Menu item
PS SmartSwitch
On
Off
NPA Mode
On
Off
Auto
Parallel Buffer
Disabled
Auto
3K to <max size allowed>
Advanced Status
On
Off
Protocol
Standard
Fastbytes
Description
Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job received
through a parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Notes:
On is the factory default setting.
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When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.
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When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PCL emulation if PCL SmartSwitch
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is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if
PCL SmartSwitch is set to Off.
Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional
communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol
Notes:
Auto is the factory default setting.
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Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the menus
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causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated.
Sets the size of the parallel input buffer
Notes:
Auto is the factory default setting.
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The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the
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disk are printed before normal processing is resumed.
The parallel buffer size setting can be changed in 1K increments.
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The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer,
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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
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the size of the USB, serial, and network buffers.
Changing this setting from the printer control panel and then exiting the menus
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causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is updated.
Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel port
Notes:
On is the factory default setting.
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The Off setting disables parallel port negotiation.
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Specifies the parallel port protocol
Notes:
Fastbytes is the factory default setting. It provides compatibility with most
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existing parallel ports and is the recommended setting.
The Standard setting tries to resolve parallel port communication problems.
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