Understanding the operator panel

Menu item

Purpose

Values

 

Print Timeout

To specify the amount of time (in

Disabled

The printer does not print the last page

 

seconds) the printer waits before

 

of a print job until one of the following

 

printing the last page of a print job that

 

occurs:

 

does not end with a command to print

 

• The printer receives enough

 

the page. The print timeout counter

 

 

 

information to fill the page.

 

does not start until Waiting appears

 

 

 

• The printer receives a Form Feed

 

on the display.

 

 

 

command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• You select Print Buffer from the Job

 

 

 

Menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1...255 (90*)

The printer prints the last page after

 

 

 

the specified time. (Your printer may

 

 

 

not support the entire range of values.)

 

 

 

 

Printer

To establish the default printer

PCL Emulation

PCL emulation, compatible with

Language

language used to communicate data

 

Hewlett-Packard printers.

 

from the computer to the printer.

 

 

 

PS Emulation*

PostScript emulation, compatible with

 

Note: Setting a printer language as

 

 

Adobe PostScript language.

 

the default does not prevent a software

 

 

 

 

 

application from sending print jobs that

PPDS Emulation

PPDS emulation.

 

use the other language.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource Save

To determine what the printer does

Off*

Printer retains downloaded resources

 

with downloaded resources, such as

 

only until memory is needed. It then

 

fonts and macros stored in RAM, if the

 

deletes those resources associated

 

printer receives a job that requires

 

with the inactive printer language.

 

more memory than is 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 appears on

 

 

 

the display.

 

 

 

 

Toner Alarm

To specify how the printer responds

Off*

An error message is displayed until

 

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 Timeout

To specify the amount of time (in

Disabled

Disables Wait Timeout.

 

seconds) the printer waits to receive

 

 

 

15...65535 (40*)

Specifies the amount of time the

 

additional bytes of data from the

 

computer. When this timeout expires,

 

printer waits for additional data before

 

the print job is canceled.

 

it cancels the job.

 

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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Lexmark 342n, 340 manual Print Timeout, Printer, Resource Save, Toner Alarm, Wait Timeout

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