Parallel <x> menu
This menu appears only if an optional parallel card is installed.
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| PCL SmartSwitch | Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received |
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| On | through a parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language |
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| Off | Notes: |
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| • On is the factory default setting. |
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| • When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data. |
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| • When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PostScript emulation if PS |
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| SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the |
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| Setup menu if PS SmartSwitch is set to Off. |
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| PS SmartSwitch | Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job received |
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| On | through a parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language |
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| Off | Notes: |
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| • On is the factory default setting. |
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| • When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data. |
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| • When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PCL emulation if PCL SmartSwitch |
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| is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if |
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| PCL SmartSwitch is set to Off. |
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| NPA Mode | Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional |
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| On | communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol |
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| Off | Notes: |
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| Auto | • Auto is the factory default setting. |
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| • Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the menus |
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| causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated. |
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| Parallel Buffer | Sets the size of the parallel input buffer |
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| Disabled | Notes: |
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| Auto |
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| 3K to <max size allowed> |
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| • The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the |
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| disk are printed before normal processing is resumed. |
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| • The parallel buffer size setting can be changed in 1K increments. |
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| • The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer, |
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| the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off. |
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| • To increase the maximum size range for the Parallel Buffer, disable or reduce |
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| the size of the USB, serial, and network buffers. |
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| • Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the menus |
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| causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated. |
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Understanding printer menus
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