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TROY Group MAN-EXT2000 User Manual

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3.

Bidirectional. Some printers will not operate properly if

bidirectional communications is enabled on the print
server. To disable bidirectional, use the console
command

SET PORT P1 BID DISABLED

, or disable it

from the WebXAdmin

4.

Some printers, like most Okidata laser printers, cannot

operate fast enough even in 1284 mode to keep up with a
TROY XCD print server. On the Pony Print Server Plus
you can enable a software handshake to handle such
printers via the

SET PORT P1 SWIO ENABLE

console

command.

The print server console and WebXAdmin are discussed in
Chapter 3, with additional information on console commands
in Appendix B. If you are using WebXAdmin, click on
Configure Port in the main menu, select the desired port, and
then select the desired function. After you have made your
selections, click on Submit to enable them in the print server.

Step 6 Changing the Print Server Reset
(Recommended)

The printer reset is a sequence of characters that is sent to the
printer after the job is completed. It ensures that the last
page of the job is ejected from the printer and that the printer
is reset to its default state so that the next job will properly
print.

The default printer reset for TROY XCD external print
servers is a null, except on the TCP/IP text service, which
has as the default (see chapter 4 and Appendix
B for information on the TCP/IP text service). A null reset
means that some print jobs may not be ejected upon