Black Box Remote Emulator Card, 5250 manual 8.3 5219 Printer Emulation

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

8.3 5219 Printer Emulation

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s 5219 emulation is for LaserJet printers. The HP LaserJet printer file is automatically used when 5219 emulation is selected.

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card allows bolding, underlining, and super/subscript by recognizing the host commands for these features for DP or WP applications. The different character styles and pitch are controlled through the IBM typestyle number or font ID. The 5250 Remote Emulator Card uses the IBM typestyle number to select an HP font from a cartridge. The cartridges shown in the Typestyle Reference Chart in Appendix C are the only fonts supported.

The system operator will specify a default font ID when configuring the 5219 on the host system, which should be the font ID most commonly used. Select one of the font-ID numbers from the Typestyle Reference Chart in Appendix C with an asterisk (*) indicating the default font ID, then change it as necessary in the DP or WP document.

If data-processing reports are sent to the printer, typestyles in the printer’s CL or OCL statement must be changed.

8.3.1DATA PROCESSING

Condensed print and “8 lpi” commands do not work in data-processing documents, because 5219 printers only understand font-ID commands.

For DP documents, such as RPG-generated printouts, the Card uses the system-default typestyle unless you change the fonts by specifying the typestyle in the OCL or CL printer statement. Since the host only accepts certain fonts in OCL and CL statements, you can use only the font IDs marked with an asterisk (*) from the Typestyle Reference Chart in Appendix C.

To change typestyles in DisplayWrite/36, use one of the following commands:

[CMD20], selection No. 1, “Document Option”

[CMD20], selection No. 4, “Display Current Format”

[CMD9], selection No. 7, “Change Font”

See the DisplayWrite® user’s guide for more information on changing typestyles.

8.3.2WORD PROCESSING

When you configure a 5219 address on the host, you must select a default font ID. The normal value is 11 (or 0B in hex), which is a 10-pitch font.

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