Associate a 3270 Printer Session with a Terminal Session
There are two ways to associate a 3270 terminal session with a printer session:
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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. |
To link a terminal session to a printer session document
- Open a 3270 terminal session.
- From the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Document Settings button.
- Under Host Connection, click Configure Advanced Connection Settings.
- Under TN3270 Enhanced Protocol, select Enable associated printer.
- Select the Associated 3270 printer session option.
- Point to a 3270 printer session.
Type the path and filename or click Browse to locate the file.
To link a terminal session to a printer session using an association string
- Open a 3270 terminal session.
- From the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Document Settings button.
- Under Host Connection, click Configure Advanced Connection Settings.
- Under TN3270 Enhanced Protocol, select Enable associated printer.
- Select Association string, and type the association string you want to use.
- Click OK.
- Open a 3270 printer session.
Disconnect it if necessary. If you are creating a new session, don't connect to the host yet.
- From the Connection menu, choose Session Setup.
- Under Transport, from the Connection type list, choose Associate.
- In the TN Association box, type the printer string you specified for Association string in your terminal session.
- Click OK.
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