Setup Menus, Controls, and Indicators

Printer TRPQs

A collection of printer TRPQs can be accessed from the Offline Printer menu by pressing the F9 (or PF9) key. The TRPQs are software features that permit additional printer controls. The TRPQs are shown below:

Printer TRPQ

 

Number

Description

 

 

1

Sends all bytes from Host Addressable Print which are less than

 

40H and which are not SCS commands to the printer unchanged.

 

Column count is not changed. Changes 27H to 1BH (ESC), and

 

then sends it.

 

 

2

In the EBCDIC to REGEN translate table, forces location A1H to

 

3BH (tilde).

 

 

3

Forces maximum characters/line to 132.

 

 

4

Loads U.S. EBCDIC to REGEN translate table, ignoring controller

 

transmitted table.

 

 

5

In formatted prints, causes NL, EM, CR not to be changed to

 

spaces.

6

No form feed at the end of LU1 print.

 

 

To enable any Printer TRPQ, do the following:

1)From the Offline Printer menu, press F9 (or PF9)

Active Print TRPQ numbers appear on the Status line. If no numbers appear, no TRPQs are active.

2)Press the PF key that corresponds to the TRPQ number you want to enable. For example, to enable Printer TRPQ number 3, press the PF3 key.

The number of the enabled TRPQ appears on the status line for three seconds.

To disable a Printer TRPQ, do the following:

1)From the Offline Printer menu, press F9 (or PF9). Active Printer TRPQ numbers appear for three seconds.

2)Press the PF key that corresponds with the number of the TRPQ you want to disable. For example, to disable TRPQ number 4, press the F4 (or PF4) key.

Leaving the Offline Printer Menu

To leave the Offline Printer menu, use the Left and Right Arrow keys to display another offline setup menu, or press the Reset key to leave Offline Setup mode and display the Offline Test menu.

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IBM 1483DSV manual Printer TRPQs, Leaving the Offline Printer Menu