Brother International HL-3400CN Users Manual - English - Page 91

USER'S GUIDE s Parallel Interface When you use the parallel interface, you must set the communications mode in the following sub-setting menu. Display Message HIGH SPEED=ON BI-DIR=ON High Speed and Bi-directional Parallel Communications Turn on or off the high speed parallel communications. Turn on or off the bi-directional parallel communications. The above high-speed and bi-directional settings are used for the bi-directional parallel interface of this printer. The bi-directional parallel interface is compatible with the IEEE 1284 standard. Although it uses the same cable, hardware and software as the bi-directional parallel interface, to use its enhanced capabilities-such as bi-directional communication between the computer and printer and faster transmission of data-you must install the Brother driver supplied on the CD-ROM included with the printer or a third party printer driver or software that supports these features. Check with your software vendor to see if your software supports bi-directional parallel features. s Serial Interface If you intend to use the serial interface, be sure to select the same communications parameters on both the printer and computer. You must also set them for the automatic interface selection. Display Message BaudRate= 9600 CodeType=8 bits Parity =NONE Stop Bit=1 bits Xon/Xoff=ON Parameters Baud rate (Data transfer speed) Code type (Data length) Parity (Data error check) Stop bits (Data separator) Xon/Xoff (Handshake protocol) Settings 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 baud 7 bits or 8 bits None, even, or odd 1 or 2 ON: DTR & Xon/Xoff handshake OFF: DTR handshake only 4-20