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Setting

Behavior

Automatic 
Switching

Between
Jobs

When receiving data is detected through
a port, sensing data receipt from each
port, considers the port as current (port
automatic sensing processing), and
processes the data received only through
the current port. Then until the job ends
in the situation described below in 1) or
2), the data through the current port is
only processed. After the print job ends,
the port automatic sensing processing
restarts.

1) The print job is completed by the

job-end command.

2) The current port gets into the state of

waiting for data receipt, and after no
data is received for a certain time (I/O
time-out value), print job ends by the
I/O time-out.

After I/O
Time-out

When receiving data is detected through
a port, sensing data receipt from each
port, considers the port as current (port
automatic sensing processing) and
processes the data received only through
the current port. Then until the I/O
time-out in the situation described below
in 1), the data through the current port is
only processed. After the I/O time-out,
the port automatic sensing processing
restarts.

1) The current port gets into the state of

waiting for data receipt, and after no
data is received for a certain time (I/O
time-out value), the print job ends by
the I/O time-out. (When the print job
has not been completed , it ends
simultaneously.

Fixed

Disables
P1284 Port

Receives data only through the Network
(NIC) port.

Disables
Network
(NIC) Port

Receives data only through the P1284
port.

Note: In the I/O time-out, the count starts at the point that data is not

acquired via the receiving buffer. When receiving the data until
the I/O time-out, the count is reset to stop.
In the between jobs setting of the automatic switching, the
conditions that a print job will be completed are as follows.

Job Start

Job End

Common

• PJL JOB command

↔

• PJL EOJ command
• I/O Timeout

PCL

• PJL ENTER 

LANGUAGE 
command (PCL)

• Jobs starting with the 

PCL data

↔

•  UEL command
•  <ESC>E
• I/O Timeout

PS

• PJL ENTER 

LANGUAGE 
command 
 (POSTSCRIPT)

• Jobs starting with the 

PostScript data.

↔

• UEL command
•  <Ctrl-D>
• I/O Timeout

Receiving Port

Job End Data

Job1:

NIC Port

Yes

Job2:

1284 Port

No

Job3:

NIC Port

Yes

1) Automatic Switching - Between Jobs

2) Automatic - After I/O Time Out

A4 pattern:

LET (Long_Edge_Transfer)

A4R, A3:

SET (Short_Edge_Transfer)

Size

Pattern

User Defined Size (Extra)

SET

Booklet Image

SET

A6R

SET

5.5 x 8.5 in.

LET

A5

LET

B5

LET

B5R

LET

Executive-R

SET

Letter

LET

Letter-R

LET

A4

LET

A4-R

LET

Legal

SET

Fools Cap 

SET

B4

SET

A3

SET

11 x 17 in

SET

JPN postcard

SET

Job End Data

Wait

1284

NIC

Job1

Receive Job1

Receive Job3

Job2

Job3

Receive Job2

Receive to Buffer

I/O Timeout

1284

NIC

Job1

Receive Job1

Receive Job3

Receive Job2

Job2

Job3

I/O Timeout

I/O Timeout

Receive to Buffer

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