User`s guide

Configuring Network
Interface Characteristics
QMS CrownNet System Administrator's Guide2-8
PS Protocol
Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communicating
over a CrownNet 2 interface to a PostScript printer.
Menu Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/PS Protocol
Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/PS Protocol
Choices Normal—Enables standard, ASCII (7-bit) hex protocol. Data is
sent and received in ASCII format. This mode is recommended
if you do not print binary data. It was designed for data in the
printable ASCII range. Print jobs can change this setting
through PostScript operators.
Normal Fixed—Enables standard, ASCII (7-bit) hex protocol.
Print jobs cannot change this setting through PostScript
operators.
Binary—Enables quoted binary communications protocol
(BCP). Print jobs can change this setting through PostScript
operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints. Use
the special quoting mechanism (see the following section) for
the special characters and ^D (EOF).
Binary provides only raw data, not quoted BCP, over the
CrownNet interface.
Binary Fixed—Enables binary communications protocol (BCP).
Print jobs cannot change this setting through PostScript
operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints. Use
the special quoting mechanism (see the following section) for
the special characters and ^D (EOF).
Binary provides only raw data, not quoted BCP, over the
CrownNet interface.
QBinary (Quoted Binary)—Enables quoted binary
communications protocol. Print jobs can change this setting
through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range
also prints.
QBinary Fixed—Enables quoted binary communications
protocol (BCP). Print jobs cannot alter change this setting
through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range
also prints.
Default Normal