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

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Terminal and Printer Profiles
What is a Profile
Printer Profiles
Printer profiles define printer characteristics for printers. A printer
profile defines these printer characteristics:
• The profile name.
• The printer type used (18, 21, 22, or 26) or the printer type file name
if you are using a printer type file created through the workstation
configurator utility (TTUTIL.PUB.SYS).
For more information, see Printer type file name under
“Printer Profile Screen,” later in this chapter.
• The line speed in bits per second. (Does not apply to the DTC 16RX).
• The record width in characters (bytes).
• The type of modem used, if any.
• Specify the protocol used to establish a modem link between the
DTC and an attached device. (Does not apply to the DTC 16RX).
• The type of parity that will be used, if parity is enabled. (Does not
apply to the DTC 16RX).
• Whether the printer is initially spooled.
• Whether the printer will use a native language character set.
• Whether hardware handshake is used. (Supported on
DTC 16iX/16MX and DTC 72MX only.)
• Number of stop bits to be used for asynchronous characters.
(Supported on DTC 16iX/DTC 16MX and DTC 72MX only.)
• Whether to enable flow control between the DTC port and the
connected device.
• The device class names associated with the printer.
The printer profile also defines additional information used for
host-based printer switching. Host-based printer switching allows a
printer port to be shared by several systems. All printer switching
parameters are optional.
• The printer port name.
• Specify whether the printer can be accessed by a single system or
multiple systems.
• Specify whether the DTC will establish a connection automatically
when the modem lines are raised.
• Specify the number of hosts sharing this printer.