IBM S544-5343-03 manual Parallel Menu, Menu Item

Parallel Menu

Use

the

Parallel Menu to define how the printer

handles

communications

over

the

parallel attachment. The following table

describes

the

settings

you

can

change

from

the Parallel Menu. An asterisk (*) next to a value

in

the

table

indicates the

factory

default.

Notes:

1. To

select a new

value, Continue/Enterpress

the

key

when

the value

is

displayed

in

the

message display area. An asterisk (*)

appears

next

to

the

value

in the

message

display area, indicating that

it

is

now

active.

2. If you are unfamiliar with using

the

operator

panel

to

work

with

menus,

please re

“Using

the Operator Panel Keys” on page 10 and “Navigating Menus” on page 12

before

continuing.

PARALLEL

VALUE

Description

MENU ITEM

PERSONALTY

AUTO*

Specifies how the printer treats jobs it receives over the parallel

PCL

attachment.

PS

Ÿ AUTO—the printer determines if the data stream is PCL5e or

PostScript and handles it accordingly. This is the

recommended value.

Ÿ

PCL—the printer

treats

all

data

streams

as

PCL5e.

ŸPS—the printer treats all data streams as PostScript. This option appears only if the PostScript SIMM is installed.

BI-DI

ON*

Turns bi-directional

communications

over

the

parallel

attachment

OFF

on

or

off.

Ÿ

ON—the

printer

receives and sends messages to the host.

Ÿ

OFF—the

printer

receives

messages

from

the

host, but

does

not

send

messages

back.

PORT TMEOUT

nnn

Specifies

how many

seconds

the

printer waits

for

data

before it

determines

there

is no more data to receive for the job. The

printer then checks other attachments for jobs, if other

attachments are installed. The valid

range

is

5 to

300 seconds.

The

default

value

is

15 seconds.

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