Usb Menu - Lexmark 231 User Manual

Understanding printer menus

USB menu

Menu item
PCL SmartSwitch
On
Off
PS SmartSwitch
On
Off
NPA Mode
Off
Auto
USB Buffer
Disabled
Auto
Mac Binary PS
On
Off
Auto
Description
Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received
through a USB port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Notes:
• On is the factory default setting.
• When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.
•
When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PostScript emulation if the PS
Smartswitch setting is On. It uses the default printer language specified in the
Setup menu if the PS SmartSwitch setting is Off.
Sets the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job received
through a USB port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
• When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.
• When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PCL emulation if the PCL
Smartswitch setting is On. It uses the default printer language specified in the
Setup menu if the PCL SmartSwitch setting is Off.
Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional
communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol
Notes:
•
Auto is the factory default setting.
•
Changing this setting causes the printer to restart.
Sets the size of the USB input buffer
Notes:
•
Auto is the factory default setting.
•
The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered are
printed before normal processing is resumed.
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The USB buffer size value can be changed in 1‑K increments.
•
The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer,
the size of the other link buffers, and whether the Resource Save setting is On
or Off.
•
Changing this setting causes the printer to restart.
Sets the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs
Notes:
• Auto is the factory default setting.
• The Off setting filters print jobs using the standard protocol.
•
The On setting processes raw binary PostScript print jobs.
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