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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT is a program which helps you print documents on your workstation printer, formatted with running headings and footings, margins, page numbers, etc. The document can be, for example, o a PC file on disk or diskette o a VM file on your A-disk o an OfficeVision/VM note or calendar o an MVS file being browsed with TSO ISPF o a copy of whatever is on the host screen at the moment. The printing of host documents and screens can be requested from the host side, without leaving 3270 emulation. PCPRINT also helps you control your printer. You can select printer, queue, print driver and font. PCPRINT can use the Presentation Manager interface for printing and print on Postscript printers, HP Laserjet, and even plotters. Alternatively, you can use the device driver interface for printing and have PCPRINT send a control string with printer control codes and escape sequences to the printer before each document. The output from PCPRINT can be sent to any printer, or saved in a PC file for later printing. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Operating environment ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If PCPRINT is only used to print PC files, there are no special requirements other than OS/2. You need release 1.2 or later of OS/2, Standard Edition or Extended Edition, or OS/2 2.0 or 2.1. Printing host documents requires OS/2 Extended Edition 1.2 or 1.3, IBM Extended Services/2, or IBM Communications Manager/2. If OS/2 EE 1.2 is used, it must be at CSD level 4064 or later. The SYSLEVEL command will show your current CSD level. The PCPRINT host support is primarily made for VM. PROFS, OfficeVision/VM, and RDRLIST/PEEK users can all use PCPRINT. PCPRINT can also be used with MVS TSO, but this support is not as powerful as that for VM. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. The PCPRINT package ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT consists of the following files: 1. The PCPRINT program itself: PCPRINT.EXE The main OS/2 program PCPRINT.HLP The help file PCPRINT.DLL A DLL for certain PCPRINT host support functions 2. The file selection dialog (from IBM CUA Controls Library/2) FCLDLGP.DLL Dialog code FCLDRCP.DLL Dialog messages and text 3. PCPRINT.INF - PCPRINT User's Guide on line. The OS/2 command VIEW is used to read, search and print it. 4. PCPRINT EXEC and PCPRINT XEDIT - support files for VM users. They are uploaded from the PS/2 to a VM minidisk. 5. PCPRINT.TSO - a support file for MVS TSO users 6. PCPRCTRL.EXE - an optional utility used to control PCPRINT. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Installing PCPRINT on your PC ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This chapter describes how to install the "PC part" of PCPRINT. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Unpacking PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The PCPRINT package consists of the following files which are contained in ZIP file PCPRINT.ZIP on diskette 1 of the Extended Services product diskettes or on the Communications Manager/2 Productivity Aids diskette: NAME DESCRIPTION ============ ============================================ PCPRINT.EXE PCPRINT main executable PCPRINT.DLL PCPRINT DLL FCLDLGP.DLL File selection dialog FCLDRCP.DLL File selection dialog text PCPRINT.HLP PCPRINT help file PCPRINT.INF Online User's Guide for PCPRINT PCPRINT.EXC Host EXEC file for VM users PCPRINT.XED Host XEDIT profile for VM users PCPRINT.TSO PCPRINT profile for TSO users PCPRCTRL.EXE Optional utility for controlling PCPRINT from a .CMD file Note: You need at least 200 KB of DASD available on your PC in order to extract the PCPRINT package from the Extended Services product diskette. These installation instructions assume that you are familiar with using the OS/2 full screen session command line and that you wish to create a separate directory on the C drive for PCPRINT. You may substitute a different drive letter and directory name and/or omit steps where appropriate. 1. Place the diskette with PCPRINT.ZIP in diskette drive A. 2. Enter the following commands from a fullscreen or window command line session on your workstation. a. C: b. CHDIR \ These optional steps puts you in the root directory of the C drive. You may substitute any valid drive for C. c. MKDIR PCPRINT This optional step creates a directory for the PCPRINT package. You may omit this step if you already have a directory where you would prefer to have the package installed. d. CHDIR PCPRINT If you chose to use an existing directory instead of creating the PCPRINT directory in the previous step, you should substitute the name of that directory for PCPRINT on the CHDIR command. e. PKUNZIP2 A:PCPRINT.ZIP The PCPRINT files will be installed on your workstation. The PKUNZIP2 command was installed in directory \OS2\INSTALL by the Extended Services installation procedure. