Honor Init - IBM 1220 User Reference

Honor Init

Purpose:
To determine whether the printer honors hardware initialization requests from the computer. The
computer requests initialization by activating the INIT signal on the parallel interface. Many personal
computers activate the INIT signal each time the computer is turned on and off.
Values:
Off* Printer does not honor hardware initialization requests from the computer.
On Printer honors hardware initialization requests from the computer.
Job Buffering
Purpose:
To temporarily store jobs on the printer hard disk before printing.
Values:
Off* Does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk.
On Buffers print jobs to the hard disk.
Auto Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port.
Note: Changing the Job Buffering menu item automatically resets the printer.
MAC Binary PS
Purpose:
To configure the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs.
Values:
On Printer processes raw binary PostScript print jobs from computers using the Macintosh
operating system.
Note: This setting often causes Windows print jobs to fail.
Off Printer filters PostScript print jobs using standard protocol.
Auto* Printer processes print jobs from computers using either Windows or Macintosh operating
systems.
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