Printronix L1524 - Manual (Page 63)

3–23 Configuring the Printer
Host Interface: Autoswitching
Host
Interface
Parallel
Hotport Serial
Hotport
Port Type Trickle Time Time Out Port Type Trickle Time Time Out
Centronics*
Dataproducts
IEEE 1284
Ethernet
Disable 1/4 sec.*
1/2 sec.
1 sec.
2 sec.
4 sec.
8 sec.
16 sec.
Off 10 sec.*
(1–60) 1/4 sec.*
1/2 sec.
1 sec.
2 sec.
4 sec.
8 sec.
16 sec.
Off 10 sec.*
(1–60)
Enable RS–232*
RS–422
Disable
* = Factory Default
1 = If Installed
Report Status Report Status
Disable*
Enable Disable*
Enable
Ethernet 1 IEEE 1284 Centronics Dataproducts Serial Autoswitching Coax Twinax
Port Type Time Out
10 sec.*
(1–60)
Enable Twinax*
Coax
Disable Disable*
Enable
C/T
Hotport 1
Report Status
Available only
in CT option
Available only
in CT option
Figure 3–6. Host Interface: Autoswitching
Auto Switching
Autoswitching gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams
simultaneously. With Auto Switching, the printer can service hosts attached to the
serial, parallel, and C/T ports as if they were the only interface connected.For
example, if the host computer sends one print job to the RS–232 serial port and a
separate job to the IEEE 1284 parallel port, the printer’s Auto Switching is able to
handle both jobs, in the order they were received, without the user having to
reconfigure the selected interface between jobs. The hotports are Parallel, Serial,
and C/T .