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3–23Configuring the Printer
Host Interface: Autoswitching
Host
Interface
Parallel
Hotport
Serial
Hotport
Port
T
ype
Trickle Time T
ime Out
Port T
ype
Trickle Time T
ime Out
Centronics*
Dataproducts
IEEE 1284
Ethernet
Disable
1/4 sec.*
1/2 sec.
1 sec.
2 sec.
4 sec.
8 sec.
16 sec.
Off
10 sec.*
(1–60)
1/4 sec.*
1/2 sec.
1 sec.
2 sec.
4 sec.
8 sec.
16 sec.
Off
10 sec.*
(1–60)
Enable
RS–232*
RS–422
Disable
* = Factory Default
1
=
If Installed
Report Status
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Disable*
Enable
Ethernet
1
IEEE 1284
Centronics
Dataproducts SerialAutoswitchingCoax Twinax
Port T
ype T
ime Out
10 sec.*
(1–60)
Enable
Twinax*
Coax
Disable
Disable*
Enable
C/T
Hotport
1
Report Status
A
vailable only
in CT option
A
vailable only
in CT option
Figure 3–6. Host Interface: Autoswitching
Auto Switching
Autoswitching gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams
simultaneously. With Auto Switching, the printer can service hosts attached to the
serial, parallel, and C/T ports as if they were the only interface connected.For
example, if the host computer sends one print job to the RS–232 serial port and a
separate job to the IEEE 1284 parallel port, the printer’s Auto Switching is able to
handle both jobs, in the order they were received, without the user having to
reconfigure the selected interface between jobs. The hotports are Parallel, Serial,
and C/T .