Lexmark W840 Menus and Messages - Page 33

Using printer menus Menu selection PS SmartSwitch Purpose Values Configures the printer so it automatically On* switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Off NPA Mode Specifies whether the printer performs the special processing required for bidirectional communication, following the conventions defined in the Network Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. Note: Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer. On Off Auto* Parallel Buffer Configures the size of the parallel input buffer. Note: Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer. Disabled Auto* 3K to maximum size allowed Job Buffering Temporarily stores jobs on the printer hard disk before printing. Note: Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer. Off* On Auto Advanced Status Enables bidirectional communication Off through the parallel port. On* Protocol Specifies the parallel interface protocol. Standard Fastbytes* Honor Init Determines whether the printer honors Off* hardware initialization requests from the computer. The computer requests initialization by activating the INIT signal On on the parallel interface. Many personal computers activate the INIT signal each time the computer is turned on and off. Printer examines data on the parallel interface and selects PostScript emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language. Printer does not examine the incoming data. The printer uses PCL emulation to process the job if PCL SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PCL SmartSwitch is Off. All data received by the printer must be in NPA packets. Any non packet data received will be rejected as bad. The printer will not perform any NPA processing. Printer examines the incoming data to determine the format. If the incoming data is not NPA packets, the information is passed to the printer as non-NPA. Disables job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the disk are printed before normal processing of incoming jobs resumes. Printer automatically calculates the Parallel Buffer size (recommended setting). User specifies the Parallel Buffer size. The maximum size depends on the amount of memory in the printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off. To maximize the range for the Parallel Buffer size, disable or reduce the size of the serial and USB buffers. Does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk. Buffers print jobs to the hard disk. Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port. Disables parallel port negotiation. Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel interface. May resolve some parallel interface problems. Provides compatibility with most existing parallel interface implementations (recommended setting). Printer does not honor hardware initialization requests from the computer. Printer honors hardware initialization requests from the computer. 33