HP (Hewlett-Packard) 5100 Printer User Manual


 
B-16 Control Panel Menus ENWW
I/O Menu
Items in the I/O (input/output) Menu affect the communication
between the printer and the computer.
I/O Menu
Item Values Explanation
I/O TIMEOUT=15
5
to 300 Select the I/O timeout period in seconds. (I/O
timeout refers to the time, measured in
seconds, that the printer waits before ending a
print job.)
This setting allows you to adjust timeout for
best performance. If data from other ports
appear in the middle of your print job, increase
the timeout value.
Press [- Value +] once to change settings by
increments of 1, or hold down [- Value +] to
scroll by increments of 10.
I/O BUFFER=AUTO AUTO
ON
OFF
Allocate memory for I/O buffering.
AUTO: The printer automatically reserves
memory for I/O buffering. Additional
configurations are not required and the I/
O BUFFER SIZE
menu item does not appear.
ON: The I/O BUFFER SIZE item appears (see
below). Specify the amount of memory to be
used for I/O buffering.
OFF: I/O buffering is not performed and the I/
O BUFFER SIZE
item does not appear.
When the I/O buffer setting is changed, any
downloaded resources (such as fonts or
macros) will need to be downloaded again,
unless they are stored on an optional hard disk
or flash DIMM.
For more information, see page C-7.