Network/Ports menu

Active NIC menu

Menu item

Description

Active NIC

Notes:

Auto

Auto is the factory default setting.

<list of available network cards>

This menu item appears only if an optional network card is installed.

 

 

 

Standard Network or Network <x> menus

Note: Only active ports appear in this menu; all inactive ports are omitted.

 

Menu item

Description

 

 

PCL SmartSwitch

Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job requires

 

 

On

it, regardless of the default printer language

 

 

Off

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS SmartSwitch

Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job requires

 

 

On

it, regardless of the default printer language

 

 

Off

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 PCL emulation if PCL SmartSwitch

 

 

 

is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu

 

 

 

if PCL SmartSwitch is set to Off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NPA Mode

Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional

 

 

Off

communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol

 

 

Auto

Notes:

 

 

 

Auto is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the

 

 

 

menus causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated.

 

 

 

 

 

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