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Understanding the operator panel
Parallel Menu
Use the Parallel Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a parallel port (either Std Parallel
or Parallel Opt <x>).
Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
Menu item Purpose Values
Advanced
Status
To enable bidirectional communication
through the parallel port.
Off Disables parallel port negotiation.
On* Enables bidirectional communication
through the parallel interface.
Honor Init
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.
Off* Printer does not honor hardware
initialization requests from the
computer.
On Printer honors hardware initialization
requests from the computer.
MAC Binary PS
To configure the printer to process
Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs.
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.
NPA Mode
To specify whether the printer
performs the special processing
required for bidirectional
communication, following the
conventions defined in the Network
Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol.
Note: Changing this menu item
automatically resets the printer.
On Printer performs NPA processing. If
data is not in NPA format, it is rejected
as bad data.
Off Printer does not perform NPA
processing.
Auto* Printer examines data, determines the
format, and then processes it
appropriately.
Parallel Buffer
To configure the size of the parallel
input buffer.
Note: Changing this menu item
automatically resets the printer.
Disabled Disables job buffering. Any jobs
already buffered on the disk are
printed before normal processing of
incoming jobs resumes.
Auto* Printer automatically calculates the
Parallel Buffer size (recommended
setting).
3K to maximum
size allowed
User specifies the Parallel Buffer size.
The maximum size depends on the
amount of memory in your printer, the
size of the other link buffers, and
whether Resource Save is set to On or
Off. To maximize the range for the
Parallel Buffer size, disable or reduce
the size of the serial and USB buffers.