User's Manual

ETHERNET TO TWINAX/COAX PRINT SERVER

a. ASCII Printer Emulation: Use this option to select the type of ASCII

printer data stream that is being received by the print server from the

ASCII host (a PC, a LAN server, or other ASCII host). You need to make

the same selection here as used on the ASCII host so that the print server

can convert the incoming ASCII data stream into the appropriate

EBCDIC data stream for the attached twinax or 3270-coax printer. For

example, on the ASCII host (such as a PC), you have selected Epson FX as

the type printer you want to print to, you would also select Epson FX here.

Note that only text can be printed. The options available are both dot

matrix: Epson FX or IBM Proprinter PPDS (which is the default).

b. ASCII Character Set: Use this option to select the code page that is being

used for the data stream coming from the ASCII host (a PC, a LAN server,

or other ASCII host). The Code Page selected here must match the ASCII

host’s. The print server needs to know this in order to convert the

characters from ASCII to EBCDIC properly. Code Page 850 or Code Page

437 (also known as PC Set 2) are available. Code Page 437 is the default.

4. Click on the SCS Conversion button. Using the drop-down menus, you will

make selections about how character per inch, line feed, and carriage returns

are handled.

a. Sheet Feed Command: Use this selection to indicate whether sheet feeder

commands in the incoming ASCII data stream will be passed on to the

twinax or 3270-coax printer in the form of bin commands. The available

options are Send Bin Commands and Not Supported (default).

b. Adjust Position on CPI Change: Characters per inch (CPI) changes that

occur in the middle of a line can result in overprinting or gaps in the text.

Use the Yes option to adjust the positioning of the text when a CPI

change occurs. Use the Yes +5 positions to correct an error of five print

positions that can occur when printing from IBM PC Support or Client

Access. If No is selected, the twinax or 3270-coax printer will recalculate

the beginning position for the new CPI and start printing at that point.

For example, if the original CPI was 12, and 48 characters had been

printed, then a 10 CPI command was received, the printer would

recalculate the beginning for the remainder of the text on that line at 4.9

inches in from the left margin. This would leave a gap of 0.9 inches as the

12 CPI text would have stopped at 4 inches in from the left margin.

Likewise, a change to 15 CPI would cause an overprint to occur of about

1.67 inches of text because the previous text ended at 4 inches in from the

left margin and the new text began at 2.34 inches in from the left margin.

The available options are Yes, Yes +5 Positions, and No (default).