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USB menu, PCL SmartSwitch, NPA Mode, USB Buffer, Mac Binary PS

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USB menu Menu item Description PCL SmartSwitch On Off Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received through a USB port requires it, regardless of the default printer language Notes: • On is the factory default setting. • When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data. • When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PostScript emulation if the PS Smartswitch setting is On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if the PS SmartSwitch setting is Off. PS SmartSwitch On Off Sets the printer to automatically switch to PostScript emulation when a print job received through a USB port requires it, regardless of the default printer language Notes: • On is the factory default setting. • When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data. • When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PCL emulation if the PCL Smartswitch setting is On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if the PCL SmartSwitch setting is Off. NPA Mode On Off Auto Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol Notes: • Auto is the factory default setting. • Changing this setting automatically resets the printer. USB Buffer Sets the size of the USB input buffer Disabled Notes: Auto 3K to • Auto is the factory default setting. • The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered are printed before normal processing is resumed. • The USB buffer size value can be changed in 1 K increments. • The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether the Resource Save setting is On or Off. • To increase the maximum size range for the USB Buffer, disable or reduce the size of the parallel buffer. • Changing this setting automatically resets the printer. Mac Binary PS On Off Auto Sets the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs Notes: • Auto is the factory default setting. • The Off setting filters print jobs using the standard protocol. • The On setting processes raw binary PostScript print jobs. Understanding the printer menus 22

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USB menu
Menu item
Description
PCL SmartSwitch
On
Off
Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received
through a USB port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
•
When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.
•
When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PostScript emulation if the PS
Smartswitch setting is On. It uses the default printer language specified in the
Setup menu if the PS SmartSwitch setting is Off.
PS SmartSwitch
On
Off
Sets the printer to automatically switch to PostScript emulation when a print job
received through a USB port requires it, regardless of the default printer language
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
•
When the Off setting is used, the printer does not examine incoming data.
•
When the Off setting is used, the printer uses PCL emulation if the PCL
Smartswitch setting is On. It uses the default printer language specified in the
Setup menu if the PCL SmartSwitch setting is Off.
NPA Mode
On
Off
Auto
Sets the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional
communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol
Notes:
•
Auto is the factory default setting.
•
Changing this setting automatically resets the printer.
USB Buffer
Disabled
Auto
3K to <maximum size allowed>
Sets the size of the USB input buffer
Notes:
•
Auto is the factory default setting.
•
The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered are
printed before normal processing is resumed.
•
The USB buffer size value can be changed in 1 K increments.
•
The maximum size allowed depends on the amount of memory in the printer,
the size of the other link buffers, and whether the Resource Save setting is On
or Off.
•
To increase the maximum size range for the USB Buffer, disable or reduce the
size of the parallel buffer.
•
Changing this setting automatically resets the printer.
Mac Binary PS
On
Off
Auto
Sets the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs
Notes:
•
Auto is the factory default setting.
•
The Off setting filters print jobs using the standard protocol.
•
The On setting processes raw binary PostScript print jobs.
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