Auto Switching Submenu - Printronix P8000 Series Administrator's Manual

The Host Interface Menu enables you to select and configure one of many types of interfaces between
the printer and your host computer. The currently selected interface is indicated with an asterisk on the
control panel message display. Each interface has its own submenu with a set of interface parameters
which can be configured.
IMPORTANT When set to Auto Switching, the printer will load the power-up configuration and
the new interface parameters. Any settings made and not saved before selecting
these interfaces will be lost.

Auto Switching Submenu

Auto Switching
(from page 77)
Parallel
Hotport
Port Type
Centronics
(see page 81 for options)
IEEE 1284*
(see page 79 for options)
Disable
Trickle Time
1/4 sec*
1/2 sec
1 sec
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
16 sec
Off
Timeout
10 sec.*
(10-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Auto Switching gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams sequentially. With Auto
Switching, the printer can service hosts attached to the serial, parallel, USB, and Ethernet ports as if they
were the only interface connected.
For example, if the host computer sends one print job to the RS-232 serial port and a separate print job to
the IEEE 1284 parallel port, the printer's Auto Switching is able to handle both jobs, in the order they were
received. The user does not have to reconfigure the selected interface between jobs.
Port Type
Select the parallel interface type connected to the printer. For example, if your printer is attached to one
host with a Centronics connection, you would select Centronics under the Parallel Hotport menu.
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Serial
1
Hotport
*= Factory Default
1
If installed.
USB Ethernet
1
Hotport Hotport