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.
Make sure that [Enable bidirectional support] is selected on the [Ports] tab in the printer properties dialog box.
To support bidirectional communication, the following conditions must be met:
Operating system
Windows 2000/XP/Vista, and Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008
When connected via a network
The printer must be connected via standard TCP/IP port, and the default name has not been changed.
When connected via USB
The printer must be connected to the computer's USB port using the USB interface cable.
The PostScript 3 printer driver does not support bidirectional communications. You can update printer status manually.
The PCL printer drivers support bidirectional communications. You can update printer status manually.
