Understanding printer menus

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Wireless menu

Use the following menu items to view or configure the wireless internal print server settings.

Note: This menu is available only for network models or printers attached to print servers when an optional wireless internal print server is installed in the printer.

 

Menu item

Description

 

 

 

 

Mode

Lets you select a mode

 

Infrastructure

Notes:

 

Ad hoc

 

• Infrastructure mode makes the printer wireless network accessible

 

 

 

 

through an access point.

 

 

• Ad hoc mode configures the printer for peer‑to‑peer wireless

 

 

networking.

 

 

 

 

Compatibility

Lets you select a setting that is compatible with your equipment

 

802.11n

 

 

802.11b/g

 

 

802.11b/g/n

 

 

 

 

 

Choose Network

Lets you select an available network for the printer to use

 

<list of available network names>

 

 

 

 

 

View Signal Quality

Lets you view the strength of the wireless connection

 

 

 

 

View Security Mode

Lets you view the security of the wireless connection

 

 

 

USB menu

 

Menu item

Description

 

 

 

 

PCL SmartSwitch

Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job requires

 

On

it, regardless of the default printer language

 

Off

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.

 

 

 

 

PS SmartSwitch

Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job requires

 

On

it, regardless of the default printer language

 

Off

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.

 

 

 

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