Using printer menus
Menu Item | Purpose | Values |
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PS | To configure the printer so it | On* | Printer examines data on the serial | |
SmartSwitch | automatically switches to |
| interface and selects PostScript | |
| PostScript emulation when a print |
| emulation if the data indicates that | |
| job received through the serial port |
| is the required printer language. | |
| requires it, regardless of the |
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| Off | Printer does not examine the | ||
| default printer language. | |||
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| incoming data. The printer uses | |
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| PCL emulation to process the job if | |
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| PCL SmartSwitch is On, or uses | |
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| the default printer language | |
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| specified in the Setup Menu if PCL | |
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| SmartSwitch is Off. | |
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Robust XON | To determine whether the printer | Off* | Printer waits to receive data from | |
| communicates availability to the |
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| computer. |
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| On | Printer sends a continuous stream | ||
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| of XONs to the host computer to | ||
| serial port if Serial Protocol is set |
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| indicate that the serial port is ready | ||
| to XON/XOFF. |
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| to receive more data. | ||
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Serial Buffer | To configure the size of the serial | Disabled | Disables job buffering. Any jobs | |
| input buffer. |
| already buffered on the disk are | |
| Note: Changing the Serial Buffer |
| printed before normal processing | |
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| of incoming jobs resumes. | ||
| menu item automatically resets the |
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| printer. | Auto* | Printer automatically calculates the | |
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| Serial Buffer size (recommended | |
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| setting). | |
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| 3K to | User specifies the Serial Buffer | |
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| maximum | size. The maximum size depends | |
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| size allowed | on the amount of memory in your | |
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| printer, the size of the other link | |
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| buffers, and whether Resource | |
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| Save is set to On or Off. To | |
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| maximize the range for the Serial | |
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| Buffer size, disable or reduce the | |
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| size of the parallel, and USB | |
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| buffers. | |
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Serial | To select the hardware and | DTR* | Hardware handshaking. | |
Protocol | software handshaking values for |
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DTR/DSR | Hardware handshaking. | |||
| the serial interface. | |||
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| XON/XOFF | Software handshaking. | |
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| XON/XOFF/ | Combined hardware and software | |
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| DTR | handshaking. | |
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| XONXOFF/ | Combined hardware and software | |
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| DTRDSR | handshaking. | |
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Serial Menu
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