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Updating CONFIG.SYS ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use the system editor to edit CONFIG.SYS. Add directory C:\PCPRINT to the following statements: LIBPATH= SET PATH= SET HELP= SET BOOKSHELF= This is required only if you created a PCPRINT directory during installation. If you did not create this directory, ensure that the PCPRINT files are installed as follows: CONFIG.SYS statement must list the directory with LIBPATH= PCPRINT.DLL, FCLDLGP.DLL and FCLDRCP.DLL SET PATH= PCPRINT.EXE SET HELP= PCPRINT.HLP SET BOOKSHELF= PCPRINT.INF Note: For help to work, the SET HELP= line must list C:\OS2\HELP also. If you made changes to CONFIG.SYS, you must re-boot your workstation before you can use PCPRINT. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Defining PCPRINT to OS/2 - OS/2 1.3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Add PCPRINT to Group - Utilities or any other group. This is done the normal way. See the OS/2 User's Guide. Specify the PCPRINT directory as "Working directory". If you want PCPRINT to start automatically when the system is booted, select that option when you add PCPRINT to the Program Group. Or put a start command in STARTUP.CMD. For example: start "PCPRINT" c:\pcprint\pcprint.exe profile=c:\pcprint\pcprint.pro PCPRINT can be started before or after Communications Manager. PCPRINT will automatically activate the Host Print function when a host session becomes active. If you want PCPRINT to start minimized (i.e., as an icon), select that option when you add PCPRINT to the Program Group. Or use the following procedure: 1. Start PCPRINT 2. Minimize its window (click the down-arrow) 3. Find the Desktop Manager window 4. Select "Save..." from the "Desktop" menu. The choices on the "Print" menu are also available from the System Menu. This means you don't have to restore the PCPRINT window to see and select these options. Just click once on the PCPRINT icon. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Defining PCPRINT to OS/2 - OS/2 2.0 or 2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Start by dragging a Program icon from the Templates folder to the desired location. You can put PCPRINT in the Productivity system folder, or in any folder you want, or even place it on the desktop. In the PCPRINT Settings notebook, on the Program page, enter the following: o Path and file name: c:\pcprint\pcprint.exe o Parameters: %* profile=c:\pcprint\pcprint.pro o Working directory: c:\pcprint The %* will be replaced by the file name when a file icon is dropped on PCPRINT. On the General page, enter PCPRINT as the title. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Considerations for LAN printing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you are connected to a LAN and want to be able to have the output from PCPRINT printed on a print server, this is what you have to do: 1. Make sure the print driver (IBM4207.DRV for example) that is used on the print server is installed in your workstation also. It should even be the same version. 2. Start the LAN Requester and assign the LAN printer to a printer port (LPT3 for example). 3. Go into Print Manager's Setup menu. Create a printer with a unique name (LAN4207 for example) and assign it to the same port (LPT3). Select the same print driver (IBM4207) as used by the real LAN printer. Click "Printer Properties..." and specify the same form and other options as used on the server. 4. Go into Print Manager's Setup menu. Create a dummy queue (LPT3Q for example ) for the printer. Put this queue in hold. The output will be queued in the queue on the server instead. But the dummy queue is required in order for PCPRINT to find the LAN printer. 5. Before printing a document, use PCPRINT's Printer menu to set the destination to LPT3 or LAN4207. 6. Be aware that the Print Manager display is not always automatically refreshed for LAN jobs. To see the LAN jobs, select Refresh - Refresh Now. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Installing the VM support for PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The VM support for PCPRINT consists of two files: PCPRINT EXEC and PCPRINT XEDIT. It makes it easy to print PROFS or OfficeVision/VM notes, CMS files, documents formatted with SCRIPT or DisplayWrite/370, files in your reader, etc. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Uploading PCPRINT EXEC and PCPRINT XEDIT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Install Communications Manager. Make sure that the configuration file you install is configured with at least one 3270 terminal emulation session. 2. Start Communications Manager and the 3270 emulator session. Use the emulator to logon to the VM host where you wish to install the host files required by PCPRINT. 3. Ensure your VM session is at CMS Ready state. 4. Use the Extended Services Communications Manager SEND command to upload the host files as follows: SEND PCPRINT.EXC id:PCPRINT EXEC A (LRECL 1024 RECFM F SEND PCPRINT.XED id:PCPRINT XEDIT A (LRECL 1024 RECFM F Note: "id" is the identifier of the host emulation session where you wish to install the host files. It may be for example a, b, c, d or e. Enter HELP SEND for more information on the Communications Manager SEND command. 