Using the Printer Interface

Types of Printing

Passthrough Printing using ASCII Transparent Printing

ASCII Transparent Printing is used to print directly to an ASCII printer by sending ASCII data in the SCS printer data stream. IBM printing applications like Advanced Function Printing (AFP) have the capability to produce Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language (PCL) printer data streams and Post Script printer data streams as well as several others. When printing through the BlueZone Printer Emulators, the printer data is passed directly to the printer without any data conversion.

When to Use

When you want information contained in the print job to control the ASCII printer directly.
Use with LU1 and LU4 SCS printer data streams containing ASCII data and ASCII printer control codes.
Use with LU4 SCS printer data streams where Host Print Transform (Transform) is enabled on the iSeries.

When Not to Use

When the print jobs must be formatted using information sent by the host.
When the font must be auto-sized by the emulator to fit the page.

Mandatory Emulator Settings

Settings required in the Print Setup property sheet (choose File:Print Setup from the MenuBar) necessary to properly configure the BlueZone Printer emulator for this feature.

Go to the Passthrough tab, check the Send all Data Directly to the Printer check box.
Also on the Passthrough tab, un-check the Use Printer Definition to Convert Formatting Commands to Printer Escapes check box. Checking this will result in unpredictable behavior.
Select a target printer, the Use default Windows Printer check box, or Print to File.

NOTE The target printer must be compatible with the control codes embedded in the print job.

Ignored Emulator Settings

Settings that are have no affect once the Mandatory Settings are made.

All settings are ignored except those specified because the emulation is completely bypassed.