Parallel menu – Lexmark 1200 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Changing printer settings

Parallel Menu

Use the Parallel Menu to change settings affecting jobs
sent to the printer via a parallel interface port.

When you select Parallel Menu from the operator panel,
Std Parallel appears on the second line of the display.
Press

Select

if you want to change the settings listed in the

following table for the standard parallel port.

If you have an optional parallel port adapter installed,
select Parallel Menu, and then press

Menu>

or

<Menu

to

scroll to Parallel Opt 1 or Parallel Opt 2. When the correct
option is displayed, press

Select

to view the menu items

listed in the following table.

Parallel Menu

Menu item

Values

PCL SmartSwitch

Off
On*

Setting PCL SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the parallel interface
connection and select PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language.

If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off, the printer uses the language
specified in the Printer Language menu as the default. If only one SmartSwitch setting is set
Off, the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default.

PS SmartSwitch

Off
On*

Setting PS SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the parallel interface
connection and select PostScript Level 2 emulation if the data indicates that is the printer
language.

If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off, the printer uses the language
specified in the Printer Language menu as the default. If only one SmartSwitch setting is set
Off, the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default.

*Factory default

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