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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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| On |
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| • Off is the factory default setting. |
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| Auto |
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| • The Off setting does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk. |
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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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| • 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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| Serial Protocol | Selects the hardware and software handshaking settings for the serial port |
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| DTR | Notes: |
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| DTR/DSR |
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| • DTR is the factory default setting. |
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| XON/XOFF |
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| • DTR/DSR is a hardware handshaking setting. |
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| XON/XOFF/DTR |
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| XON/XOFF/DTRDSR | • XON/XOFF is a software handshaking setting. |
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| • XON/XOFF/DTR and XON/XOFF/DTR/DSR are combined hardware and |
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| software handshaking settings. |
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| Robust XON | Determines whether or not the printer communicates availability to the computer |
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| On | Notes: |
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| Off |
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| • Off is the factory default setting. |
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| • This menu item applies only to the serial port if Serial Protocol is set to |
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| XON/XOFF. |
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| Baud | Specifies the rate at which data can be received through the serial port |
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| 1200 | Notes: |
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| 2400 |
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| • 9600 is the factory default setting. |
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| 4800 |
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| • 138200, 172800, 230400, and 345600 baud rates are displayed only in the |
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| 9600 |
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| 19200 | Standard Serial menu. These settings do not appear in the Serial Option or Serial |
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| Option 2 menus. |
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| 38400 |
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| 57600 |
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| 115200 |
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| 138200 |
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| 172800 |
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| 230400 |
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| 345600 |
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| Data Bits | Specifies the number of data bits that are sent in each transmission frame |
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| 7 | Note: 8 is the factory default setting. |
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| 8 |
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