HP QMS 1660 Menu, Interfaces, Choices Name and Description

PS Protocol

Option

Options

The following options are available in the PS Protocol menu.

Menu Administration/Communications/Interface/PS Protocol

Choices Name and Description	Interfaces
Normal—Enables standard, ASCII hex	LocalTalk, Parallel,
protocol. Data is sent and received in	Serial, Ethernet,
ASCII format. This mode is recommended	Token-Ring
if you do not print binary data. It was
designed for data in the printable ASCII
range. Print jobs can alter the PS protocol
value through PostScript operators.)	LocalTalk, Parallel,
Normal Fixed—Enables standard, ASCII hex	Serial, Ethernet,
protocol. Print jobs cannot alter this value	Token-Ring
through PostScript operators.)
Binary—Enables binary communications	LocalTalk, Parallel,
protocol. Print jobs can alter this value	Serial, Ethernet,
through PostScript operators. Data in the	Token-Ring
printable ASCII range also prints)
Binary Fixed—Enables binary communications	LocalTalk, Parallel,
protocol. Print jobs can not alter this value	Serial, Ethernet,
through PostScript operators. Data in the	Token-Ring
printable ASCII range also prints.)
QBinary (Quoted Binary)—Enables binary	LocalTalk,
communications protocol. Print jobs can	Ethernet, Token-
alter this value through PostScript	Ring
operators. Data in the printable ASCII
range also prints. Use the special quoting
mechanism for the special characters and
^D (EOF).
QBinary Fixed (Quoted Binary Fixed)—	LocalTalk,
Enables binary communications protocol.	Ethernet, Token-
Print jobs cannot alter this value through	Ring
PostScript operators. Data in the printable
ASCII range also prints. Use the special
quoting mechanism for the special
characters and ^D (EOF).

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