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Using MFP menus
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Use these menu items to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the MFP through an optional serial port.
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PCL | Configures the MFP so it | On* | |
SmartSwitch | automatically switches to PCL | Off | the serial interface and selects PCL |
| emulation when a print job received | emulation if the data indicates that is | |
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| through the serial port requires it, |
| the required printer language. |
| regardless of the default printer |
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| incoming data. The MFP uses | |
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| PostScript emulation to process the |
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| job if PS SmartSwitch is On, or uses |
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| the default printer language specified |
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PS SmartSwitch | Configures the MFP so it | On* | |
| automatically switches to PostScript | Off | the serial interface and selects |
| emulation when a print job received | PostScript emulation if the data | |
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| through the serial port requires it, |
| indicates that is the required printer |
| regardless of the default printer |
| language. |
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| incoming data. The MFP uses PCL |
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| emulation to process the job if PCL |
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| SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default |
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| printer language specified in the |
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| Setup Menu if PCL SmartSwitch is Off. |
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NPA Mode | Specifies whether the MFP | On | The MFP performs NPA processing. If |
| performs the special processing |
| data is not in NPA format, it is rejected |
| required for bidirectional |
| as bad data. |
| communication, following the |
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| Off | The MFP does not perform NPA | |
| conventions defined in the Network | ||
| Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. |
| processing. |
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| Auto* | The MFP examines the data to | |
| automatically resets the MFP. It is | ||
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| determine the format and then | |
| reset to configure memory, and any |
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| processes it appropriately. | |
| permanent resources, such as fonts |
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Serial Buffer | Configures the size of the serial | Auto* | The MFP automatically calculates the |
| input buffer. |
| Serial Buffer size (recommended |
| Note: Changing the Serial Buffer |
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| menu item automatically resets the | 3KB to maximum | The user specifies the Serial Buffer |
| MFP. Any permanent resources, | ||
| size allowed | size. The maximum size depends on | |
| such as fonts or macros, are lost. | ||
| (1KB increments) | the amount of memory in the MFP, the | |
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| size of the other link buffers, and | |
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| whether Resource Save is set to On or |
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| Off. To maximize the range for the |
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| Serial Buffer size, disable or reduce |
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| the size of the parallel and USB |
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| buffers. |
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Serial Protocol | Selects the hardware and software | DTR* | Hardware handshaking |
| handshaking values for the serial |
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| DTR/DSR | Hardware handshaking | |
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| XON/XOFF | Software handshaking |
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| XON/XOFF/DTR | Combined hardware and software |
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| handshaking |
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| XONXOFF/DTRDSR | Combined hardware and software |
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| handshaking |
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