Dell 1720 User's Guide (HTML) - Page 22

Parallel Menu, Setup Menu, Auto CR after LF - support

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Parallel Menu Use the Parallel menu to change printer settings on jobs sent through a parallel port. From this menu: NPA Mode You can: Send print jobs to the printer and query printer status information at the same time. Off On Auto* Protocol Receive information at a much higher transmission rate if your printer is set to Fastbytes (if your computer supports Fastbytes), or receive information at a normal transmission rate if your printer is set to Standard. Standard Fastbytes* Parallel Mode 2 Determine whether the parallel port data is sampled on the leading (on) or trailing (off) edge of the strobe. Off On* MAC Binary PS Configure the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs. Off-the printer filters PostScript print jobs using standard protocol. On-the printer processes raw binary PostScript print jobs from computers using the Macintosh operating system. NOTE: This setting can cause print jobs sent from Windows to fail. Auto*-the printer processes print jobs from computers using either Windows or Macintosh operating systems. * Factory default setting Setup Menu Use the Setup menu to configure how the printer formats the end of a line depending on the computer system being used. From this menu: You can: PPDS Emulation Specify if you want to use the PPDS datastream. Deactivate* Activate NOTE: This menu is only displayed if a PPDS interpreter is available. Auto CR after LF Specify whether the printer automatically performs a carriage return (CR) after a line feed control command. Off* On Auto LF after CR Specify whether the printer automatically performs a line feed (LF) after a carriage return control command. Off* On

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Parallel Menu
Use the Parallel menu to change printer settings on jobs sent through a parallel port.
Setup Menu
Use the Setup menu to configure how the printer formats the end of a line depending on the computer system being
used.
From
this
menu:
You can:
* Factory default setting
NPA
Mode
Send print jobs to the printer and query printer status information at the same time.
Off
On
Auto*
Protocol
Receive information at a much higher transmission rate if your printer is set to Fastbytes (if your computer
supports Fastbytes), or receive information at a normal transmission rate if your printer is set to Standard.
Standard
Fastbytes*
Parallel
Mode 2
Determine whether the parallel port data is sampled on the leading (on) or trailing (off) edge of the strobe.
Off
On*
MAC
Binary
PS
Configure the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs.
Off—the printer filters PostScript print jobs using standard protocol.
On—the printer processes raw binary PostScript print jobs from computers using the Macintosh operating
system.
NOTE:
This setting can cause print jobs sent from Windows to fail.
Auto*—the printer processes print jobs from computers using either Windows or Macintosh operating
systems.
From this
menu:
You can:
PPDS Emulation
Specify if you want to use the PPDS datastream.
Deactivate*
Activate
NOTE:
This menu is only displayed if a PPDS interpreter is available.
Auto CR after LF
Specify whether the printer automatically performs a carriage return (CR) after a line feed control
command.
Off*
On
Auto LF after CR
Specify whether the printer automatically performs a line feed (LF) after a carriage return control
command.
Off*
On