Xerox 4520mp manual Serial Menu Options

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Serial Menu Options

The Serial Menu, a submenu of the Interface Menu, Figure 3.11 (page 3-39), contains options for configuring the printer’s serial port.

Figure 3.13 describes each Serial Menu option. Factory settings are boldfaced and followed by an asterisk (*). See “Setting a Menu Option” (page 3-10)for the steps to find and change a setting, or refer to the Document Services for Printing Guide to use the RUI to change settings.

Figure 3.13 Serial Menu options showing factory settings

Option	Setting	Description
Port Enable	Off	Activation of the serial port.
	On*	When On, the serial port is enabled so that the printer
		can receive print jobs through it.
		The serial port becomes part of a port polling
		sequence that includes all ports. See Appendix C: I/O
		Port Polling for information.
		When Off, the port is disabled so no communication
		occurs through this port with the host. If you are not
		using the serial port, you can set Port Enable Off.
Port Timeout	5-999 secs (30*)	Time interval for determining when to end an
		incomplete print job and poll the next port in the
		polling sequence.
		Port Timeout works in conjunction with Auto Job
		End (page 3-48).
		See Appendix C: I/O Port Polling for more
		information.
System Language	PCL*	Page description language (PDL) the printer will use
	PostScript†	for print jobs coming through the serial port.
	† Appears only when the	When Lang. Sensing (page 3-47) is On, System
	PostScript option is	Language is used only when the printer cannot
	installed.
		detect the PDL used in the incoming print job.

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