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Page Options Dialog Box

How do I get to this dialog box?
  1. Open a terminal session.

  2. Open the Page Setup dialog box as follows:

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    • If you are using the Ribbon mode, on the File menu, mouse over Print, and then choose Page Setup.

    • If you are using the Classic mode, from the File menu, choose Page Setup.

  3. From the Page Setup dialog box, click the Page Options button.

Configure text layout options for host screen printing and printer emulation sessions.

Text Format

Setting Description
Use printer fonts only Select to print using only fonts residing on the host printer.
Override host page format When this check box is selected, page formatting specified in the printer session document ( Characters per line, Lines per page, Font, and Margins) is used regardless of what the host specifies.
Font Select a font to use.
Note: When you print all or part of a host screen from a terminal session, the font used is the currently configured display font, not the printer font setting configured here.
Page Scaling Click to open the Page Scaling dialog box.

Characters per line

Select the maximum number of characters that can be printed on a single line. If a line longer than this value is sent from the host, the line is automatically wrapped.

These settings are ignored when, from the Printer Session Setup dialog box, Transparent mode is selected.

Lines per page

Select the number of lines to be printed on each page.

These settings are ignored when, from the Printer Session Setup dialog box, Transparent mode is selected.

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