Lexmark 342n Understanding the operator panel, Print Timeout, Printer, Language, Resource Save

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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