Parallel Menu
Use the Parallel Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a parallel port (either Std Parallel or Parallel Opt <x>).
Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
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Advanced | To enable bidirectional communication | Off | Disables parallel port negotiation. | |
Status | through the parallel port. |
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Honor Init | To determine whether the printer | Off* | Printer does not honor hardware | |
| honors hardware initialization requests |
| initialization requests from the | |
| from the computer. The computer |
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| On | Printer honors hardware initialization | ||
| INIT signal on the parallel interface. | |||
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| requests from the computer. | ||
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| INIT signal each time the computer is |
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Job | To temporarily store jobs on the printer | Off* | Does not buffer print jobs to the hard | |
Buffering | hard disk before printing. |
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| Note: Changing this menu item | On | Buffers print jobs to the hard disk. | |
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| Auto | Buffers print jobs only if the printer is | ||
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MAC Binary | To configure the printer to process | On | Printer processes raw binary | |
PS | Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs. |
| PostScript print jobs from computers | |
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| Windows print jobs to fail. | |
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| Off | Printer filters PostScript print jobs | |
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| using standard protocol. | |
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| Auto* | Printer processes print jobs from | |
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NPA Mode | To specify whether the printer | On | Printer performs NPA processing. If | |
| performs the special processing |
| data is not in NPA format, it is rejected | |
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| as bad data. | |
| communication, following the |
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| Off | Printer does not perform NPA | ||
| conventions defined in the Network | |||
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| Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. |
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| Note: Changing this menu item | Auto* | Printer examines data and determines | |
| automatically resets the printer. |
| the format and then processes it | |
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