Printronix P7000 Cartridge Ribbon Printer - Manual (Page 88)

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Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE Menu
IMPORTANT When switching between Twinax, Coax, or Auto Switching, the printer
will load the power-up configuration and the new interface parameters.
Any settings made and not saved before selecting these interfaces will
be lost.
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, parallel, Ethernet, coax and twinax 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 IEEE 1284 parallel port, the printer's Auto
Switching is able to handle both jobs, in the order they were received. The
user does not have to reconfigure the selected interface between jobs.
Auto Switching
(from page 87)
Parallel
Hotport Serial
Hotport
C/T
Hotport 1
Port Type
Centronics*
(see page 92 for options)
Dataproducts
(see page 95 for options)
IEEE 1284
2
(see page 90 for options)
Disable
E-Net Adapter 1
(see page 103 for options)
Trickle Time
1/4 sec*
1/2 sec
1 sec
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
16 sec
Off
Timeout
10 sec.*
(10-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Switch Out On
Data Timeout*
Session Close
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.*
(10-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
Port Type
Twinax*
Coax
Disable
Timeout
10 sec.*
(10-60)
Report Status
Disable*
Enable
* = Factory Default
1 If Installed
2 Default for HD
Ethernet
Hotport
1
Timeout
10 sec.*
(10-60)
Switch Out On
Data Timeout
Session Close