Printer Session Properties—Printer Destination Tab

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Printer Session Properties—Printer Destination Tab

Use this tab to configure the destination path used to print host jobs.

Printing system—Select one of the following options in the Printing system field.

Use Windows Printing—Prints all reports through the Windows Printing subsystem. You can print to any type of printer; PCL, PostScript, etc. In this mode, the program lays out the print job similar to that of a word processor. This mode provides complete control over the format of the report and the font used to print the report. You can select the layout options in the Page Layout tab.
Print directly to LPT1/LPT2/LPT3—Spools print reports to the device of the same name. This spools the data to the printer port through the operating system. Use these options only in special situations, since error messages such as the Printer Offline and Out of Paper can cause Abort/Retry errors by the operating system.
Print to File—Spools reports to a file. If the file does not exist, the program creates it. All reports are automatically appended to the file. The filename is entered in the Filename edit box below.

Spool Job directly—Select this box to bypass the Windows Printing system and spool the data directly to the printer. This option is similar to Print directly to LPTx, except that network printers are supported. With this option enabled, you cannot control the layout of the print report since the program spools the report to the printer (after converting it from EBCDIC to ASCII). If it is enabled, reports are queued in Print Manager.

Use Specific Printer—Enables the following:

Select Printer—Opens the standard Print Setup dialog, where you select the destination printer when the destination is Windows Printing. Enabled if you select Use Specific Printer.
Selected Printer Info—This read-only field shows the Print Setup information. To change it, click Select Printer.

Filename—Type the path and name of the file which will receive the host print reports when the destination is Print to File.

Defaults—Resets all options to their system default.