The following are options related specifically to TN3270 Printer sessions:

General

Printing Mode
Select Windows API printing mode, or Passthrough printing mode. Windows API mode is the default.


End Print Job On

Select one or more of the options below to end a host print job:

  • Unbind
    Enabling this option causes the Flex Terminal Emulator printer session to send the contents of the buffer to print after an unbind command is received from the host.

  • TN3270E End Of Job
    Enable this option to send the contents of the buffer to print after an End Of Job (EOJ) indicator is received from the host.

  • Telnet Abort Output
    Causes the Flex Terminal Emulator printer session to send the contents of the buffer to print after a Telnet abort output command is received.

  • Time Out
    Enabling this option causes the Flex Terminal Emulator printer session to send the contents of the buffer to print after a specified time has passed without an End of Print Job received from the host since the last data stream.


Print Job Time Out (seconds)

Enter a value between 10 and 300 seconds, where the default value is 30 seconds. The time-out value should be determined by the speed of the mainframe and the length of the print job.

Windows API Printing Options

LInes Per Page
Maximum number of lines per page. Valid range is 10 to 255. Default value is 66.


Characters Per Line
Maximum number of characters per line. Valid range is 10 to 255. Default value is 132.


Wrap Text at Right Margin

Wrap text to the next line when the maximum number of characters has been printed on the current line.


Skip Empty Lines

Ignore and skip printing of all empty lines.


Ignore First Form Feed

Some host applications may issue a form feed at the start of a print job. Enable this option to ignore these.


Form Feed before Print Job

Send a form feed to the printer before a print job starts.


Form Feed after Print Job

Send a form feed to the printer after a print job finishes.


Suppress Newline at Right Margin

Suppress a newline occurring at the right margin to avoid an extra blank line.

Passthrough Printing Options

Enable IRMA Transparency Toggle

There are two ways to send data to a printer using a Windows device driver: (1) using Windows GDI function calls, which is the default, or (2) using passthrough mode, which is used for transparent printing. When the Enable IRMA Transparency Toggle checkbox is selected, print data is sent to the printer using passthrough mode. This mode must be used if special control codes or character codes less than hex 20 are to be sent to the printer.


There are two methods by which Flex Terminal Emulator allows transparent data to be sent to the printer:

  • LU-Type 1 hex 35 transparency control code
  • Transparency using Translate Table


If transparent data is being sent to the printer, the Enable IRMA Transparency Toggle checkbox must be selected, otherwise the Windows printer driver will convert the control codes to blanks, suppress them, or convert them to some other character.


Not all Windows printer drivers support printer transparency. For example, the generic Windows printer driver does not support printer transparency.


IRMA Transparency Toggle Char (hex)

Determines which character is used to turn IRMA transparent printing on or off. Default value is "a1".


Printer Initialization String
Space-separated hex digits sent to the printer at the beginning of the print job.


Printer Closing String

Space-separated hex digits sent to the printer at the end of the print job.