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Associate a 3270 Printer Session with a Terminal Session

There are two ways to associate a 3270 terminal session with a printer session:

To Link the terminal session to
Open the printer session automatically when the terminal session connects, and close it when the terminal session closes A printer session document.
Retain manual control over opening and closing printer sessions A printer session using an association string.

  1. With a session open, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .

  2. Under Host Connection, click Configure Advanced Connection Settings.

  3. Under TN3270 Enhanced Protocol, select Enable associated printer.

  4. Select the Associated 3270 printer session option.

  5. Point to a 3270 printer session.

    Type the path and filename or click Browse to locate the file.

  1. With a session open, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .

  2. Under Host Connection, click Configure Advanced Connection Settings.

  3. Under TN3270 Enhanced Protocol, select Enable associated printer.

  4. Select Association string, and type the association string you want to use.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Open a 3270 printer session.

    Disconnect it if necessary. If you are creating a new session, don't connect to the host yet.

  7. On the Quick Access Toolbar, click .

  8. Under Host Connection, click Configure Connection Settings.

  9. Under Transport, from the Connection type list, choose Associate.

  10. In the TN Association box, type the printer string you specified for Association string in your terminal session.

  11. Click OK.

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