Menu item

Description

 

 

Job Buffering

Temporarily stores jobs on the printer hard disk before printing

 

 

Off

Notes:

 

 

On

 

 

Off is the factory default setting.

 

 

Auto

 

 

The Off setting does not buffer print jobs to the printer hard disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The On setting buffers jobs on the printer hard disk.

 

 

 

The Auto setting buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data

 

 

 

from another input port.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Status

Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel port

 

 

On

Notes:

 

 

Off

 

 

On is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Off setting disables parallel port negotiation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol

Specifies the parallel port protocol

 

 

Standard

Notes:

 

 

Fastbytes

 

 

Fastbytes is the factory default setting. It provides compatibility with most

 

 

 

 

 

 

existing parallel ports and is the recommended setting.

 

 

 

The Standard setting tries to resolve parallel port communication problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honor Init

Determines whether or not the printer honors printer hardware initialization

 

 

On

requests from the computer

 

 

Off

Notes:

 

 

 

Off is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

The computer requests initialization by activating the Init signal from the

 

 

 

parallel port. Many personal computers activate the Init signal each time the

 

 

 

computer is turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel Mode 2

Determines whether the parallel port data is sampled on the leading or trailing edge

 

 

On

of strobe

 

 

Off

Notes:

 

 

 

On is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

This menu appears only if a standard or optional parallel port is available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac Binary PS

Sets the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs

 

 

On

Notes:

 

 

Off

 

 

Auto is the factory default setting.

 

 

Auto

 

 

The Off setting filters print jobs using the standard protocol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The On setting processes raw binary PostScript print jobs.

 

 

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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