Changing The Serial Interface Settings; To Change The Serial-Interface Settings; Change The I/O Timeout Setting - HP Designjet 700 User Manual

Changing the Interface Settings
With a network interface (such as HP JetDirect Print Server), refer to your network
Network
interface documentation for advice on any front-panel configuration.
With a parallel interface, no front-panel configuration is necessary.
Parallel
With a serial interface, you should have configured it when installing the plotter, as
Serial
explained on page 1-29. However, you may need to reconfigure it:
To Change the Serial Interface Settings
I/O Setup
This task is explained in detail on page 1-29, including a note of the defaults and
RS-232-C
likely requirements.
Full menu mode
To Change the I/O Timeout Setting
Some software may not write a proper file terminator at the end of the file. In this
I/O Setup
case, the plotter will not know that the file is complete and will wait for more data
until the end of the "I/O Timeout" period. By default, this period is 30 minutes,
I/O Timeout
but you can change it in the menu (indicated on the left) to as little as 30 seconds.
Full menu mode
Changing the Interface Settings and I/O Timeout Setting
When you connect a new computer to the plotter.
When you output to the plotter from a new application.
If you experience problems with distorted or unintelligible plots.
Reconfiguring Your Plotter
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