Centronics (Parallel) Submenu - Printronix P7000 User Manual

Chapter 4
HOST INTERFACE - P7000HD
Trickle Time
When the printer is printing data from a host and a second job is received by
the printer from a different host, Trickle Time prevents the second host from
timing out while it is waiting for its data to be printed. In order to support this
feature, the port has to be able to accept data from the host and store it for
future use.
For example, if the printer is printing a job from the serial port, and then
receives a second print job from the parallel port, the data from the parallel
port will "trickle" bit by bit into the printer buffer to prevent a timeout error from
being sent back to the host connected to the parallel port.
The selected value is the time that the printer waits before getting the next
byte of data from the host. The Trickle Time value should be less than the
host time out value, but not too much shorter or else the printer fills up its
buffer too fast. This function is not applicable for C/T hotport.
Offline Process
•
Disable (the default). When set to disable, the printer does not process
parallel/network data while offline.
•
Enable. When set to enable, the printer continues to process (but not
print) the current network/parallel job while the printer is offline until the
printer's buffer is full.

Centronics (Parallel) Submenu

Centronics
(from page 74)
Data Bit 8 PI Ignored
Enable* Enable*
Disable Disable
Prime TOF Action
Signal
Enable* Reset*
Disable Do Nothing
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Data Resp.
Polarity Polarity
Standard* Standard*
Inverted Inverted
Buffer Size Auto
in K Trickle
16* Disable*
(1-16) Enable
* = Factory Default
Busy On Latch
Strobe Data On
Enable* Leading*
Disable Trailing
Trickle
Time
1/4 sec*
1/2 sec
1 sec
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
16 sec
Off