Parallel menu
Use the Parallel menu to change printer settings on jobs sent through a parallel port.
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NPA Mode | Send print jobs to the printer and | • | Off |
| query printer status information | • | On |
| simultaneously. | • | Auto* |
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Protocol | Receive information at a much | • | Standard |
| higher transmission rate if your | • | Fastbytes* |
| printer is set to Fastbytes (if your |
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| receive information at a normal |
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| transmission rate if your printer is |
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| set to Standard. |
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Parallel Mode 2 | Determine whether the parallel | • | Off |
| port data is sampled on the | • | On* |
| leading (On) or trailing (Off) edge |
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| of strobe. |
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MAC Binary PS | Configure the printer to process | • | |
| Macintosh binary PostScript print |
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| jobs. | • | |
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| PostScript print jobs from computers using the |
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| Macintosh operating system. This setting often |
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| computers using either Windows or Macintosh |
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Setup menu
Use the Setup menu to configure how the printer formats the end of a line depending on the computer system being used.
Setting | Use this setting to: | Values | |
Auto CR after LF | Specify whether the printer automatically performs a carriage return | • | Off* |
| after a line feed control command. | • | On |
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Auto LF after CR | Specify whether the printer automatically performs a line feed after | • | Off* |
| a carriage return control command. | • | On |
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Understanding the printer configuration menus
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