Using the printer menus
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Understanding the operator panel
Network Menu
Use the Network Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a network
port (either Standard Network or Network Opt<x>).
Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
Protocol To specify the parallel interface
protocol. Standard May resolve some parallel
interface problems.
Fastbytes* Provides compatibility with most
existing parallel interface
implementations (recommended
setting).
Menu item Purpose Values
MAC Binary
PS To configure the printer to process
Macintosh binary PostScript print
jobs.
On Printer processes raw binary
PostScript print jobs from
computers using the Macintosh
operating system.
Note: This setting often causes
Windows print jobs to fail.
Off Printer filters PostScript print jobs
using standard protocol.
Auto* Printer processes print jobs from
computers using either Windows
or Macintosh operating systems.
Network
Buffer To configure the size of the
network input buffer.
Note: Changing the Network
Buffer menu item automatically
resets the printer.
Auto* Printer automatically calculates the
Network Buffer size
(recommended setting).
3K to
maximum size
allowed
User specifies the Network Buffer
size. The maximum size depends
on the amount of memory in your
printer, the size of the other link
buffers, and whether Resource
Save is set to On or Off. To
maximize the range for the
Network Buffer size, disable or
reduce the size of the parallel,
serial, and USB buffers.
Menu item Purpose Values