3.3 Menu Descriptions
3.3.2.2 I/F: PARALLEL Menu
Table 3–6 contains the values to use to set the parallel (Centronics)
communication features of the printer. Default values are shown in uppercase
in the ‘‘Values’’ column.
Table 3–6 I/F: PARALLEL Menu
Feature
Values
Description
PAR: ENABLED
Determines whether data arriving
on the parallel (Centronics)
interface port should be considered
as a job to be scheduled for
execution by the PostScript
interpreter or an emulator.
ENA: YES
Data to the parallel port is accepted
as a job.
ENA: no
Data to the parallel port is ignored.
PAR: INTERPRETER
Determines the type of executable
job the arriving data represents.
INT: POSTSCRIPT
The parallel port is set to recognize
a PostScript file.
INT: pcl4
The parallel port is set to recognize
a PCL file.
PAR: PROTOCOL
The communications rules that are
available on the printer.
PRO: NORMAL
Certain control characters have
special meanings and indicate
something about the job being
received. ‘‘Normal’’ is used only
with the PostScript interpreter.
PRO: raw
All characters received by the
parallel port are to be passed on,
unchanged, to the interpreter.
‘‘Raw’’ is used only by the PCL4
emulator, not by the PostScript
interpreter.
PRO: binary
The full range of 8-bit data can be
sent. Emulators and the PostScript
interpreter can use this mode.
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