Control Panel Menus
Serial Menu
Sets options for the serial port connection. This menu only appears if the printer has the optional
Note
For these changes to take place, you must either power the machine Off and then power it back On, or restart the printer from the Print or Job Menus.
Serial Menu Items
Menu Items | Description |
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Port Enable | Sets the serial port. |
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| Values: |
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| On (default) |
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| Off |
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Port Timeout | Sets the time for determining when to end an incomplete print job and poll | |
| the next port in the polling sequence. This menu item also causes an implicit | |
| job end (such as Control D in PostScript or <ESC> E in PCL) and invokes the | |
| emulation functions associated with this action (e.g., formfeed, reset, etc.). | |
| Values (in seconds): |
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| 5 - 300 (default is 30) | |
| The value changes by 1 each time you press either Value key (labeled 3 or 7). | |
| Hold down either key to scroll quickly through the values. | |
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Serial PDL | Sets the default Print Description Language emulation for the serial port. | |
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| Auto (default) |
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| PCL |
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| PostScript |
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Flow Control | Set the Flow Control handshaking parameters for the serial port. | |
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| XON/XOFF |
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| Robust XON/XOFF |
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| Hardware (default) |
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Baud Rate | Sets the baud rate for the serial port. | |
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| 115200 | 9600 (default) |
| 57600 | 4800 |
| 38400 | 2400 |
| 28800 | 1200 |
| 19200 | 600 |
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Binary PS | Sets the binary mode of PostScript for jobs received on this port. | |
| Values: |
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On
Off (default)
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