Black Box 5250, Remote Emulator Card manual Printer Emulation

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

5.To permanently save a recorded sequence to the PC’s hard disk, hotkey to DOS, then go to the drive and directory where the 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s software is stored. Type SAVEKEYS and press [ENTER]. A message will appear indicating that the recorded keys have been saved. (Each time you start emulation, SAVEKEYS.DAT will be loaded so the saved keystroke sequences can be used.)

8.1.2PLAYING A RECORDED SEQUENCE

Follow these steps to play back a recorded sequence:

1.Press [ALT][F8] to enter Play mode. A blinking P appears in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

2.Press the “trigger key” (any of [F1] through [F10] or [0] through [9]) assigned to the recorded sequence you want to play back.

3.The playback begins at the cursor location. When it ends, Play mode is automatically exited.

8.1.3DELETING A SEQUENCE

To delete a recorded sequence, press [ALT][F7]. A blinking D appears in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Press the “trigger key” (any of [F1] through [F10] or [0] through [9]) assigned to the recorded sequence you want to delete, and the sequence will be deleted.

8.1.4CLEARING ALL SEQUENCES

To clear all currently recorded keystroke sequences, press [ALT][F9]. A prompt in the lower left-hand corner of the screen asks, “Clear All (Y/N)?” To clear all the recorded sequences, press Y.

8.2 3812 Printer Emulation

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card lets a local (attached to the PC) laser printer that supports HP or PPDS modes emulate the IBM 3812 (non- IPDS) printer. The 3812 printer provides font-changing capability, text rotation, compression features called Computer Output Reduction (COR), and Automatic Page Orientation (APO). The 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s 3812 printer emulation provides font changes and a true 3812 COR emulation. It also obeys host commands for duplexing like the IBM 3816 printer.

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