I/o submenu – HP LaserJet P4015 Printer series User Manual

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I/O submenu

Items on the I/O (input/output) menu affect the communication between the product and the computer.
If the product contains an HP Jetdirect print server, you can configure basic networking parameters by
using this submenu. You can also configure these and other parameters through HP Web Jetadmin or
the embedded Web server.

Item

Values

Explanation

I/O TIMEOUT

5 to 300

Select the I/O timeout period in seconds.

Use this setting to adjust timeout for the best performance. If
data from other ports appears in the middle of your print job,
increase the timeout value.

The default setting is 15.

EMBEDDED JETDIRECT
MENU

EIO <X> JETDIRECT MENU

See the next table for a list of options.

NOTE:

In the following table, items that are marked with an asterisk (*) are the default setting.

Table 2-1

Embedded Jetdirect and EIO <X> Jetdirect menus

Menu item

Sub-menu item

Sub-menu item

Values and Description

TCP/IP

ENABLE

OFF: Disable the TCP/IP protocol.

ON*: Enable the TCP/IP protocol.

HOST NAME

An alphanumeric string, up to 32 characters, used to
identify the product. This name is listed on the
HP Jetdirect configuration page. The default host name
is NPIxxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the
LAN hardware (MAC) address.

IPV4 SETTINGS

CONFIG METHOD

Specifies the method that TCP/IPv4 parameters will be
configured on the HP Jetdirect print server.

BOOTP: Use BootP (Bootstrap Protocol) for automatic
configuration from a BootP server.

DHCP*: Use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol) for automatic configuration from a DHCPv4
server.

AUTO IP: Use automatic link-local IPv4 addressing. An
address in the form 169.254.x.x is assigned
automatically.

MANUAL: Use the MANUAL SETTINGS menu to
configure TCP/IPv4 parameters.

MANUAL SETTINGS

(Available only if CONFIG METHOD is set to
MANUAL) Configure parameters directly from the
printer control panel:

IP ADDRESS: The unique IP address of the printer,
where n is a value from 0 to 255.

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