Black Box 5250, Remote Emulator Card manual Word Processing

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

8.2.2WORD PROCESSING

When the system operator configures the printer on the host, a default font ID is configured for the printer, which should be the most commonly used font. The WP program may also have a default font ID. Since the default font ID can vary depending on the system setup, ask your system operator if you have questions about the default font ID.

To change the font, either use the font-change commands in the Card’s command language, or select a font ID number within the word processing program. Refer to the WP program’s manual for information on changing font IDs within the program. See Section 8.4.3 for information on font- change commands for word-processing documents.

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card allows bolding, underlining, and super/subscripting by recognizing the host commands for these features in both WP and DP applications. The 5250 Remote Emulator Card uses a shadow print for bolding, even on small and italic fonts.

8.2.3PAGE LENGTH

The printer prints up to 66 lines at 6 LPI in HP mode (the line spacing may be compressed slightly to fit), or 64 lines at 6 LPI in IBM PPDS mode, on each page of 8.5" x 11" letter-size paper. The System/36 only allows 65 lines per page on 8.5" x 11" letter-size paper.

The printer prints up to 72 lines at 6 LPI in HP mode (the line spacing may be slightly compressed to fit) or 70 lines at 6 LPI in IBM PPDS mode on each page of 8.27" x 11.69" A4 size paper.

8.2.4PAPER SIZE

Configure the printer setup on Card for the paper size used most. The Card only recognizes these paper sizes:

Letter Paper: 8.5" x 11" (216 x 280 mm)

Legal Paper: 8.5" x 14" (216 x 356 mm)

A4 Paper: 8.27" x 11.69" (210 x 297 mm)

If you choose any other paper dimensions in the word-processing program, the 5250 Remote Emulator Card ignores them and uses the previous paper-size choice. The “No Paper Size” selection uses the paper installed in the tray, regardless of the paper’s size.

8.2.5BIN SELECTION

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card selects paper from bin 2 only if the optional paper tray is installed in the printer. If bin 2 or 3 is chosen in a host document, the printer will print from bin 1 unless the optional paper tray is installed.

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