Lexmark C950 manual Parallel x menu, Understanding printer menus 118, Parallel Buffer

Understanding printer menus 118

Parallel [x] menu

Menu item	Description
PCL SmartSwitch	Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received
On	through a serial port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Off	Notes:
	• On is the factory default setting.
	• When set to Off, the printer does not examine incoming data. The printer uses
	PostScript emulation if PS SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer
	language specified in the Setup menu if PS SmartSwitch is set to Off.
PS SmartSwitch	Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job received
On	through a serial port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Off	Notes:
	• On is the factory default setting.
	• When set to Off, the printer does not examine incoming data. The printer uses
	PCL emulation if PCL SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer
	language specified in the Setup menu if PCL SmartSwitch is set to Off.
NPA Mode	Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional
Auto	communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol
On	Notes:
Off	• Auto is the factory default setting.
	• Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the
	menus causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is then updated.
Parallel Buffer	Sets the size of the parallel input buffer
Auto	Notes:
3KB to [maximum size allowed]
	• Auto is the factory default setting.
Disabled
	• Disabled turns off job buffering. Any print jobs already buffered on the printer
	hard disk are printed before normal processing resumes.
	• The parallel buffer size setting can be changed in 1‑KB increments.
	• The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer,
	the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or
	Off.
	• To increase the maximum size range for the Parallel Buffer, disable or reduce
	the size of the USB, serial, and network buffers.
	• Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the
	menus causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is then updated.