I/O TC5000, Руководство пользователя

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Creating Connections
BE DIFFERENT
. T
HIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS WHERE A SPECIFIC PRINTER NAME IS USED IN SPECIFYING
THE LOCATION OF PRINTED OUTPUT
. I
T IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ENTER A PRINTER NAME
!
IBM Host IP Address : Enter the TCP/IP address of the IBM host the I-O 5250 Printer session will
be connected to.
Printer Driver : From the drop down box, select the print driver supported by the printer attached to
the thin client.
For example, if you were attaching a HP LaserJet printer, you would select “HP PCL”. For Epson,
there are several general drivers. Select the one that most closely matches the Epson or Epson
compatible dot-matrix printer that is being attached.
It should be noted that the IBM host will always create a 3812 page printer device whenever
TN5250e is used for printing. This is a laser printer. To allow you to attach other printers besides
laser printers, I-O’s 5250 Printer Emulation module contains a 3812 to 4214conversion module. If
you choose to attach a dot-matrix printer to the thin client and select one of the dot-matrix print
drivers listed in the drop down box, I-O’s 5250 Printer Emulation module will first convert the 3812
SCS commands into 4214 SCS commands. Those 4214 SCS will then be converted into the
appropriate ASCII dot-matrix commands. To the IBM host, the attached dot-matrix printer appears
as a 3812 page printer.
N
OTE
: B
ECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY THAT LASER PRINTERS AND DOT
-
MATRIX
PRINTERS FUNCTION
,
NOT ALL OF THE NATIVE
IBM
HOST DOT
-
MATRIX FUNCTIONALITY IS AVAILABLE
THROUGH THIS CONVERSION PROCESS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE
IBM
HOST IS ONLY SENDING
3812
COMMANDS
. S
UCH FEATURES AS
“
LINE ALIGNMENT
”
USED FOR ALIGNING CHECKS PRIOR TO PRINTING
CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED USING A TRUE
IBM 4214/5224/5225/5256
DOT
-
MATRIX EMULATION
. F
OR
SUCH APPLICATIONS
, I-O
RECOMMENDS THAT YOU USE ONE OF
I-O’
S
LAN P
RINT
S
ERVER PRODUCTS
TO PROVIDE THE COMPLETE
IBM
DOT
-
MATRIX FUNCTIONALITY
.
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Local Port : Select from the drop down box the physical port that the printer is attached.
Baud Rate : If the COM1 serial port is the physical port the printer is attached, identify here the
speed of the port (make this rate the same as that set on the printer). The remainder of the serial
characteristics for this port have been set to: 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. This field is only
available when COM1 is selected in the Local Port field.
5. Select the Language tab. From the drop down box, select the host language to be used by the IBM
host when the command "Use Default Language" is received.
Language : Select the appropriate language from the drop down box.
Edit EBCDIC Translation Table : Use this option to change the translation table that the I-O 5250
Printer Emulation module uses to convert IBM’s EBCDIC characters to ASCII characters.
C
AUTION
: E
DITING THIS TABLE SHOULD ONLY BE ATTEMPTED BY ADVANCED USERS
.
If a character is printing on your printer with the wrong ASCII value, use the printer’s manual to
determine the ASCII HEX value of this character and that of the value you want in its place. Then
edit the translation table with by changing the incorrect ASCII value to the desired value.
EBCDIC : Enter the hexadecimal EBCDIC value you want to change.
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