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Using printer menus
Parallel Menu
Use the Parallel Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a parallel port.
Std Parallel
Menu selection
Purpose
Values
PCL SmartSwitch
Configures the printer so it automatically
switches to PCL emulation when a print
job received through the parallel port
requires it, regardless of the default
printer language
On*
Printer examines data on the parallel
interface and selects PCL emulation if the
data indicates that is the required printer
language.
Off
Printer does not examine the incoming
data. The printer uses PostScript emulation
to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On,
or uses the default printer language
specified in the Setup Menu if PS
SmartSwitch is Off.
PS SmartSwitch
Configures the printer so it automatically
switches to PostScript emulation when a
print job received through the parallel
port requires it, regardless of the default
printer language
On*
Printer examines data on the parallel
interface and selects PostScript emulation
if the data indicates that is the required
printer language.
Off
Printer does not examine the incoming
data. The printer uses PCL emulation to
process the job if PCL SmartSwitch is On,
or uses the default printer language
specified in the Setup Menu if PCL
SmartSwitch is Off.
NPA Mode
Specifies whether the printer performs
the special processing required for
bidirectional communication, following
the conventions defined in the Network
Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol
Changing this menu item automatically
resets the printer.
On
Printer performs NPA processing. If data is
not in NPA format, it is rejected as bad
data.
Off
Printer does not perform NPA processing.
Auto*
Printer examines data to determine the
format and then processes it appropriately.
Parallel Buffer
Configures the size of the parallel input
buffer
Changing this menu item automatically
resets the printer.
Disabled
Disables job buffering. Any jobs already
buffered on the disk are printed before
normal processing of incoming jobs
resumes.
Auto*
Printer automatically calculates the Parallel
Buffer size (recommended setting).
3K to maximum
size allowed
User specifies the Parallel 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 Parallel Buffer size, disable or reduce
the size of the USB buffer.
Advanced Status
Enables bidirectional communication
through the parallel port
Off
Disables parallel port negotiation
On*
Enables bidirectional communication
through the parallel interface
Protocol
Specifies the parallel interface protocol
Standard
May resolve some parallel interface
problems
Fastbytes*
Provides compatibility with most existing
parallel interface implementations
(recommended setting)
