Operating Instructions Administrator Reference 2
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-The conditions of the bidirectional transmissions
When the bidirectional transmissions is enabled, the information about the paper size and feed direction
settings are automatically sent to the printer by the computer. You can also confirm the printer's condi-
tion from your computer.
• The bidirectional transmissions is supported by Windows 95/98/Me, Windows 2000 and Windows
NT 4.0.
• If you use the RPCS printer driver and the bidirectional transmissions is enabled, the [Change Ac-
cessories] tab are grayed out.
Note
❒ The RPCS printer driver supports the bidirectional transmission and update the printer status auto-
matically.
❒ The PCL 5c printer driver supports the bidirectional transmission, you can update the printer status
manually.
❒ The PostScript 3 printer driver does not supports the bidirectional transmission.
To support the bidirectional transmissions, the following conditions below are required.
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❖ Connecting with the parallel interface cable and the USB exchange cable.
• The computer supports the bidirectional transmissions.
• The Interface cable supports the bidirectional transmissions.
• The printer is connected to the computer using the standard parallel interface cable and the par-
allel connector.
• On Windows NT 4.0, the [Enable bidirectional support] is selected and [Enable printer pooling]
is not selected under the [ports] tab.
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