Menu item
Serial Buffer
Disabled Auto
3k to <maximum size allowed>
Job Buffering
Off
On
Auto
Serial Protocol
DTR
DTR/DSR
XON/XOFF
XON/XOFF/DTR
XONXOFF/DTRDSR
Robust XON
On
Off
Description
Sets the size of the serial input buffer
Notes:
•Auto is the factory default setting.
•The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the disk are printed before normal processing is resumed.
•The serial buffer size setting can be changed in 1k increments.
•The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off.
•To increase the maximum size range for the Serial Buffer, disable or reduce the size of the parallel, serial, and network buffers.
•Changing this setting from the control panel and then exiting the menus causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated.
Temporarily stores jobs on the printer hard disk before printing
Notes:
•Off is the factory default setting.
•The Off setting does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk.
•The On setting buffers jobs on the printer hard disk.
•The Auto setting buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port.
•Changing this setting from the control panel and then exiting the menus causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated.
Selects the hardware and software handshaking settings for the serial port
Notes:
•DTR is the factory default setting.
•DTR/DSR is a hardware handshaking setting.
•XON/XOFF is a software handshaking setting.
•XON/XOFF/DTR and XON/XOFF/DTR/DSR are combined hardware and software handshaking settings.
Determines whether or not the printer communicates availability to the computer
Notes:
•Off is the factory default setting.
•This menu item applies only to the serial port if Serial Protocol is set to XON/XOFF.
Understanding printer menus
