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Product Manual U42006-J-Z795-1-7600
8 Printing
This chapter deals with the various aspects of the print function. The following
subjects are described in separate sections:
– Overview of the print options
– Output to a printer
– Printing host files (bypass print)
– Printing the screen contents
– Redirecting the print output
– Printing using 8-bit character sets
8.1 Overview of the print options
MT9750 supports both bypass and hardcopy print output.
Bypass
Bypass print is when host data is printed to a printer connected to the data dis-
play terminal (in this case a PC). The print data is not displayed on the screen,
it is diverted past it (hence the name bypass).
MT9750 uses passive sessions for bypass printing.
Hardcopy
Hardcopy print is when screen data from a data display terminal (in this case an
MT9750 session) is output to a printer. It does not matter whether the print job
was initiated by the data display terminal user (or 9750 session), or by an
instruction from the host. If the print job was initiated by the latter, it is referred
to as “host-initiated hardcopy”.
Apart from these BS2000-specific print functions, there are two additional print
functions available to you with MT9750:
With one you can copy screen data to a printer, with the other you can print the
screen contents without having to position the cursor beforehand as an exten-
sion of the BS2000 hardcopy. Read the following sections for further details.