Customizing Terminal and Printer Type Files with the Workstation Configurator (32022-90031)

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Workstation Conﬁgurator — Screen and Field Deﬁnition

VFC and Initialization

The VFC and Initialization screen is the eighth Workstation

Conﬁgurator screen. To select this screen, press the Save Data

[F1]

function key from the VFC File Selection screen. The screen shown in

Figure 4-8 is then displayed.

Fields

The VFC and Initialization screen lets you conﬁgure the following

information:

• Is device to be initialized (Y/N). Initializing the printer

sets it to a known and repeatable state. This ﬁeld lets you specify

whether the printer should be initialized when this term type is

used.

• Initialization String. This ﬁeld allows you to conﬁgure the

character string used to initialize the printer. A maximum of 120

characters can be entered. Printable characters are surrounded with

quotes. Control characters are entered by using the mnemonics

deﬁned in Appendix B, “Control Character Mnemonics,” these are

separated from character strings by a comma.

• Is VFC defined for the device (Y/N). Up to 16 VFC

channels can be conﬁgured. Each channel performs a standard skip

function such as skip to top of next page or skip one line. When using

this terminal type, this ﬁeld lets you specify whether VFC is deﬁned

• String. The character string entered here deﬁnes the VFC

sequences for the device. A maximum of 16 sequences can be deﬁned

per device.

NOTE The mnemonic NUL is not a valid entry for the Initialization

String and String ﬁelds.