Dell 2230d Dell 2230d Laser Printer User's Guide - Page 23
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Parallel menu Menu item PCL SmartSwitch On Off PS SmartSwitch On Off NPA Mode Off Auto Parallel Buffer Disabled Auto 3K to Advanced Status Off On Description Sets the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job received through a parallel 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 PS SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if PS SmartSwitch is set to Off. Sets the printer to automatically switch to PostScript emulation when a print job received through a parallel 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 PCL SmartSwitch is set to On. It uses the default printer language specified in the Setup menu if PCL SmartSwitch is set to Off. 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. Sets the size of the parallel input buffer Notes: • Auto is the factory default setting. • The Disabled setting turns off job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the disk are printed before normal processing is resumed. • The parallel buffer size setting 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 Resource Save is set to On or Off. • To increase the maximum size range for the Parallel Buffer, disable or reduce the size of the USB buffer. • Changing this setting automatically resets the printer. Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel port Notes: • On is the factory default setting. • The Off setting disables parallel port negotiation. Understanding the printer menus 23