5. Go to you host session and execute the following commands to unpack the VM support files: COPY PCPRINT EXEC A = = A (Replace Unpack COPY PCPRINT XEDIT A = = A (Replace Unpack ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Customizing OfficeVision/VM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use one of the two methods below. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.1. Method 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Create a file named WORKSTAT FILE on one of the CMS disks you are accessing. It must have RECFM=F and LRECL=80 and contain exactly the following five lines: PC EPSIPCWS TESTPC PC Print the document using PCPRINT PC PCPRINT WORKSTAT PC PC All five records have "PC" in columns 1-2. Note the "WORKSTAT" parameter. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.2. Method 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Add a line like the following to the OfficeVision/VM file $$PRNT$$ $$FILE$$: PCPRINT 3270 Print the document using PCPRINT 1403 EXEC PCPRINT PRNTFILE Note the "PRNTFILE" parameter. $$PRNT$$ $$FILE$$ should have RECFM=F and LRECL=100. Several printer definitions can be added, with different options. To provide more space for options, PRNTFILE can be abbreviated to PF. No option can be longer than eight characters. Example (only columns 14 through 100 are shown): PCPRINT the document - draft quality 1403 EXEC PCPRINT PRNTFILE I=0 PCPRINT the document - near letter quality 1403 EXEC PCPRINT PRNTFILE I=2 PCPRINT the document - double spaced and nlq 1403 EXEC PCPRINT PF DS I=2 PCPRINT the document - FOILS style 1403 EXEC PCPRINT PF G W=1 PCPRINT the document - force ANSI ctl chars 1403 EXEC PCPRINT PF ANSI For more information about the options see the next chapter. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Customzing PEEK ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you normally use the standard PROFPEEK profile for PEEK, give the command DEFAULTS SET PEEK PROFILE PCPRINT FOR * (If you don't know which your PEEK profile is, the command DEFAULTS LIST PEEK will tell you.) Use of PCPRINT XEDIT as your PEEK profile will result in slightly faster and easier printing of notes. But it is not mandatory. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Customizing PCPRINT for National Language Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you are using a translated version of OS/2, and/or a non-U.S. keyboard, you have to customize PCPRINT for National Language Support to be able to use the host print support. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Using PCPRINT Base Functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This chapter describes the PCPRINT functions for printing PC files, as opposed to VM or MVS files. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Reading PCPRINT User's Guide On Line ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT.INF is the on-line version of PCPRINT User's Guide and Reference. Use the OS/2 command VIEW to view it: view pcprint This assumes that the directory containing PCPRINT.INF is listed in SET BOOKSHELF= in CONFIG.SYS. If not, you must use a fully qualified file name, for example view d:\pcprint\pcprint.inf ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Starting PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To start PCPRINT, enter a PCPRINT command from the OS/2 command prompt, or select PCPRINT from the Program Group or folder where you installed it. PCPRINT takes a number of options as parameters: pcprint <option> <option> ... These options allow you to control the printing. They are explained below. Examples: pcprint pcprint dest=LPT2 pcprint pl=66 tm=5 rh="File %f printed on 19%y-%m-%d" PCPRINT will display a window similar to this: ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ Γöé PCPRINT Γöé Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ Γöé Profile Printer Session Options Print Help Γöé Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ Γöé Γöé Γöé Current profile: PCPRINT.PRO Γöé Γöé Γöé Γöé Printing to: LPT1 Γöé Γöé Γöé Γöé Host Print status: Inactive Γöé Γöé Γöé Γöé Current host session: None (AUTO) Γöé Γöé Γöé ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. Using profiles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The way PCPRINT prints documents is controlled through a number of options. These options can be entered 1. as command line parameters when PCPRINT.EXE is started, 2. using PCPRINT pull-down menus and associated panels, and 3. in a profile. A profile is a regular ASCII file containing option keywords and values. The default name for this file is PCPRINT.PRO, but you can use any name. When started, PCPRINT will look for PCPRINT.PRO in the current directory, and use it if it finds it, unless you specify a different initial profile. For example: pcprint profile=report5.pro Once PCPRINT is running, you can use the Profile pull-down menu to 1. Load a new profile (Open) 2. Reset all PCPRINT options to their default