Printronix P5000LJ Series - Manual (Page 123)

Auto Switching Submenu
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Auto Switching Submenu
Auto Switching
Gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams sequentially. With
Auto Switching, the printer can service hosts attached to the serial and
parallel 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 print job to the Bi-Tronics 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.
Port Type
Allows you to select the types of parallel and/or serial interfaces which are
connected to the printer. For example, if your printer is attached to one host
with a Centronics connection and a second host with an RS-422 serial
connection, you would select Centronics under the Parallel Hotport menu and
RS-422 under the Serial Hotport menu.
Auto Switching
(from page 115)
Parallel
Hotport Serial
Hotport
Port Type
Bi-Tronics
Centronics
Ethernet
Disable
Trickle Time
1/4 sec*
1/2 sec
1 sec
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
16 sec
Off
Timeout
10 sec.*
(1-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Port Type
RS-232*
RS-422
Disable
Trickle Time
1/4 sec*
1/2 sec
1 sec
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
16 sec
Off
Timeout
10 sec.*
(1-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
* = Factory Default