EFI Pi6500 Pro Configuration Manual page 85

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3-9 Network Setup
Parallel Port (Port Setup)
Enable Parallel Port
connect a single Windows computer to the parallel port and print directly to the
Pi6500 Pro.
Enabling the parallel port does not conflict with using Ethernet or Token Ring
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communication with the Pi6500 Pro.
Ignore EOF Character
specifies that the Pi6500 Pro should ignore end-of-file (EOF) messages. Check this box
to print PostScript files in binary format (not ASCII); under normal circumstances, the
box should not be checked. When this option is selected, the Pi6500 Pro uses the
parallel port timeout value to determine when the end of the file has been reached.
Parallel Port Timeout (seconds)
setting determines how long the Pi6500 Pro waits without receiving data from the
parallel port before deciding that the current job is complete. Until the timeout, the
Pi6500 Pro cannot receive new jobs through the parallel port, but it can continue to
receive network print jobs.
Token Ring (Port Setup)
Enable Token Ring
Maximum Frame Size
administrator at your site. If you are uncertain of the setting to use, select the default
value (4202).
Transmission Speed
select the speed (4 Mbps or 16 Mbps) of the network to which the Pi6500 Pro is
attached.
Enable Source Routing
Request All Routes
if you want the Request packet to travel to its destination by all routes.
Respond All Routes
selected. Select if you want the Response packet to return by all routes to the originat-
ing computer.
—Select if you want to print through the parallel port. You can
—Available only if Enable Parallel Port is selected, this option
—Available only if Enable Parallel Port is selected, this
—Select if the Pi6500 Pro is connected to a Token Ring network.
—Select the maximum frame size recommended by the network
—Select Auto Sense if your network environment is mixed, or
—Select if your network supports source routing.
—This option is active only if you enabled Source Routing. Select
—This option is available only if the previous option is not