Communications

Default 00003 (3 sec.)

Notes A value of 00000 is the same as infinity (no timeout).

Setting Parallel Interface Parameters

Use the Administration/Communications/Parallel menu to set the parallel interface values used for printer-host communications.

Mode

The parallel interface supports Centronics parallel communication as well as IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel communication.

Menu Administration/Communications/Parallel/Mode

Choices Interactive—Establish two-way communication

between the host and the printer. Noninteractive—Establish one-way communication from the host to the printer.

Disabled—Turn off parallel communication with the host. The printer stops accepting print jobs over the parallel interface.

Default Noninteractive

Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the menu to take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically after you save the change and exit from the Configuration menu, or you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you manually turn on the printer. See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for a discussion of the different modes.

Printer Configuration

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