Parallel <x> menu

This menu appears only if an optional parallel card is installed.

Menu item

PCL SmartSwitch

On

Off

PS SmartSwitch

On

Off

NPA Mode

On

Off

Auto

Parallel Buffer

Disabled Auto

3K to <max size allowed>

Description

Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received through a parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language

Notes:

On is the factory default setting.

When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.

When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PostScript emulation if PS SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if PS SmartSwitch is set to Off.

Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job received through a parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language

Notes:

On is the factory default setting.

When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.

When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PCL emulation if PCL SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if PCL SmartSwitch is set to Off.

Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol

Notes:

Auto is the factory default setting.

Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the menus causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated.

Sets the size of the parallel input buffer

Notes:

Auto is the factory default setting.

The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the disk are printed before normal processing is resumed.

The parallel buffer size setting can be changed in 1K increments.

The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off.

To increase the maximum size range for the Parallel Buffer, disable or reduce the size of the USB, serial, and network buffers.

Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the menus causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated.

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