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Software Requirements
The IBM 4247 Printer can use the IBM Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) in IBM 4202 Proprinter
IIIXL or IBM 2381 Personal Printer emulations by choosing the corresponding device driver for the systems listed below as supporting the PPDS datastream.
In Epson FX emulation mode the IBM 4247 Printer can print files coded for the Epson
Also, native IBM 4247 Printer support is provided for the Host Print Transform function in the IBM AS/400 and IBM RS/6000 systems. The following systems support the IBM 4247 Printer:
System | Software - Minimum Level | Emulation |
IBM PS/2 and | OS/2 2.1 (R) | PPDS or Epson FX |
IBM Personal | OS/2 LAN Server 3.0 | PPDS or Epson FX |
Computers | OS/2 Communications Manager/2 1.0 PPDS or Epson FX | |
| DOS 5.0 | PPDS or Epson FX |
IBM RISC | Microsoft** Windows** 3.0 | PPDS or Epson FX |
AIX Version 3.2.5 | PPDS or Epson FX | |
System/6000 (1) |
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IBM AS/400 (1)(2) OS/400(TM) V2.3 Host Print
(3)Transform OS/400 V2.3
PC Support/400 W/S Function V2.2 Client Access/400 V3.1 Personal Communication for AS/400 for Windows V4.0 Personal Communication for AS/400 for OS/2 V4.0
IBM 5250 Enhanced Emulation for Windows V1.1
IBM 5250 Enhanced Emulation for DOS V2.4
IBM S/390 | 3174 | with ASCII | Emulation Adapter | |||
Mainframe | (AEA) Release A5.4 | or later, | ||||
Server | Release | B4.0 | or | later, or | ||
| Release | C2.1 | or | later | ||
| 3482 | InfoWindow | II | display | ||
IBM 9221 ASCII Subsystem Controller
Processor (Feature code 6245, 6246, 6247 or 6248 on the IBM 9221)
PPDS or Epson FX
PPDS or Epson FX PPDS or Epson FX PPDS or Epson FX PPDS or Epson FX
PPDS or Epson FX
PPDS or Epson FX
PPDS or Epson FX
PPDS or Epson FX
PPDS or Epson FX
PPDS or Epson FX
(1)In addition to the emulation support defined above, files providing native IBM 4247 Printer support are shipped on diskette for the Host Print Transform function in OS/400 and for AIX/6000 to enable the enhanced function of the printer.
(2)Host selection of the print quality is limited to two of
the three qualities (DP and NLQ) featured by the printer when AS/400 attached.
(3)Host selection of paper paths when using the ASF feature is limited to the ASF paths plus zero or one continuous form path when attached to an AS/400. The second continuous
