Printer Facilities

This appendix describes the printing functions provided by the OSI system.

1. Overview

OSI supports the following two types of printer facility.

  • Display HardCopy

  • SCS-DATA Printer

Using those printer facilities requires connection to OpenFrame Gateway. For more information about OpenFrame Gateway, refer to OpenFrame Gateway Web Terminal Guide.

2. Display HardCopy

If a terminal connecting to OpenFrame Gateway is in Display mode (the device type for the emulator is set to IBM-3278-2-E), and the LU of this terminal is defined as printer in the OSI system, all screens transferred to this terminal will be printed by the default printer of the computer.

  1. Set the terminal in Display mode (options vary depending on the emulator), and then connect to OpenFrame Gateway.

  2. Check whether the LU (Netname) of the terminal is set as printer, in the system server (control region) to log in.

  3. Send a message to the terminal from another terminal or program, to check for a successful hard copy printing.

OSI does not send other data than user data through the printer terminal, to prevent unnecessary printing. Therefore, the terminal set as printer is marked as X SYSTEM, by default.

3. SCS-DATA Printer

If a terminal connecting to OpenFrame Gateway is in Printer mode (the device type for the emulator is set to IBM-3287-1), and the LU of this terminal is defined as printer in the OSI system, all data sent to this terminal must be SCS type. Therefore, if a terminal sending SCS type data from a user application program is not set in SCS-DATA Printer mode, it cannot operate as intended.

  1. Set the terminal in Printer mode (options vary depending on the emulator), and then connect to OpenFrame Gateway.

  2. Check whether the LU (Netname) of the terminal is set as printer, in the system server (control region) to log in.

  3. Since a terminal set in Printer mode cannot receive input, use the IP-LU mapping function for auto-login, or run the OSI command "/OPNDST", to log in from outside.

  4. Send some SCS data to the terminal to check for a successful printing.