Dell S2830dn User Manual page 62

Understanding the printer menus
Standard Parallel menu
Use
PCL SmartSwitch
On
Off
PS SmartSwitch
On
Off
NPA Mode
On
Off
Auto
Parallel Buffer
Disabled
Auto
3K to [maximum size allowed]
Advanced Status
On
Off
To
Set the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job
received through a serial port requires it, regardless of the default printer
language.
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
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When set to Off, the printer does not examine incoming data. The printer
uses PostScript emulation if PS SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the
default printer language specified in the Setup menu if PS SmartSwitch is
set to Off.
Set the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job received
through a serial port requires it, regardless of the default printer language.
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
•
When set to Off, the printer does not examine incoming data. The printer
uses PCL emulation if PCL SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default
printer language specified in the Setup menu if PCL SmartSwitch is set to
Off.
Set the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional
communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol.
Notes:
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Auto is the factory default setting.
•
Changing this setting from the control panel and then exiting the menus
causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is then updated.
Set the size of the parallel input buffer.
Notes:
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Auto is the factory default setting.
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Disabled turns off job buffering. Any print jobs already buffered on the
printer hard disk are printed before normal processing resumes.
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The parallel buffer size setting can be changed in 1‑KB increments.
•
The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the
printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is
set to On or Off.
•
To increase the maximum size range for the Parallel Buffer, disable or
reduce the size of the USB, serial, and network buffers.
•
Changing this setting from the control panel and then exiting the menus
causes the printer to restart. The menu selection is then updated.
Enable bidirectional communication through the parallel port.
Notes:
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On is the factory default setting.
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Off disables parallel port negotiation.
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