I/o submenu – HP LaserJet 4300 Printer series User Manual
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I/O submenu
Items on the I/O (input/output) menu affect the communication between the printer and the
computer. The contents of the I/O submenu depend on which EIO card is installed.
The section that follows lists the settings and possible values. In the Values column, the default
value for each setting is the one with an asterisk (*) next to it.
Item
Values
Explanation
I/O TIMEOUT
5
to
300
(*
15
)
Select the I/O timeout period in seconds.
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.
PARALLEL INPUT
There is no value
to select.
Configure the parallel features.
HIGH SPEED
NO
*
YES
Select
YES
to enable the printer to accept the faster parallel
communications that are used for connections with newer
computers.
ADVANCED
FUNCTIONS
OFF
*
ON
Turn the bidirectional parallel communication on or off. The
default is set for a bidirectional parallel port (IEEE-1284).
The function allows the printer to send status readback
messages to the computer. (Turning the parallel advanced
functions on might slow language switching.)
EIO [X]
There is no value
to select.
The [
X
] represents the slot in which the optional
HP Jetdirect print server is installed, if any. Which of the
following submenus appears depends on the type of print
server that is installed.
TCP/IP
There is no value to select.
ENABLE
OFF
*
ON
Select whether the TCP/IP protocol stack is enabled or
disabled. You can set several TCP/IP parameters.
CONFIG METHOD
*BootP
DHCP
MANUAL
Select the TCP/IP configuration method.
For the
MANUAL
option, set the values for
IP ADDRESS
,
SUBNET MASK
,
DEFAULT GATEWAY
,
SYSLOG SERVER
, and
IDLE
TIMEOUT
.
IPX/SPX
There is no value to select.
ENABLE
OFF
*
ON
Select whether the IPX/SPX protocol stack (in Novell
NetWare networks, for example) is enabled or disabled.
FRAME TYPE
*AUTO
OFF
Select whether the frame type is automatically determined
or turned off.
APPLETALK
There is no value to select.
ENABLE
OFF
*
ON
Select whether the Apple EtherTalk protocol stack is
enabled or disabled.
DLC/LLC
There is no value to select.
ENABLE
OFF
*
ON
Select whether the DLC/LLC protocol stack is enabled or
disabled.
LINK SPEED
*AUTO
10T HALF
10T FULL
100TX HALF
100TX FULL
Selects the network link speed (10 or 100 Mbps) and the
communication mode (full-duplex or half-duplex).