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Operating the printer
3-4 October 1997
Working with the printer settings
You view and change the printer settings using the printer's Setup mode.
Table 3-1 lists the printer settings and options, and describes each
option. It also shows the factory default for each setting.
Table 3-1. Printer settings
setting
options description factory
default
Mode (set-
ting avail-
able ONLY
if the print-
er can op-
erate in
both
modes)
PostScript and Raster Specifies which mode the printer is operat-
ing in.
WARNING: When an external hard drive
is connected to a computer, you MUST
disconnect the SCSI cable before
switching from raster to PostScript
mode. Otherwise, the hard drive may be
damaged.
Postscript
Port
(Parallel)
Mode - Normal and
Binary
Determines whether the parallel port will ac-
cept data in normal PostScript or Adobe bi-
nary mode. In normal mode, only printable
characters are accepted; characters in high
ASCII range (128-255) are not accepted.
Binary mode support high ASCII range; full
eight-bit data may be sent.
Normal
Port
(Ethertalk)
Version 2 and Version 1 Determines whether Version 1 or Version 2
of AppleTalk will be supported.
Version 2
Port
(IPX)
802.2, 802.3, SNAP,
ETHERNET 2,
AUTOSELECT
Specifies the framing type the printer should
expect.
AUTO-
SELECT
Port
(TCP/IP)
fill in IP Address in follow-
ing format:
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
Sets up the Internet address of the printer
within a TCP/IP network.
no default