Terminal /
Printing
The Terminal/Printing category of the Global Options dialog allows you to set up your printer configuration.
Margins group
This group allows you to set the margins on your printed pages. Margins are measured in inches. By default, all print margins are set at 0.5 inches.
Note: These settings may also be configured on a per session A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts. basis. For more information, see the Terminal/Printing category of the Session Options dialog.
Printer fonts group
This group displays the font currently being used for printed pages and also allows you to choose a different font.
Choose...
Press this button to open the Font dialog where you can choose the font you want to use for printed pages.
Note: This setting may also be configured on a per session basis. For more information, see the Terminal/Printing category of the Session Options dialog.
Print Setup...
Press this button to open the Windows Print Setup dialog where you can modify your printer configuration.
Pass-through printing group
Pass-through printing in SecureCRT allows the use of special print control escape sequences that turn on/off a printer control that sends characters directly to the printer. Depending on the sequence received, SecureCRT may bypass the terminal A device usually consisting of a keyboard, a display unit such as a cathode ray tube, and a serial port used for entering and sending data to a computer and displaying any data received from the computer. Terminals are usually connected to a computer with a serial line or some other type of connection. There are many terminal types including VT100, VT102, VT220, and others. display and send the data directly to the printer.
Disable pass-through printing
Check this option to disable pass-through printing and cause SecureCRT to ignore all printer control escape sequences it receives:
Note: This setting may also be configured on a per session A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts. basis. For more information, see the Terminal/Printing category of the Session Options dialog.
Buffer pass-through printing
Check this option to buffer pass-through printing. This will avert the issue of some applications that frequently toggle pass-through printing mode on and off, resulting in printed pages with only one line or pages that are otherwise incomplete. This option buffers all pass-through printing data and does not send it to the printer until you instruct SecureCRT to print the contents of the pass-through printing buffer.
To print the contents of the pass-through printing buffer:
1. Open the File menu and select Print.
2. In the Print menu, select Eject Page.
Use raw mode
Check this option to allow the use of a network printer when using pass-through printing.
Raw mode pass-through printing allows you to send data to a named printer as defined in Windows. In addition, raw mode instructs Windows to allow the data to be sent to the named printer without being interpreted (i.e. by the printer driver). If your host or application sends embedded printer commands (e.g., change font, etc.), enabling raw mode pass-through printing will allow these commands to be sent directly to the printer. If raw mode pass-through printing is enabled, SecureCRT will not interpret any embedded printer commands.
Note: This setting may also be configured on a per session basis. For more information, see the Terminal/Printing category of the Session Options dialog.
Direct pass-through printing to port n
Check this option to print directly to the COM or LPT port on the local machine to which a printer is attached.
Direct pass-through printing to a port essentially bypasses the Windows operating system, providing SecureCRT with direct communication to the local printer. If direct pass-through printing is enabled, print jobs are not spooled but are sent directly to the printer. The port to which the printer is attached will not be accessible to other applications until the current print job has been completed. For these reasons, it is suggested that you use raw mode pass-through printing rather than direct pass-through printing to port (see Use raw mode above).
Note: This setting may also be configured on a per session basis. For more information, see the Terminal/Printing category of the Session Options dialog.
Settings...
Click on this button to open the Direct Pass-Through Printing Settings dialog, which allows you to configure the serial device settings for pass-through printing.
Other
Force black on white
Check this option to force your printer to print as though your session's foreground color is set to black and your background color is set to white, regardless of your session's actual color settings. This option is off by default.
Enable print screen (PrtScn) key
When this option is unchecked, SecureCRT will ignore the print screen key being pressed. This option is off by default.