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Note: The Set Timeouts (TIMEOUTS.PS) file affects printer operation. If the printer is shared on a network, using this file may affect the prints requested by other users.

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• Descriptions

• Timeout values

• Setting timeouts from a Macintosh

• Setting timeouts from a PC/workstation

Job Timeout Manual Feed Timeout Energy Star Timeout	Wait Timeout Media Mismatch Timeout Check Print Timeout

Job Timeout

• The Job Timeout is the amount of processing time any single job may use.
  • In PostScript mode, if the value is exceeded, a timeout error is generated and the job is terminated. Leave this value set to 0 (zero).

Wait Timeout

• The Wait Timeout is the amount of time in seconds that the printer waits for data to come from the computer during a job. If the data stream pauses for longer than the specified number of seconds, a timeout error is generated and the job is canceled.
  • In HP-GL mode, if the timeout value is too small, an image may be split across two pages; if the value is too large, multiple-page prints may be combined on one page.

• When you are using the Manual Feed, the Manual Feed Timeout is the amount of time the printer waits for you to insert media before canceling the print job. The default is 60 seconds.

Media Mismatch Timeout

• The Media Mismatch Timeout is the amount of time in seconds the printer waits for you to correct a mismatch between the requested media size and the media that is loaded in the printer. After the timeout, the job is printed on the available media; images may be clipped if the image is larger than the loaded media size. The default is 60 seconds.

• The Energy Star Timeout is the amount of time the printer sits idle before going into the Energy Star mode. For details on Energy Star, see Changing the Energy Star mode and timeout.

Check Print Timeout

• The Check Print Timeout is the amount of time the printer waits for you to press a button on the front panel after printing the first page of a print job, before it automatically continues printing the remainder of the job.

Timeout	Default timeout values	Permitted timeout values	Suggested timeout values
Job Timeout	0 seconds (infinite)	0, or 15 to unlimited	0
Wait Timeout	40 seconds	0 to unlimited	1000 (To avoid timeouts or job cancellation on Windows multiple-page or multiple-copy print jobs, you may want to set the WaitTimeOut to a high value or to 0.)
Manual Feed Timeout	60 seconds	0 to unlimited	300 (5 minutes should give you enough time to reach the printer and load media.)
Energy Star Timeout	0 seconds (infinite)	0 to 120 hours
Check Print Timeout	300 seconds	0 to 604800	300 (5 minutes should give you enough time to reach the printer and press a front panel button.)
Media Mismatch Timeout	60 seconds	0 to unlimited	300 (5 minutes should give you enough time to reach the printer to press the Continue button.)
To specify no timeout		0

Setting timeouts from a Macintosh

1. See Installing the Macintosh utility files to install the printer's software.

2. Locate the Set Timeouts file in the PhaserTools folder on your hard disk, and open the file in SimpleText.

3. Make changes to the timeout values, referring to Timeout values for details. Save the modified file.

4. Locate the Apple Printer Utility in the PhaserTools folder on your hard disk, and double-click its icon to start the application.

5. In the Printer Selector dialog box, make the following selections:
   1. Under AppleTalk Zones, select your printer's zone location.

   2. Under Printers, select your Phaser 350 printer.

   3. Click Open Printer.

      A dialog box appears with the selected zone and printer name at the top.

6. From the File menu, select Send PostScript File. The Select the PostScript files to download dialog box appears.

7. Select the PhaserTools folder.

8. Select your modified timeouts file and click Add.

9. Click Send to download the file to the printer.

10. At the prompt Save PostScript output as you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use the default name given in the edit box or type in a new name. (Printer output includes status messages generated by the printer reporting such conditions as out of paper.)

11. Click Save.

12. If no output is returned by the printer, the Apple Printer Utility displays a dialog box; click Continue.

    If output is returned by the printer, you won't see this dialog box; check your hard disk for the file created by the utility for the printer's output.

1. Configure the printer's port to receive PostScript; see Printing PostScript files for instructions.

2. Follow the instructions in Installing the utility files to install the printer's software.

3. Locate the TIMEOUTS.PS file in the PHSR350 subdirectory in the PHSRTOOL directory created on your hard disk by the printer's installer.

4. Open the file in a text editor; the file must remain in a text-only format.

5. Make changes to the timeout values, referring Timeout values for details. Save the modified file.

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   Note: For timeout problems in Windows, also increase the Windows WaitTimeOut to 999.

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6. Use one of the following methods to send the TIMEOUTS.PS file to the printer:
   • PC users: Use the DOS COPY command to send the file to the printer. See Downloading files from a PC if you need instructions.

   • Workstation users: Send the file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.