Printronix P8000 Series, Administrator'S Manual

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Chapter 4
HOST INTERFACE Menu
Auto Switching Submenu
Auto Switching gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams
sequentially. With Auto Switching, the printer can service hosts attached to
the serial, parallel, USB, and Ethernet ports as if they were the only interface
connected.
For example, if the host computer sends one print job to the RS-232 serial
port and a separate print job to the IEEE 1284 parallel port, the printer's Auto
Switching is able to handle both jobs, in the order they were received. The
user does not have to reconfigure the selected interface between jobs.
Port Type
Select the parallel interface type connected to the printer. For example, if your
printer is attached to one host with a Centronics connection, you would select
Centronics under the Parallel Hotport menu.
Auto Switching
(from page 93)
Parallel
Hotport
1
Serial
Hotport
Port Type
Centronics
(see page 98 for options)
IEEE 1284*
(see page 96 for options)
Disable
Trickle Time
1/4 sec*
1/2 sec
1 sec
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
16 sec
Off
Timeout
10 sec.*
(10-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Trickle Time
1/4 sec*
1/2 sec
1 sec
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
16 sec
Off
Timeout
10 sec.*
(10-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
* = Factory Default
1
If Installed.
USB
Hotport
Timeout
10 sec.*
10 - 60 sec
Ethernet
Hotport
1
Timeout
10 sec.*
(10-60)
Switch Out On
Data Timeout
Session Close