Laser Multifunction Printer Owner's Manual

CHAPTER EIGHT

Bi-directional Parallel Ports (nibble and byte

modes)

The machine supports both nibble (AT) and byte (Bi-directional) mode

parallel ports. If your PC supports byte mode, scanning and fax reception

will be at a faster speed. To verify or change the parallel port mode,

please check your system BIOS in the CMOS Setup or contact your

computer manufacturer for assistance.

Some older PC models support only nibble mode. Generally, newer

models support both nibble and byte modes.

The Machine Connect Failure or Bi-directional

Communication Error

Recently, some printers have included a function to show the printer

status on the PC display. Such printers use the bi-directional

communication parallel port between the printer and the PC. Our

machine also has a bi-directional parallel port function. Since Windows

3.xx does not support bi-directional communication on the parallel port,

each peripheral vendor has developed and supplies their own bi-

directional device driver, which will be installed into Windows

3.xx. If

you install two or more different bi-directional device drivers into

Windows

, they might conflict with each other and cause some

problems.

Please make sure you have installed the machine driver by running

SETUP.EXE from your CD-ROM drive, as instructed on the CD-ROM

label. The bi-directional communication may be disabled when the driver

is installed from Add menu in “Printers” of Control Panel. Please restart

Windows

after installing the drivers.

Remove the conflicting situation caused by one of the following printer

drivers. Review the following sections that apply to any additional

printer drivers you may have installed into your Windows

software.

Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/WL-660

HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID, IIIP or IV Plus

NEC SuperScript 610/660

EPSON ActionLaser 1100/1400

LexMark WinWriter 200

Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/

WL-660:

The Resource Manager for the machine may not work if the printer

driver for the above models is installed after the installation of the

machine printer driver.