Print setup

To configure the behavior of Rocket TE screen printing, go to the Rocket TE menu bar, and click File → Print Setup. The Print Setup property page displays the Printer/Page, Font, and Options tabs.

Refer to Copying text to the printer for more information.

Printer/Page tab

Printer

• Device Name: Name of the currently selected printer.
• Location: Displays the destination port name for print output.
• Always use Windows Default Printer on Startup: If enabled, your Windows Default Printer is automatically selected when you launch the Rocket TE session.
• Change Printer: Click to change the printer displayed in the Printer group on this page. A standard Windows Printer Selection dialog displays. All available printers are displayed in the drop-down list box. You can also access the printer Properties from the Printer Selection dialog. The available properties varies depending on the selected printer.

Page

• Paper Size: Displays the currently configured paper size.
• Orientation: Paper orientation currently configured, options include either Portrait or Landscape settings.
• Margins: Displays the currently configured paper margins.
  Note: The margin's unit of measurement, inch or millimeter, is dependent on the operating system's selected measurement system.
• Page Setup: Click to change the page settings displayed in the Page group on this page. A standard Windows Page Setup dialog displays.
  Note: When a Rocket TE Display session is first invoked, it uses the printer and page settings of the default Windows system printer. To change any of the Page or Printer settings, click Page Setup or Change Printer to open the available page and printer options.

Font tab

The Printer Font property page displays the currently configured printer font. These parameters determine what happens when a user invokes Rocket TE’s Copy to Printer function under the Edit menu.

Font Selection

• Name: Displays the printer font name.
• Style: Shows the currently selected printer font style.
• Size: Displays the printer font size.
• Change: Click to change any of the configuration items displayed.
• Auto-Size Font to Fit the Paper Size: If enabled, the font size is automatically calculated based on the margin settings, paper size, and host screen model type.

Character Set

Print in Unicode: Generally, this check box can be left unchecked unless you are printing in Arabic.

Refer to Bidirectional language support for more information on configuring Rocket TE for Arabic language support.

Print Color

Print in Color: If enabled, screen prints are in the same color as they appear on the screen, except white is printed as black.

Options tab

The Printer Options property page displays the currently configured printer options. These parameters determine what happens when a user invokes Rocket TE’s Copy to Printer function under the Edit menu.

Page

• Header: Used to enter a customizable page header that prints at the top of each page.
  The Page Header also supports the following optional variables:
  • %1: Computer Name - Computer Name configured in Windows
  • %2: User Name - Windows Logon Account Name
  • %3: Date Time - Time HH:MM:SS, Day of Week, Month, Day, Year Format

  To use this feature, simply place the desired variable(s) in the Header Field along with any other text.

  Note: If your top margin setting is zero or very small, the contents of the Page Header may be placed behind and over written by the main body text. To rectify this problem, increase the size of your top margin so that the main body text will start further down on the page.
• Append Date and Time to Header: If enabled, the current date and time is printed in the page header.
• Number of Copies: Used to set the number of copies to print. This setting overrides the print driver setting in Windows but does not affect the way other applications print.

Printer Line Wrap

Wrap Text at Right Margin: If enabled, any text exceeding the Right Margin of the page is printed on the following line.

Orientation

Auto-Set to Portrait / Landscape Based on Model Type: If enabled, the page orientation is automatically set based on the host screen model type. Models 2, 3, and 4 are set to Portrait; Models 5 and 3290 are set to Landscape.

Print Options

• Display Print Dialog before each Print Job: If enabled, the standard Windows Print dialog displays before Rocket TE sends any print data to the printer. If not enabled, Rocket TE sends any print data directly to the printer that is currently defined in the Print Setup dialog.
• Suspend Print Area Functionality: If enabled, the Print Area Feature is turned off. Refer to Configuring the print area feature for more information.

Passthrough tab

Passthrough Options

• Send All Data Directly to Printer: If enabled, print data is sent directly to the printer, bypassing the printer driver.
• Send Form Feed after Printing: If enabled, a form feed is sent to the printer, after the Copy to Printer operation.

Print Area tab

This dialog is used to configure the Print Area feature.

Refer to Configuring the print area feature for more information.

Print Area Definitions

• Add: Click to create a new Print Area Definition.
• Remove: Click to remove an existing Print Area Definition.

Screen Identification

This section is used to identify the desired screens that you want to be part of the Print Area definition.

All Screens

• Search for Text: Enter a text string that displays on every screen like the title of the page.
• Appearing on Row: Enter the Row number on which this text displays.

First Screen

• Search for Text: Enter a text string that displays on the first page.
• Appearing on Row: Enter the Row number on which this text displays.

Last Screen

• Search for Text: Enter a text string that is only found on the last screen like "End of File" or "Bottom of Data".
• Appearing on Row: Enter the Row number on which this text displays.

Note: If you are using something like "End of File" or "Bottom of Data", that might not land on a predicable row, enter a 0 for Row number. This tells Rocket TE to look for this text anywhere on the screen.

Print Range

This is where you set the exact location on the host screen where you want the print capture to start from and end. This feature is designed so that you only have to print the screen data. You can eliminate things like column headings, row numbers and the control keys that are usually displayed at the bottom of every screen.

First Screen

• Start Row, Column: Enter the row and column that represents the start of the capture. You can include column headings on this screen.
• End Row, Column: Enter the row and column that represents the end for the capture.

Remaining Screens

• Start Row, Column: Enter the row and column that represents the start of the capture. You can eliminate the column heading on these screens.
• End Row, Column: Enter the row and column that represents the end for the capture.

Page Keys

The Page Keys are used by the Print Area feature to send Page Ups and Page Downs as needed to capture all the screen data.

• Up: Used to define the Function Key used to invoke a Page Up
• Down: Used to define the Function Key used to invoke a Page Down

Refer to Configuring the print area feature for more information.