Set the following options for pass-through printing:
Pass-through Print Settings
The controls in this group are only available when the
Use Pass-through Printing check box is checked.
Pass-through printing prints directly to a printer and may be useful in situations where the page oriented nature of Windows
print management conflicts with the non-page orientation of some older TIP applications.
Whenever possible, you should print using standard Windows print management (the default). Windows controls all page formatting
based on property settings for a configured print driver on your PC. In this instance, the host application must not send
any page control commands (i.e., form feeds) to the printer.
When you bypass Windows print management and print directly to a printer, the host application program must supply all page
control. BlueZone UTS simply passes all information directly through to a configured printer.
Pass-through Options
The options in this group control special line and form advancement.
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Send LF after CR: BlueZone UTS uses CR LF at the end of a line.
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Send CR after LF: BlueZone UTS uses LF CR at the end of a line.
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Send CR after FF: BlueZone UTS uses FF CR at the end of a line.
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Send FF on Close: BlueZone UTS inserts an FF at the close of the print.
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Send LF at End of Screen: BlueZone UTS adds an LF at the end of each screen.
Note This box should not be checked when using MAPPER AUX because MAPPER includes an LF at the end of the screen (you would get
one more line). Send LF at End of Screen is for transactions that do not put in an LF, thus causing the next screen's data
to print starting at the end of the last line.
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Send FF at End of Screen: BlueZone UTS adds a FF at the end of each screen.
Note This will send a Form Feed at the end of each screen or block from the host. If the host message does not include an EOMI
status, this action is not taken, allowing data from multiple screens to be printed without the form feed.
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No Auto-close Print: BlueZone UTS keeps the print open at the end of a print operation.
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No Auto Page Feed: BlueZone UTS does not perform a page eject after printing.
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Character Translations
The entries in this table can be used to specify the ASCII characters that BlueZone UTS is to substitute when receiving special
ASCII characters from the host.
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Host Char.: Type the decimal representation of the anticipated ASCII host character.
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Print Char. 1 through Print Char. 4: In each column, type the decimal representation of the ASCII replacement character(s) to be sent to the printer.
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Example of translating the tilde (~) to the Esc character:
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Print Char 1 |
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Note
If additional rows are needed for translation, press the right mouse button over the table and select Add Row from the drop-down
menu with the left mouse button. The new row will be inserted at the bottom of the table. The Delete Row item on the drop-down
menu may be used to delete a selected row.
Printer Start and End Strings (max 41 chars)
The entries in this box can be used to provide special starting and ending strings to be sent to certain printer devices.
Up to 41 characters may be supplied for each string.
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Start String: In this row, type the decimal representations of the ASCII characters to be sent to the printer as a beginning string.
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End Scrn Str: In this row, type the decimal representation of the ASCII characters to be sent to the printer as an ending string at the
end of each screen (when no EOMI present). If the End Screen string is present, the Send LF at end of screen and Send FF
at end of screen are ignored.
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End String: In this row, type the decimal representations of the ASCII characters to be sent to the printer as an ending string.
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Import: Click to import an existing pass-through print settings file.
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Export: Click to export the pass-through settings to a file.
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Import
Click to import a text file.
Export
Click to export the data as a text file.