BlueZone Mainframe and iSeries Printer Emulators connect to their respective hosts and emulate IBM printers, converting the IBM printer data stream into an ASCII printer data stream. This enables any printer connected to a Windows workstation to print IBM host generated print jobs.
BlueZone supports LU1 SCS, and LU3 DSC/DSE data streams for 3270 and LU4 SCS for 5250.
The SCS data stream contains formatting commands that are interpreted by the print emulator and converted to Windows Print commands.
The formatting commands sent by the host may be viewed in a BlueZone spool file using the SPOOLINF.EXE utility.
The LU3 printer data stream does not contain any formatting commands other than form feeds and line feeds. Host control of the print job is very limited, so the advanced formatting features of the printer emulator may be used to greatly improve the output.
All of the settings that control how the print job is interpreted as it is sent from the host, and how it is formatted when sent the to the printer are located in the Print Setup property sheet. From the BlueZone menu bar, click .
The Print Setup property sheet displays the Printer, Page, Layout, Fonts, Options, and Print to File tabs depending on which Method of Printing is selected on the Printer tab.