Parallel Menu - Lexmark E360d Series User Manual

Parallel menu

Menu item
PCL SmartSwitch
On
Off
PS SmartSwitch
On
Off
NPA Mode
Auto
Off
Parallel Buffer
Disabled
Auto
Advanced Status
On
Off
Description
Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received
through a parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Notes:
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On is the factory default setting.
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When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.
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When the Off setting is used, 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.
Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job received
through a parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
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When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.
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When the Off setting is used, 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.
Sets 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.
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Changing this setting automatically resets the printer.
Sets the size of the parallel input buffer
Notes:
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Auto is the factory default setting.
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The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the
disk are printed before normal processing is resumed.
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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.
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To increase the maximum size range for the Parallel Buffer, disable the USB and
network buffers.
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Changing this setting automatically resets the printer.
Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel port
Notes:
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On is the factory default setting.
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The Off setting disables parallel port negotiation.
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