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Conditions for Bidirectional Communication

Bidirectional communication allows information about paper settings to be automatically sent from the printer. You can check printer status from your computer.

To support bidirectional communication, the following conditions must be met:

When connected with the network

The printer must be connected via standard TCP/IP port, and the default port name has not been changed.

[Enable bidirectional support] in the [Port] tab of the printer properties is selected.

When connected with USB

The printer must be connected to the computer's USB port using the USB interface cable.

[Enable bidirectional support] in the [Port] tab of the printer properties is selected.

Note

  • The PostScript 3 printer driver does not support bidirectional communication.

  • The PCL printer drivers support bidirectional communication. You can update printer status manually.