Settings - 3270 Printer General Page

Use the 3270 Printer General page to set host code page options, units of measurement to be used in the printer session, line and page formatting options, and font options.

Table 4-71 3270 Printer Settings General Page

Settings

Description

Host Code Page

Defines the character display code page used by the host. (IBM 3812 printer switch = c04.)

PC Code Page

Defines the character display code page used by the PC.

Units of Measurement

Provides the choice of displaying measurement units in centimeters or inches.

Inches

Displays units of measurement in inches.

Centimeters

Displays units of measurement in centimeters.

PC Uses OEM Character Set

Enables the PC to use the OEM character set.

Enable Restrike Printing

Also known as "near letter quality," restrike printing enables dot matrix printers to type each character multiple times on the same page.

Print only with Uppercase Characters

Prints all alphabetic characters in uppercase. (IBM 3812 printer switch = c08.)

Suppress Initial Form Feed

Instructs the printer to disregard the first form feed command that it receives with the print job.

Wrap Text at Right Margin

Continues words that exceed the line length onto the next line.