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Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual 23
Control Panel Menus
Serial Menu
Sets options for the serial port connection. This menu only appears if the printer has the
optional RS-232 serial interface card installed.
Note
For these changes to take place, you must either power the machine Off and
then power it back On, or restart the printer from the Print or Job Menus.
Serial Menu Items
Menu Items Description
Port Enable Sets the serial port.
Values:
On (default)
Off
Port Timeout Sets the time for determining when to end an incomplete print job and poll
the next port in the polling sequence. This menu item also causes an implicit
job end (such as Control D in PostScript or <ESC> E in PCL) and invokes the
emulation functions associated with this action (e.g., formfeed, reset, etc.).
Values (in seconds):
5 - 300 (default is 30)
The value changes by 1 each time you press either Value key (labeled 3 or 7).
Hold down either key to scroll quickly through the values.
Serial PDL Sets the default Print Description Language emulation for the serial port.
Values:
Auto (default)
PCL
PostScript
Flow Control Set the Flow Control handshaking parameters for the serial port.
Values:
XON/XOFF
Robust XON/XOFF
Hardware (default)
Baud Rate Sets the baud rate for the serial port.
Values:
115200 9600 (default)
57600 4800
38400 2400
28800 1200
19200 600
Binary PS Sets the binary mode of PostScript for jobs received on this port.
Values:
On
Off (default)