Conditions for Bidirectional Communication

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

Bidirectional communication is supported by Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
If you use the RPCS printer driver and bidirectional communication is enabled under Windows 2000, the [Change Accessories] tab is unavailable.

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

When connected with parallel cables

The computer must support bidirectional communication.
The machine must support bidirectional communication.
The interface cable must support bidirectional communication.
The machine must be connected to the computer using the standard parallel cables and parallel connectors.
Under Windows 2000, [Enable bidirectional support] must be selected, and [Enable printer pooling] must not be selected on the [Ports] tab with the RPCS printer driver.

When connected with the network

The machine must support bidirectional communication.
Under Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, [Enable bidirectional support] must be selected, and [Enable printer pooling] must not be selected on the [Ports] tab with the RPCS printer driver.
In addition to the above, one of the following conditions must also be met:
- IPP port name must include the IP address when using the IPP protocol.

When connected with USB

The printer must be connected to the computer's USB port using the USB interface cable (for Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2).
The computer must support bidirectional communication.

The RPCS printer driver supports bidirectional communication and updates the printer status automatically.
The PCL printer driver supports bidirectional communication. You can update the printer status manually.
Install SmartDeviceMonitor for Client from the supplied CD-ROM.