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Use the Administration/Communications/LocalTalk menu to set the
LocalTalk interface values used for printer-host communication.
Mode
Enables or disables the communication interface.
Connection
Allows you to enable or disable print spooling.
Menu Administration/Communications/LocalTalk/Mode
Choices Enabled—Establish one-way LocalTalk communication from
the host to the printer).
Disabled—Turn off the LocalTalk interface, and the printer
stops accepting LocalTalk interface print jobs.
Default Enabled
Notes The printer must be restarted for changes to the Mode menu to
take effect. You can either let the printer restart automatically
after you save the change and exit from the configuration
menu, or you can wait for the change to take effect the next
time you manually turn on the printer.
Menu Administration/Communications/LocalTalk/Connection
Choices Conventional—Allow one LocalTalk connection and accept
only one print job at a time. If two users send print jobs to
the printer, the workstation belonging to the first user is
unavailable until the first job has been printed, and the
workstation belonging to the second user is unavailable
until both jobs have been printed.
Spool—Allow multiple LocalTalk connections and accept
(spools) more than one print job at a time. Workstations are
available while jobs are printing (if background printing is
enabled in the Macintosh Chooser).
Both—Allow both single and multiple LocalTalk connections.
Default Conventional