Setup Menu
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Using printer menus
Setup Menu
Use the Setup Menu to configure a variety of printer features.
Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
RS-422
Polarity
To establish the behavior of the
positive and negative signals when
using RS-422 serial
communication.
Normal* Uses default definition of one and
zero.
Reverse Reverses the definition of one and
zero, thereby allowing a positive
connection to a host negative
terminal without changing the
physical cable.
Serial
Buffer
To configure the size of the serial
input buffer.
Note: Changing the Serial Buffer
menu item automatically resets the
printer.
Disabled Disables job buffering. Any jobs
already buffered on the disk are
printed before normal processing
of incoming jobs resumes.
Auto* Printer automatically calculates the
Serial Buffer size (recommended
setting).
3K to
maximum
size allowed
User specifies the Serial Buffer
size. The maximum size depends
on the amount of memory in your
printer, the size of the other link
buffers, and whether Resource
Save is set to On or Off. To
maximize the range for the Serial
Buffer size, disable or reduce the
size of the parallel and USB
buffers.
Serial
Protocol
To select the hardware and
software handshaking values for
the serial interface.
DTR* Hardware handshaking.
DTR/DSR Hardware handshaking.
XON/XOFF Software handshaking.
XON/XOFF/
DTR
Combined hardware and software
handshaking.
XONXOFF/
DTRDSR
Combined hardware and software
handshaking.
Menu Item Purpose Values
Alarm
Control
To establish whether the printer
sounds an alarm when the printer
requires operator intervention.
Off Printer does not sound an alarm.
Single* Printer sounds three quick beeps.
Continuous Printer repeats three beeps every
10 seconds.
Menu Item Purpose Values
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