Understanding the operator panel

Menu item

Purpose

Values

 

Printer

To establish the default printer

PCL Emulation

PCL emulation, compatible with

Language

language used to communicate

 

Hewlett-Packard printers.

 

data from the computer to the

PS Emulation*

PostScript emulation, compatible

 

printer.

 

 

with Adobe PostScript language.

 

Note: Setting a printer language

 

 

 

 

 

PPDS

PPDS emulation.

 

as the default does not prevent a

 

software application from sending

Emulation

 

 

print jobs that use the other

 

 

 

language.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource

To determine what the printer does

Off*

Printer retains downloaded

Save

with downloaded resources, such

 

resources only until memory is

 

as fonts and macros stored in

 

needed. It then deletes those

 

RAM, if the printer receives a job

 

resources associated with the

 

that requires more memory than is

 

inactive printer language.

 

available.

 

 

 

On

Printer retains all downloaded

 

 

 

 

 

resources for all printer languages

 

 

 

during language changes and

 

 

 

printer resets. If the printer runs

 

 

 

out of memory, 38 Memory Full

 

 

 

is displayed.

 

 

 

 

Toner Alarm

To specify how the printer

Off*

An error message is displayed until

 

responds when it is low on toner.

 

someone replaces the toner

 

 

 

cartridge. If an Auto Continue

 

 

 

value is selected from the Setup

 

 

 

Menu, the printer resumes printing

 

 

 

after the specified timeout value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single

Printer stops printing, displays an

 

 

 

error message, and sounds three

 

 

 

quick beeps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuous

Printer stops printing, displays an

 

 

 

error message, and repeats three

 

 

 

beeps every 10 seconds until the

 

 

 

toner cartridge is replaced.

 

 

 

 

Wait

To specify the amount of time (in

Disabled

Disables Wait Timeout.

Timeout

seconds) the printer waits to

 

 

15...65535 (40*)

Specifies the amount of time the

receive additional bytes of data

 

 

printer waits for additional data

 

from the computer. When this

 

 

 

before it cancels the job.

 

timeout expires, the print job is

 

 

 

 

 

canceled.

 

 

 

Note: Wait Timeout is only

 

 

 

available when you use PostScript

 

 

 

emulation. This menu item has no

 

 

 

effect on PCL emulation print jobs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the printer menus

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IBM 1422 manual Resource, Save, Toner Alarm, Wait