Understanding the operator panel

Menu item

Purpose

Values

 

Parallel Mode 2

To determine whether the parallel port

On*

Samples parallel port data on the

 

data is sampled on the leading or

 

leading edge of strobe.

 

trailing edge of strobe.

 

 

 

Off

Samples parallel port data on the

 

 

 

 

 

trailing edge of strobe.

 

 

 

 

PCL

To configure the printer so it

On*

Printer examines data on the parallel

SmartSwitch

automatically switches to

 

interface and selects PCL emulation if

 

PCL emulation when a print job

 

the data indicates that is the required

 

received through the parallel port

 

printer language.

 

requires it, regardless of the default

 

 

 

Off

Printer does not examine the incoming

 

printer language.

 

 

 

data. The printer uses PostScript

 

 

 

emulation to process the job if PS

 

 

 

SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default

 

 

 

printer language specified in the Setup

 

 

 

Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off.

 

 

 

 

PS

To configure the printer so it

On*

Printer examines data on the parallel

SmartSwitch

automatically switches to PostScript

 

interface and selects PostScript

 

emulation when a print job received

 

emulation if the data indicates that is

 

through the parallel port requires it,

 

the required printer language.

 

regardless of the default printer

 

 

 

Off

Printer does not examine the incoming

 

language.

 

 

 

data. The printer uses PCL emulation

 

 

 

to process the job if PCL SmartSwitch

 

 

 

is On, or uses the default printer

 

 

 

language specified in the Setup Menu

 

 

 

if PCL SmartSwitch is Off.

Protocol

To specify the parallel interface

Standard

May resolve some parallel interface

 

protocol.

 

problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fastbytes*

Provides compatibility with most

 

 

 

existing parallel interface

 

 

 

implementations (recommended

 

 

 

setting).

 

 

 

 

Network Menu

Use the Network Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a network port (either Standard Network or Network Opt <x>).

Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.

Menu item

Purpose

Values

 

Mac Binary PS

To configure the printer to process

On

Printer processes raw binary

 

Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs.

 

PostScript print jobs from computers

 

 

 

using the Macintosh operating system.

 

 

 

Note: This setting often causes

 

 

 

Windows print jobs to fail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Printer filters PostScript print jobs

 

 

 

using standard protocol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto*

Printer processes print jobs from

 

 

 

computers using either Windows or

 

 

 

Macintosh operating systems.

 

 

 

 

Using the printer menus

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Lexmark 342n, 340 manual Network Menu, Parallel Mode, SmartSwitch, Protocol

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