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    LaserWriter Select 360: Interface Configuration Settings 10/93
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    Article Created: 5 October 1993


    Each of the LaserWriter Select 360's interface ports (LocalTalk,
    serial, and parallel) has some associated configuration parameters
    that you can set. This article discusses the switch settings.

DISCUSSION


    The rotary switch on the back of the printer allows you to easily
    select one of nine commonly-used interface configurations. If one of
    these switch positions doesn't meet your needs, you can customize the
    configuration of switch position 8 using the LaserWriter Utility
    program for Macintosh or IBM PC and compatible computers.

    To change the setting, press the rotary switch. Each time you press,
    the switch rotates forward or backward one setting. You can change the
    switch position when the printer is on. The new configuration takes
    effect within a few seconds. Changing the switch position while a job
    is being printed may produce unpredictable results.

    NOTE: This is NOT a SCSI switch, and the number displayed is not a
    SCSI ID.

    The table that follows summarizes the fixed interface configurations for switch
    positions 0 through 7, and the factory-default configuration for customizable
    switch position 8. Switch 9 is reserved. When the printer is turned on with
    the switch in position 4, an interface configuration page is printed instead
    of the usual startup page.

    Position Interface Serial Parameters Protocol AIS
    -------- --------- ----------------- -------- ---
    0 Serial 9600,N 8,1,DTR Raw AutoSelect
    LocalTalk PostScript
    Parallel Raw AutoSelect

    1 Serial 9600,N 8,1,DTR Normal PostScript
    LocalTalk PostScript
    Parallel Normal PostScript

    2 Serial 9600,N 8,1,DTR Raw PCL5
    LocalTalk PostScript
    Parallel Raw PCL5

    3 Serial 9600,N 8,1, Normal PostScript
    LocalTalk XON/XOFF PostScript
    Parallel Raw AutoSelect

    4 Serial 19200,N 8,1,DTR Normal PCL5
    LocalTalk PostScript
    Parallel Raw PCL5

    5 Serial 19200,N 8,1,DTR Raw AutoSelect
    LocalTalk PostScript
    Parallel Raw AutoSelect

    6 Serial 19200,N 8,1,DTR Normal PostScript
    LocalTalk PostScript
    Parallel Normal PostScript

    7 Serial 19200,N 8,1, Normal PostScript
    LocalTalk XON/XOFF PostScript
    Parallel Raw AutoSelect

    8 Serial 38400,N 8,1, Raw AutoSelect
    LocalTalk DTR PostScript
    Parallel Raw AutoSelect

    Note: In the AIS column in the table above:
    * PostScript mean that the port is configured to accept only
    PostScript jobs.
    * PCL5 means that the port is configured to accept only PCL5 jobs.
    * AutoSelect means that the port can accept either PostScript or PCL5
    and can automatically switch back and forth between them.

























Document Information
Product Area: Printers
Category: LaserWriters
Sub Category: LaserWriter Select 360

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