Chapter 1 Using the Operator Panel
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Display the setting item to be changed and press the
ENTER
key. A question mark (
?
) appears.
The following example explains how to change the
baud rate. The settings for other items can be
changed in a similar manner.
Press the or key to display the desired setting.
The setting changes as shown below.
The baud rate can be selected from 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600 (default), 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200.
Some computers may not be compatible with a baud rate of
115200 bps. If you set the baud rate to 115200 and communi-
cation problems occur, lower the baud rate.
Display the desired baud rate and press the
ENTER
key.
Press the
MENU
key. The message display returns to
Ready
.
Changing Option Network Interface Parameters
To make your printer support TCP/IP, Netware, and Ether-
Talk networks, you will need to install the option network in-
terface card in the option interface slot the printer and make
the proper settings as explained in this section.
Using the operator panel, you can:
•
Activate or deactivate TCP/IP, NetWare, and EtherTalk
•
Activate or deactivate DHCP
•
Enter IP address, subnet mask address, and default
gateway address
To confirm or change network card parameters, proceed as
follows:
Press the
MENU
key.
Press the or key repeatedly until
Interface
>
appears. One of the interface names shown below
appears, indicating the current interface.
Parallel
(default)
USB
Serial
(when a serial interface board kit is installed)
Option
(when a network interface card is installed)
Press the
ENTER
key. A blinking question mark (
?
)
appears.
Press the or key repeatedly until
Option
ap-
pears.
Press the
ENTER
key again.
Press the key. Each time the or key is
pressed, the display changes as shown below.
>Baud Rate
? 9600
NOTE
>Baud Rate
9600
>Data Bits
8
>Stop Bits
1
>Parity
None
Definable baud rates:
1200
,
2400
,
4800
,
9600
(default),
19200
,
38400
,
57600
,
115200
Definable data bits:
7
,
8
(default)
Definable stop bits:
1
(default),
2
Definable parity:
None
(default),
Odd
,
Even
,
Ignore
>Protocol
DTR(pos.)&XON
Definable protocol:
DTR(pos.)&XON
(default),
DTP(positive)
,
DTR
(negative)
,
XON/XOFF
,
ETX/ACK
7
8
9
10
Interface
? Parallel
Interface
? Option
1
2
3
4
5
6
>NetWare
>
On
>TCP/IP
>
On
>EtherTalk
Off
>Opt. StatusPage
Off
Set this item to
On
when you
connect to a network using
NetWare. In submenu (
>
), frame
mode can be selected from
Auto
,
Ethernet
II
,
802.2
, and
802.3
SNAP
Set this item to
On
when you
connect to a Windows network
using TCP/IP. Submenu (
>
) has
items including DHCP, IP
address, subnet mask address,
and gateway address.or details
on IP address, see the following
step 8 subsegument steps.
When the item is set to
On
, the
printer also prints out a network
status page when it prints the
printer status page. See
Range
EtherTalk must be activated (
On
)
for AppleTalk networking with
Macintosh computers.
