HP QMS 1660E 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	Parallel, serial,
protocol. Data is sent and received in	Ethernet, Token-
ASCII format. This mode is recommended	Ring, LocalTalk
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.
Normal Fixed—Enables standard, ASCII hex	Parallel, serial,
protocol. Print jobs cannot alter this value	Ethernet, Token-
through PostScript operators.	Ring, LocalTalk
Binary—Enables binary communications	Parallel, serial,
protocol. Print jobs can alter this value	Ethernet, Token-
through PostScript operators. Data in the	Ring, LocalTalk
printable ASCII range also prints)
Binary Fixed—Enables binary communications	Parallel, serial,
protocol. Print jobs can not alter this value	Ethernet, Token-
through PostScript operators. Data in the	Ring, LocalTalk
printable ASCII range also prints.
QBinary (Quoted Binary)—Enables binary	Ethernet, Token-
communications protocol. Print jobs can	Ring, LocalTalk
alter this value through PostScript
operators. Data in the printable ASCII
range also prints. Use the special quoting
mechanism for the special characters and
^D (EOF).
QBinary (Quoted Binary) Fixed—Enables	Ethernet, Token-
binary communications protocol. Print jobs	Ring, LocalTalk
cannot alter this value through 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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