I/o menu – HP LaserJet 4050 Printer series User Manual

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Control Panel Menus

B-19

I/O Menu

Items in the I/O (input/output) Menu affect the communication
between the printer and the computer.

I/O Menu

Item

Values

Explanation

I/O TIMEOUT=15

5

to

300

Select the I/O timeout period in seconds. (I/O
timeout refers to the time, measured in
seconds, that the printer waits before ending a
print job.)

This setting allows you to adjust timeout for
best performance. If data from other ports
appear in the middle of your print job, increase
the timeout value.

Press

[- Value +]

once to change settings by

increments of 1, or hold down

[- Value +]

to

scroll by increments of 10.

I/O BUFFER=AUTO

AUTO
ON
OFF

Allocate memory for I/O buffering.

AUTO

: The printer automatically reserves

memory for I/O buffering. Additional
configurations are not required and the

I/O BUFFER SIZE

menu item does not

appear.

ON

: The

I/O BUFFER SIZE

item appears (see

below). Specify the amount of memory to be
used for I/O buffering.

OFF

: I/O buffering is not performed and the

I/O BUFFER SIZE

item does not appear.

When the I/O buffer setting is changed, any
downloaded resources (such as fonts or
macros) will need to be downloaded again,
unless they are stored on an optional hard disk
or flash DIMM.

For more information, see page C-7.

I/O BUFFER SIZE=
100K

10K

and up

This item appears only when

I/O BUFFER=ON

.

Specify the amount of memory for I/O buffering.
The maximum amount of memory available for
I/O buffering is determined by the amount of
memory installed in the printer, the languages
installed in the printer, and by other memory
allocations that must be made.

Press

[-Value +]

to change settings by

increments of 10 (up to 100 KB) or by
increments of 100 (above 100 KB).

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