Canon LBP-1000 User Guide
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Setting PostScript Printing Options
This section describes personality switching, setting up the PostScript environment,
and the PostScript menu.
and the PostScript menu.
Automatic personality switching
After successful installation of the PostScript module, the printer is set by factory
default for automatic personality switching on all the active ports. This means the
default for automatic personality switching on all the active ports. This means the
printer automatically selects the correct personality for the print job based on the type
of data it receives from the host computer. If you leave the printer set for automatic
of data it receives from the host computer. If you leave the printer set for automatic
personality switching, the printer will select the PostScript personality for a print
stream that contains PostScript data.
stream that contains PostScript data.
Dedicating the printer to the PostScript language
Follow the procedure below to dedicate your printer to the PostScript personality.
1
Press
Go
to take the printer off-line. The On Line indicator should go off. PAUSED
will appear in the display.
2
Press
Menu
to display the first menu name (PCL MENU) in the top line.
3
Press
Menu
until you see PARALLEL1 MENU (PARALLEL2 MENU) in the top
line.
4
Press
Item
until you see PERSONALITY=AUTO in the bottom line.
5
Press
Value
until you see PERSONALITY=PS (PostScript).
6
To select PS, press
Enter
.
7
Press
Go
to put the printer back on-line. The printer is now dedicated to the PostScript
Personality.
Setting PostScript Printing Options