Mode
Administration/Communications/LocalTalk/Mode
Menu
EnabledEstablish one-way LocalTalk communication (from
Choices
DisabledTurn off the LocalTalk interface (the printer stops
Enabled
Default
The printer must be restarted for changes to the Mode menu to
Notes
take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically
after you save the change and exit the Configuration menu, or
you can wait for the change to take effect the next time you
manually turn on the printer.
Connection
Administration/Communications/LocalTalk/Connection
Menu
ConventionalAllow one LocalTalk connection and accept
Choices
only one print job at a time. If two users send print jobs to the
printer, the workstation belonging to the first user is
unavailable until the first job has been printed, and the
workstation belonging to the second user is unavailable until
both jobs have been printed.
SpoolAllow multiple LocalTalk connections and accept
(spools) more than one print job at a time. Workstations are
available while jobs are printing.
BothAllow both single and multiple LocalTalk connections.
Conventional
Default
The printer must be restarted for changes to the Connection
Notes
menu to take effect. You can either let the printer restart
automatically after you save the change and exit the
Configuration menu, or you can wait for the change to take
effect the next time you manually turn on the printer.
the host to the printer).
accepting LocalTalk interface print jobs).
Using a LocalTalk
Interface
Printer Options
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