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

Ring, LocalTalk

recommended 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

Parallel, serial,

hex protocol. Print jobs cannot alter

Ethernet, Token-

this value through PostScript

Ring, LocalTalk

operators.

 

Binary—Enables binary communications

Parallel, Serial,

protocol. Print jobs can alter this value

LocalTalk,

through PostScript operators. Data in

Ethernet, Token-

the printable ASCII range also prints).

Ring

Binary Fixed—Enables binary

Parallel, Serial,

communications protocol. Print jobs

LocalTalk,

can not alter this value through

Ethernet, Token-

PostScript operators. Data in the

Ring

printable ASCII range also prints.

 

QBinary (Quoted Binary)—Enables binary

Ethernet, Token-

communications protocol. Print jobs

Ring

can 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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