The Printer Control screen is shown in Figure 2-5 “Printer Control Screen”. Steps for defining the number of status
requests that should be attempted, the length of time to wait for
a reply, the number of requests to attempt, and the amount of time
to wait before sending a disconnect request are given below.
Figure 2-5 Printer Control Screen
![[Printer Control Screen]](img/gfx5.gif)
To turn on or off status request efficiency mode:
Verify that the cursor is in the Status request efficiency mode enabled (Y,N)
field. This protocol specifies the number of requests per write
the HP 3000 should send to the printer.
Type Y to enable
status request efficiency mode. Type N
to disable status request efficiency mode.
If status request efficiency mode is disabled, verify
that the cursor is in the Frequency of status requests
field. Enter a number to specify the number of requests per write
the HP 3000 should send to the printer.
To configure the amount of time the HP 3000 should wait for
a reply:
Press the [Tab] key
to move the cursor to the Wait time for reply to status request (5..180 seconds)
field. Enter a time that is long enough for the status request reply
to return during peak periods of network traffic.
Type the number of seconds, from 5 to 180.
To configure the number of retries that are made when the
wait timer:
Press the [Tab] key
to move the cursor to the Read retries for XON and status request reply (0..100 retries)
field. When the wait time for a reply to status expires, the driver
sends a message to the console and retries the read for as many
attempts as are specified here.
Type the number of read retries, from 0 to 100.
To specify the number of seconds to wait before sending a
disconnect request to a remote printer port:
Press the [Tab] key
to move the cursor to the Wait time for FOPEN before disconnect (0..90 seconds or 99, 99=infinite)
field.
Type the number of seconds from 0 to 90, or type
99 if the HP 3000 should wait indefinitely.
To specify if duplex printing is supported:
Press the [Tab] key
to move the cursor to the Does the printer support duplex printing
field.
Specify yes or no for duplex printing.
After the data has been entered on this screen, press the
[Enter] key and the Next Form
[F6] function key.
