Understanding the printer configuration menus

Parallel menu

Use the Parallel menu to change printer settings on jobs sent through a parallel port.

Setting

Purpose

Values

NPA Mode

Send print jobs to the printer and

Off

 

query printer status information

On

 

simultaneously.

Auto*

 

 

 

 

Protocol

Receive information at a much higher

Standard

 

transmission rate if your printer is set

Fastbytes*

 

to Fastbytes (if your computer

 

 

 

supports Fastbytes) or receive

 

 

 

information at a normal transmission

 

 

 

rate if your printer is set to Standard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel Mode 2

Determine whether the parallel port

Off

 

data is sampled on the leading (On) or

On*

 

trailing (Off) edge of strobe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC Binary PS

Configure the printer to process

Off—The printer filters PostScript print jobs using

 

Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs.

 

standard protocol.

 

 

On—The printer processes raw binary PostScript print

 

 

 

jobs from computers using the Macintosh operating

 

 

 

system. This setting often causes Windows print jobs

 

 

 

to fail.

 

 

Auto*—The printer processes print jobs from

 

 

 

computers using either Windows or Macintosh

 

 

 

operating systems.

 

 

 

 

* Factory default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setup menu

Use the Setup menu to configure how the printer formats the end of a line, depending on the computer system being used.

Setting

Purpose

Values

Auto CR after LF

Specify whether the printer automatically performs a carriage return after a

Off*

 

line feed control command.

On

 

 

 

 

Auto LF after CR

Specify whether the printer automatically performs a line feed after a

Off*

 

carriage return control command.

On

 

 

 

 

* Factory default

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Lexmark 340, 342n manual Understanding the printer configuration menus, Protocol, Parallel Mode

342n, 340 specifications

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