Making Option Settings For The Printer; Conditions For Bidirectional Communication - Ricoh SP C400DN User Manual

Preparing for Printing

Making Option Settings for the Printer

Make option settings for the printer using the printer driver when bidirectional
communication is disabled.
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Reference
For details about making option settings for the printer, see p.64 "If Bidirec-
tional Communication is Disabled".

Conditions for Bidirectional Communication

Bidirectional communication allows information about paper size and feed di-
rection settings to be automatically sent to the printer. You can check printer sta-
tus from your computer.
• Bidirectional communication is supported by Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP,
Windows Server 2003, and Windows NT 4.0.
• If you use the RPCS printer driver and bidirectional communication is en-
abled under Windows 2000, the [Change Accessories...] tab is unavailable.
Note
❒ The RPCS printer driver supports bidirectional communications and updates
the printer status automatically.
❒ The PCL printer driver supports bidirectional communications. You can up-
date printer status manually.
❒ The PostScript 3 printer driver does not support bidirectional communica-
tions.
To support bidirectional communication, the following conditions must be met:
❖ When connected with parallel cables
• The computer must support bidirectional communication.
• The printer must support bidirectional communication.
• The interface cable must support bidirectional communication.
• The printer must be connected to the computer using the standard parallel
cables and parallel connectors.
• Under Windows 2000, [Enable bidirectional support] must be selected, and
[Enable printer pooling] must not be selected on the [port] tab with the RPCS
printer driver.
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