HP 5M manual Menu Items Affected by PostScript, Printing Menu Differences

Menu Items Affected by PostScript

Most PostScript menu items are similar to those for the PCL mode. Those that are different are listed in the following tables. For menu items common to PostScript and PCL, see Chapter 3, “Using the Printer Control Panel.”

Table 5-3	Printing Menu Differences
Item	Options	Explanation
PAPER	None	These settings are ignored because of the way PostScript formats pages.
ORIENTATION
FORM

Table 5-4	Job Menu Differences
Item	Options	Explanation
RESOLUTION	300	If your PostScript printer driver cannot select 600 dpi, you can select 600
	600*	dpi resolution from the printer’s control panel. Note that a file set for 300
		dpi overrides the 600 dpi control panel setting for that file only, printing the
		job at 300 dpi. The setting reverts to the default after the job prints.
PERSONALTY	AUTO*	When you set personality to AUTO, the printer automatically selects
	PCL	PostScript when it receives a PostScript job. When you set personality to
	PS	PS, the printer stops switching personalities automatically. Instead, it
		switches to another personality only when a software command
		specifically instructs it to do so. AUTO is recommended, especially in
		shared printer environments.
I/O TIMEOUT	15*	I/O timeout refers to the time, measured in seconds, that the printer waits
	(5 to 300)	before ending a print job. The PostScript wait timeout and job timeout
		operators are not affected by this menu item. The I/O TIMEOUT setting
		does not affect how long a PostScript job is allowed to run or how long
		PostScript waits for input.

*Indicates factory default.

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