Menu Item | Purpose | Values |
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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 |
| required for bidirectional |
| 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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| processing. | |
| Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. |
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| Note: Changing this menu item | Auto* | Printer examines the data to determine |
| automatically resets the printer. |
| the format and then processes it |
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| appropriately. |
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Parity | To select the parity for serial input and | Even |
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| output data frames. |
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| Odd |
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| None* |
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| Ignore |
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PCL | To configure the printer so it | On* | Printer examines data on the serial |
SmartSwitch | automatically switches to PCL |
| interface and selects PCL emulation if |
| emulation when a print job received |
| the data indicates that is the required |
| through the serial port requires it, |
| printer language. |
| regardless of the default printer |
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| Off | Printer does not examine the incoming | |
| language. | ||
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| data. The printer uses PostScript | |
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| emulation to process the job if PS |
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| SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default |
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| printer language specified in the Setup |
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| Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off. |
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PS | To configure the printer so it | On* | Printer examines data on the serial |
SmartSwitch | automatically switches to PostScript |
| interface and selects PostScript |
| emulation when a print job received |
| emulation if the data indicates that is |
| through the serial port requires it, |
| the required printer language. |
| regardless of the default printer |
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| Off | Printer does not examine the incoming | |
| language. | ||
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| data. The printer uses PCL emulation | |
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| to process the job if PCL SmartSwitch |
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| is On, or uses the default printer |
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| language specified in the Setup Menu |
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| if PCL SmartSwitch is Off. |
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Robust XON | To determine whether the printer | Off* | Printer waits to receive data from the |
| communicates availability to the |
| computer. |
| computer. |
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| On | Printer sends a continuous stream of | |
| This menu item only applies to the | ||
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| XONs to the host computer to indicate | |
| serial port if Serial Protocol is set to |
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| that the serial port is ready to receive | |
| XON/XOFF. |
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| more data. | |
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