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| Job Buffering | Temporarily stores jobs on the printer hard disk before printing |
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| Off | Notes: |
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| Auto |
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| • The On setting buffers jobs on the printer hard disk. |
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| • The Auto setting buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data |
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| from another input port. |
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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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| Advanced Status | Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel port |
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| Off |
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| • The Off setting disables parallel port negotiation. |
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| Protocol | Specifies the parallel port protocol |
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| Standard | Notes: |
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| Fastbytes |
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| existing parallel ports and is the recommended setting. |
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| • The Standard setting tries to resolve parallel port communication problems. |
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| Honor Init | Determines whether or not the printer honors printer hardware initialization |
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| On | requests from the computer |
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| Off | Notes: |
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| • Off is the factory default setting. |
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| • The computer requests initialization by activating the Init signal from the |
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| parallel port. Many personal computers activate the Init signal each time the |
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| computer is turned on. |
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| Parallel Mode 2 | Determines whether the parallel port data is sampled on the leading or trailing edge |
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| On | of strobe |
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| Off | Notes: |
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| • On is the factory default setting. |
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| • This menu appears only if a standard or optional parallel port is available. |
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| Mac Binary PS | Sets the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs |
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| On | Notes: |
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| Off |
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| Auto |
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| • The Off setting filters print jobs using the standard protocol. |
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| • The On setting processes raw binary PostScript print jobs. |
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| Parallel With ENA | Sets the network address, netmask, or gateway information for an external print | |
| ENA Address | server that is attached to the printer using a parallel cable. | |
| ENA Netmask | Note: This menu item is available only if the printer is attached to an external print | |
| ENA Gateway | server through a parallel port. | |
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