Understanding the operator panel
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Protocol | To specify the parallel interface | Standard | May resolve some parallel |
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| Fastbytes* | Provides compatibility with most |
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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.
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MAC Binary | To configure the printer to process | On | Printer processes raw binary |
PS | Macintosh binary PostScript print |
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| computers using the Macintosh |
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| Windows print jobs to fail. |
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| Off | Printer filters PostScript print jobs |
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| Auto* | Printer processes print jobs from |
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Network | To configure the size of the | Auto* | Printer automatically calculates the |
Buffer | network input buffer. |
| Network Buffer size |
| Note: Changing the Network |
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| Buffer menu item automatically | 3K to | User specifies the Network Buffer |
| resets the printer. | maximum size | size. The maximum size depends |
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| allowed | on the amount of memory in your |
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| printer, the size of the other link |
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| buffers, and whether Resource |
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| Save is set to On or Off. To |
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| maximize the range for the |
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| Network Buffer size, disable or |
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| reduce the size of the parallel, |
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| serial, and USB buffers. |
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Using the printer menus
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