User's Guide
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Network/Ports menu
Standard Network
Note:
Only active ports appear in this menu. All inactive ports are omitted.
Use
To
PCL SmartSwitch
On
Off
Set the printer to automatically switch to PCL emulation when a print job
requires it, regardless of the default printer language.
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
•
When Off is used, the printer does not examine incoming data. 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.
PS SmartSwitch
On
Off
Set the printer to automatically switch to PS emulation when a print job requires
it, regardless of the default printer language.
Notes:
•
On is the factory default setting.
•
When Off is used, the printer does not examine incoming data. 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.
NPA Mode
Off
Auto
Set the printer to perform the special processing required for bidirectional
communication following the conventions defined by the NPA protocol.
Note:
Auto is the factory default setting.
Network Buffer
Auto
3KB to [maximum size
allowed]
Set the size of the network input buffer.
Notes:
•
Auto is the factory default setting.
•
The value can be changed in 1-KB 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 Network Buffer, disable or
reduce the size of the parallel, serial, and USB buffers.
