stack (in Novell

 

*ON

NetWare networks, for example) is enabled or disabled.

 

 

 

FRAME TYPE

*AUTO

Select whether the frame type is automatically determined

 

OFF

or turned off.

 

 

 

APPLETALK

There is no value to select.

 

 

 

ENABLE

OFF

Select whether the Apple EtherTalk protocol stack is

 

*ON

enabled or disabled.

 

 

 

DLC/LLC

There is no value to select.

 

 

 

ENABLE

OFF

Select whether the DLC/LLC protocol stack is enabled or

 

*ON

disabled.

 

 

 

LINK SPEED

*AUTO

Selects the network link speed (10 or 100 Mbps) and the

 

10T HALF

communication mode (full-duplex or half-duplex).

 

10T FULL

 

 

100TX HALF

 

 

100TX FULL

 

 

 

 

ENWW

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