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Note Note Selecting the Default Printer Personality Select the default printer personality for multi-platform environments, or select a personality if your printer driver does not send the PJL header with the print job. AUTO is the default setting. To decrease the amount of time the printer spends switching between personalities, set the default to the personality your network uses most of the time. To select the printer personality 1 Press [Menu] until CONFIGURATION MENU appears on the printer control panel display. 2 Press [Item] until PERSONALITY appears on the display. 3 Press [-[Value[+] until the option you want appears on the display. The available options include the following: • AUTO enables switching by file type or PJL description. This is the default setting and the best setting to maintain all printer capabilities. • PCL selects printer control language (PCL) as the printer personality. • POSTSCRIPT selects the PostScript language as the printer personality. 4 Press [Select] to save the selection. An asterisk (*) appears to the right of the selection. 5 Press [Go] to bring the printer online. Setting the I/O Timeout The I/O timeout sets the amount of time the printer waits after receiving print data before switching I/O ports. The default time is 30 seconds. To set the I/O timeout 1 Press [Menu] until I/O MENU appears on the printer control panel display. 2 Press [Item] until I/O TIMEOUT appears on the display. 3 Press [-[Value[+] until the interval you want (between 5 and 300 seconds) appears on the display. 4 Press [Select] to save the selection. An asterisk (*) appears to the right of the selection. 5 Press [Go] to bring the printer online. If the I/O timeout is too short, print jobs might be incomplete. If the I/O timeout is too long, print jobs might be unnecessarily delayed. 36 Chapter 2 - Using the Printer Control Panel EN

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Selecting the Default Printer Personality
Select the default printer personality for multi-platform environments, or
select a personality if your printer driver does not send the PJL header
with the print job.
AUTO
is the default setting.
Note
To decrease the amount of time the printer spends switching between
personalities, set the default to the personality your network uses most
of the time.
To select the printer personality
1
Press
[Menu]
until
CONFIGURATION MENU
appears on the printer control
panel display.
2
Press
[Item]
until
PERSONALITY
appears on the display.
3
Press
[–[Value[+]
until the option you want appears on the display. The
available options include the following:
•
AUTO
enables switching by file type or PJL description. This is the
default setting and the best setting to maintain all printer capabilities.
•
PCL
selects printer control language (PCL) as the printer personality.
•
POSTSCRIPT
selects the PostScript language as the printer personality.
4
Press
[Select]
to save the selection. An asterisk (
*
) appears to the right
of the selection.
5
Press
[Go]
to bring the printer online.
Setting the I/O Timeout
The I/O timeout sets the amount of time the printer waits after receiving
print data before switching I/O ports. The default time is 30 seconds.
To set the I/O timeout
1
Press
[Menu]
until
I/O MENU
appears on the printer control panel display.
2
Press
[Item]
until
I/O TIMEOUT
appears on the display.
3
Press
[–[Value[+]
until the interval you want (between 5 and 300
seconds) appears on the display.
4
Press
[Select]
to save the selection. An asterisk (
*
) appears to the right
of the selection.
5
Press
[Go]
to bring the printer online.
Note
If the I/O timeout is too short, print jobs might be incomplete. If the I/O
timeout is too long, print jobs might be unnecessarily delayed.
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Chapter 2 – Using the Printer Control Panel
EN