Understanding the printer menus 173, Protocol

Understanding the printer menus		173

	Menu item	Description
	Job Buffering	Temporarily stores print jobs on the scanner hard disk before printing
	Off	Notes:
	On	Notes:
	On	• Off is the factory default setting.
	Auto	• Off is the factory default setting.
	Auto	• On buffers print jobs on the scanner hard disk.
		• On buffers print jobs on the scanner hard disk.
		• Auto buffers print jobs only if the scanner is busy processing data from
		another input port.
		• Changing this setting from the scanner control panel and then exiting the
		menus causes the scanner to restart. The menu selection is then updated.

	Advanced Status	Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel port
	On	Notes:
	Off	Notes:
	Off	• On is the factory default setting.
		• On is the factory default setting.
		• Off disables parallel port negotiation.

	Protocol	Specifies the parallel port protocol
	Fastbytes	Notes:
	Standard	Notes:
	Standard	• Fastbytes is the factory default setting. It provides compatibility with most

		existing parallel ports and is the recommended setting.
		• Standard tries to resolve parallel port communication problems.

	Honor Init	Determines if the scanner honors hardware initialization requests from the computer
	Off	Notes:
	On	Notes:
	On	• Off is the factory default setting.
		• Off is the factory default setting.
		• The computer requests initialization by activating the Init signal from the
		parallel port. Many personal computers activate the Init signal each time the
		computer is turned on.

	Parallel Mode 2	Determines if the parallel port data is sampled on the leading or trailing edge of a
	On	strobe
	Off	Note: On is the factory default setting.

	Mac Binary PS	Sets the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs
	Auto	Notes:
	On	Notes:
	On	• Auto is the factory default setting.
	Off	• Auto is the factory default setting.
	Off	• Off filters print jobs using the standard protocol.
		• Off filters print jobs using the standard protocol.
		• On processes raw binary PostScript print jobs.

	ENA Address	Sets the network address information for an external print server
	yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy	Note: This menu is available only if the scanner is attached to an external print
		server through the USB port.

	ENA Netmask	Sets the netmask information for an external print server
	yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy	Note: This menu appears only when the scanner is attached to an external print
		server through the USB port.

MX6500E specifications

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Lexmark MX6500E manual Understanding the printer menus 173, Advanced Status, Protocol, Honor Init

Models: MX6500E

Understanding the printer menus

173

Menu item

Description

Job Buffering

Advanced Status

Protocol

Honor Init

Parallel Mode 2

Mac Binary PS

ENA Address

ENA Netmask

MX6500E specifications