Lexmark 912 manual Parallel, Disabled, Mode

Using printer menus

Menu Item	Purpose	Values
Parallel	To configure the size of the parallel	Disabled	Disables job buffering. Any jobs
Buffer	input buffer.		already buffered on the disk are
	Note: Changing this menu item		printed before normal processing
			of incoming jobs resumes.
	automatically resets the printer.
		Auto*	Printer automatically calculates the
			Parallel Buffer size (recommended
			setting).
		3K to	User specifies the Parallel Buffer
		maximum	size. The maximum size depends
		size allowed	on the amount of memory in your
			printer, the size of the other link
			buffers, and whether Resource
			Save is set to On or Off. To
			maximize the range for the Parallel
			Buffer size, disable or reduce the
			size of the serial, and USB buffers.
Parallel	To control the pull-up resistors on	On	Disables the resistors.
Mode 1	the parallel port signals. This menu
		Off*	Enables the resistors.
	item is useful for personal
	computers that have open collector
	outputs on the parallel port signals.
Parallel	To determine whether the parallel	On*	Samples parallel port data on the
Mode 2	port data is sampled on the		leading edge of strobe.
	leading or trailing edge of strobe.
		Off	Samples parallel port data on the
			trailing edge of strobe.
PCL	To configure the printer so it	On*	Printer examines data on the
SmartSwitch	automatically switches to		parallel interface and selects
	PCL emulation when a print job		PCL emulation if the data indicates
	requires it. This print job is		that is the required printer
	received through the parallel port,		language.
	regardless of the default printer
		Off	Printer does not examine the
	language.
			incoming data. The printer uses
			PostScript emulation to process
			the job if PS SmartSwitch is On, or
			uses the default printer language
			specified in the Setup Menu if PS
			SmartSwitch is Off.
PS	To configure the printer so it	On*	Printer examines data on the
SmartSwitch	automatically switches to		parallel interface and selects
	PostScript emulation when a print		PostScript emulation if the data
	job received through the parallel		indicates that is the required
	port requires it, regardless of the		printer language.
	default printer language.
		Off	Printer does not examine the
			incoming data. The printer uses
			PCL emulation to process the job if
			PCL SmartSwitch is On, or uses
			the default printer language
			specified in the Setup Menu if PCL
			SmartSwitch is Off.

Parallel Menu

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