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Network Menu
Use the Network Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a network port
(either Standard Network or Network Opt <x>).
Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
Reset Active
Bin
To define the active bin as the start bin (the first bin to receive printed output) in a set of linked
bins.
Reset Printer
To reset the printer to the user default value for each menu item, delete all downloaded resources
(fonts, macros, and symbol sets) stored in printer memory (RAM), and delete all data in the
interface link buffer.
Before selecting Reset Printer, exit the software application you are using.
Menu Item
Purpose
Values
Job
Buffering
To temporarily store jobs on the printer
hard disk before printing.
Note: Changing this menu item
automatically resets the printer.
Off*
Does not buffer jobs to the hard disk.
On
Buffers print jobs to the hard disk.
Auto
Buffers print jobs only if the printer is
busy processing data from another
input port.
MAC Binary
PS
To configure the printer to process
Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs.
On
Printer processes raw binary
PostScript print jobs from computers
using the Macintosh operating system.
Note: This setting often causes
Windows print jobs to fail.
Off
Printer filters PostScript print jobs
using standard protocol.
Auto*
Printer processes print jobs from
computers using either Windows or
Macintosh operating systems.
Network
Buffer
To configure the size of the network
input buffer.
Note: Changing the Network Buffer
menu item automatically resets the
printer.
Auto*
Printer automatically calculates the
Network Buffer size (recommended
setting).
3K to
maximum size
allowed
User specifies the Network Buffer size.
The maximum size depends on the
amount of memory in your printer, the
size of the other link buffers, and
whether Resource Save is set to On or
Off. To maximize the range for the
Network Buffer size, disable or reduce
the size of the parallel, serial, and USB
buffers.
Network <x>
Setup
To configure an internal print server.
Values for this menu item are supplied by the specific
print server. Select the menu item to see the available
values.
Note: Refer to the documentation on the drivers CD for
more information.
Menu Item
Purpose
Values