Configuring Systems for Terminals, Printers, and Other Serial Devices (32022-90051)

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Terminal and Printer Profiles
What is a Profile
These four parameters will also be ignored when the connection is
made through a public PAD, because the connection will be established
to a non-nailed device on the host.
PAD Printer Profiles
A PAD printer profile defines these characteristics of a PAD printer:
• The profile name
• The printer type used (26 for PAD printer) or the printer type file
name if you are using a terminal type file created through the
workstation configurator utility (TTUTIL.PUB.SYS).
• The record width in characters (bytes).
• Whether the printer is initially spooled.
• Whether the printer uses a native language character set.
• Whether or not the DTC will perform a PAD test at connection
establishment time to determine the PADs behavior.
• Whether the DTC will send an initial profile to set the PAD to
default X.3 parameters at connection establishment time. (If you set
this option to N you must also “PAD test requested” to N.
• Whether to allow changes to X.3 parameters after connection
establishment.
• The device class names associated with the printer.
Host Profiles
A Host profile is used to configure DTC ports to be used for extended
switching connections. Extended switching connections are also
referred to as back-to-back connections. If Host profiles are configured
on DTC 16RX ports, all values for the profiles are ignored. The ports on
a DTC 16RX are configured using the DTC 16RX Manager on the
HP 9000 host and not the HP 3000.
A Host profile defines the following port characteristics on the DTC:
• The name of the port.
• The line speed, in bits per second.
• The type of modem used, if any.
• Specify the protocol used to establish a modem link between the
DTC and the attached device.
• The type of parity that will be used if parity is enabled.
• The mode of data transfer in back-to-back connections, can be
ASCII or binary.