Using the MFP menus

Menu item

Purpose

Values and descriptions

Job Buffering

This menu item only appears when

Off*

Does not buffer print jobs to the hard

 

a formatted hard disk is installed.

 

disk.

 

Temporarily stores jobs on the MFP

 

 

 

On

Buffers print jobs to the hard disk.

 

hard disk before printing.

 

 

 

 

Note: Changing the Job Buffering

Auto

Buffers print jobs only if the MFP is

 

menu item automatically resets the

 

busy processing data from another

 

MFP. It is reset to configure

 

input port.

 

memory, and any permanent

 

 

 

resources, such as fonts or macros,

 

 

 

are lost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Protocol

Selects the hardware and software

DTR*

Hardware handshaking.

 

handshaking values for the serial

 

 

 

DTR/DSR

Hardware handshaking.

 

interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

XON/XOFF

Software handshaking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

XON/XOFF/DTR

Combined hardware and software

 

 

 

handshaking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

XONXOFF/DTRDSR

Combined hardware and software

 

 

 

handshaking.

 

 

 

 

Robust XON

Determines whether the MFP

Off*

The MFP waits to receive data from

 

communicates availability to the

 

the computer.

 

computer.

 

 

 

On

The MFP sends a continuous stream

 

This menu item only applies to the

 

 

of XONs to the host computer to

 

serial port if Serial Protocol is set to

 

 

 

indicate that the serial port is ready to

 

XON/XOFF.

 

 

 

receive more data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baud

Specifies the rate at which data can

1200

 

 

be received through the serial port.

 

 

 

2400

 

 

Note: 138200, 172800, 230400,

 

 

 

 

 

and 345600 baud rates appear in

4800

 

 

the Standard Serial menu. These

 

 

 

 

 

values do not appear in the Serial

9600*

 

 

Option 1, Serial Option 2, or Serial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option 3 menus.

19200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

115200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

138200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

230400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

345600

 

 

 

 

 

Data Bits

Specifies the number of data bits

7

 

 

that are sent in each transmission

 

 

 

8*

 

 

frame.

 

 

 

 

 

Parity

Sets the parity for serial input and

Even

 

 

output data frames.

 

 

 

Odd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

None*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ignore

 

 

 

 

 

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