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The
Serial Menu
, a submenu of the
Interface Menu,
Figure 3.13 (page 3-38)
, contains options for configuring the
printer’s serial port.
Figure 3.15 describes each
Serial Menu
option. Factory
settings are
boldfaced
and followed by an asterisk (
*
). See
“Setting a Menu Option” (page 3-10)
for the steps to find and
change a setting, or refer to the
Document Services for
Printing Guide
to use the RUI to change settings.
Figure 3.15 Serial Menu options showing factory settings
Option
Setting
Description
Port Enable
Off
On*
Activation of the serial port.
When
On
, the serial port is enabled so that the printer
can receive print jobs through it.
The serial port becomes part of a port polling
sequence that includes all enabled ports. See
Appendix C: I/O Port Polling
for information.
When
Off
, the port is disabled so no communication
occurs through this port with the host. If you are not
using the serial port, you can set
Port Enable
Off
.
Port Timeout
5-999 secs (
30*
) Time interval for determining when to end an
incomplete print job and poll the next port in the
polling sequence.
Port Timeout
works in conjunction with
Auto Job
End
(page 3-47).
See
Appendix C: I/O Port Polling
for more
information.
System Language
PCL*
PostScript
†
†
Appears only when the
PostScript option is
installed.
Page description language (PDL) the printer will use
for print jobs coming through the serial port.
When
Lang. Sensing
(page 3-46) is
On
,
System
Language
is used only when the printer cannot
detect the PDL used in the incoming print job.
Serial Menu
Options
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