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Operator Panel Menus
Serial Menu
Use the SERIAL MENU to change settings affecting jobs
sent to the printer through the serial interface port.
SERIAL MENU displays as an option, and appears as
SERIAL OPTION 1. SERIAL OPTION 1 is only available if
the Tri-Port interface option card is installed and
Fax Port
is set to disabled.
Serial Menu
Menu Item Values
PCL SmartSwitch Off
On*
If PCL SmartSwitch is set to On, the printer examines the data on the serial interface
connection and selects PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language.
If both
PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set to Off, the printer uses the language
specifiedinthe
Printer Language menu as the default. If only one SmartSwitch setting is set
to
Off, the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set to On as the default.
PS SmartSwitch Off
On*
If PS SmartSwitch is set to On, the printer examines the data on the serial interface
connection and selects PostScript 3 emulation if the data indicates that is the printer
language.
If both
PCL Smartswitch and PS Smartswitch are set to Off, the printer uses the language
specifiedinthe
Printer Language menu as the default. If only one SmartSwitch setting is set
to
Off, the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set to On as the default.
NPA Mode On
Off
Auto*
NPA is a mode of bidirectional communication that follows the conventions defined in
Network
Printing Alliance Protocol, A Printer/Host Control Specification Developed by the NPA
.NPA
mode requires special processing of the print data.
If
NPA Mode is set to On, the data received must be in NPA format. If not, it is rejected as bad
data. If
NPA Mode is set to Off, the printer does not perform any NPA processing. If NPA Mode
is set to Auto, the printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it in
either format.
The
NPA Mode setting in the SERIAL MENU applies only to the serial interface connection.
Note: Changing the
NPA Mode setting automatically resets the printer.
*Factory default