Serial Menu

Use the Serial Menu to change settings affecting jobs sent

 

 

 

to the printer via the serial interface port. This menu is

 

 

 

only available if an optional tri-port adapter is installed in

 

 

 

your printer.

 

 

 

When you select Serial Menu from the operator panel,

 

 

 

Serial Option 1 or Serial Option 2 appears on the second

 

 

 

line of the display, depending on whether a tri-port

 

 

 

adapter is installed in connector 1, connector 2, or both.

 

 

 

When the correct option is displayed, press Select to view

 

 

 

the menu items listed in the following table.

Serial Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu item

 

Values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCL SmartSwitch

 

Off

 

 

 

 

On*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting PCL SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the serial interface

 

 

connection and select PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language.

 

 

If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off, the printer uses the language

 

 

specified in the Printer Language menu as the default. If only one SmartSwitch setting is set

 

 

Off, the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default.

 

 

 

 

PS SmartSwitch

Off

 

 

 

 

On*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting PS SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the serial interface

 

 

connection and select PostScript Level 2 emulation if the data indicates that is the printer

 

 

language.

 

 

 

 

If both PCL Smartswitch and PS Smartswitch are set Off, the printer uses the language

 

 

specified in the Printer Language menu as the default. If only one SmartSwitch setting is set

 

 

Off, the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default.

 

 

 

 

 

NPA Mode

 

On

 

 

 

 

Off

 

 

 

 

Auto*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NPA is a mode of bidirectional communication that follows the conventions defined in Network

 

 

Printing Alliance Protocol, A Printer/Host Control Specification Developed by the NPA.

 

 

NPA mode requires special processing of the print data. If NPA Mode is set On, the data

 

 

received must be in NPA format. If not, it is rejected as bad data. If NPA Mode is set Off, the

 

 

printer does not perform any NPA processing. If NPA Mode is set to Auto, the printer examines

 

 

the data to determine the format and then processes it in either format.

 

 

The NPA Mode setting in the Serial Menu applies only to the serial interface connection.

 

 

Note: Changing the NPA Mode setting automatically resets the printer.

 

 

 

 

 

*Factory default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lexmark 1200 manual Serial Menu