values (New) 3. Update the current profile with any changed options (Save) 4. Create a new profile (or overwrite an existing one) (Save As...) The recommended way of creating a PCPRINT profile is using the Save As... option under Profiles, but you can also create one using a text editor. Each line has one of these formats: keyword keyword=value<,value><,value>... keyword="string" Example of what a profile might contain: DS PL=66 RH="For XYZ Company Internal Use Only" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4. The Printer menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The output from PCPRINT can be directed to different destinations: 1. PCPRINT can send the output directly to a LPTx or COMx port, using what is known as the device driver interface for printing. LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, COM2 or COM3 can be selected directly from the Printer menu. If, in a LAN environment, you want to print to LPT4 or higher, you can do so by putting DEST=LPT4 in a profile. If the OS/2 print spooler is started, it will intercept the output and hold it in a print queue until the printer is ready to receive it. If you select LPTx/COMx from the Printer menu, you will be presented the "Printer control string" dialog. This allows you to enter an optional string which is sent to the printer immediately before each document and is used to set font, forms length, drawer, etc. More about this later. 2. PCPRINT can use the Presentation Manager interface for printing. This is usually a bit slower than the first method, but has many advantages: o You can use Postscript printers, HP Laserjet printers, and even plotters. o You can select font and character size. o The print driver will often allow you to print sideways (landscape printing), use low or high resolution, print several copies, and more. You request this method by selecting one of the printer names listed in the Printer menu. You will then be presented the "Specify queue, driver and font" dialog described later. This method requires that the OS/2 print spooler is started. 3. PCPRINT can send the output to a file on disk or diskette. The file will be created if it doesn't exist, or appended if it already exists. You request this method by selecting "File..." in the Printer menu. You will then be presented a file name dialog. You can change the destination at any time using the Printer pull-down menu. The print destination can also be set with the DEST keyword as a parameter to PCPRINT.EXE or in a profile. For direct output, specify DEST="LPTx" or DEST="COMx". For PM output, specify DEST="PRINTER" and PRINTER="printer name". In this case you must also specify queue, driver and font - more below. For output to a file, specify DEST="file name". ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5. The Session menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This menu is only used when working with host documents and OS/2 Extended Edition or IBM Extended Services/2. If no 3270 sessions are started, selecting Sessions will just give you a message saying "There are no host sessions". ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6. Printing options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT supports several mechanisms for controlling how a document is printed: 1. Page Layout options for setting margins, headings, footings, etc. 2. Form Feed options for adding or removing form feeds etc. 3. The Printer Control String. This is ignored for PM output. 4. Print driver data and font name, when using the Presentation Manager interface for printing. These options can be entered 1. as command line parameters when PCPRINT.EXE is started 2. in a PCPRINT profile 3. through the following Options menu choices: o Page Layout... o Form Feeds... 4. through the "Printer Control String" dialog 5. through the "Specify queue, driver and font" dialog. If the same option is specified both as a command line parameter and in the initial profile, the command line parameter will override the profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.1. Page Layout options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Page Layout options affect the layout of the printed page. You can define margins at the top, the bottom and the left side, as well as running headings and footings. Number of lines per page This value is used by PCPRINT to figure out when it is time to put out footing and bottom margin. It should not exceed the forms length known by the printer. (The printer forms length can be set using an Esc C nn escape sequence - see Printer Control String - when the device driver interface is used.) The PCPRINT default is 66. This option is coded as PL=number in a PCPRINT profile. Note: This specification can affect the selection of fonts listed in the "Specify queue, driver and font" dialog. Only fonts which are small enough to for the number of lines per page requested here are listed. Top Margin This is the number of blank lines you want at the top of each page. The PCPRINT default is 3. This option is coded as TM=number in a PCPRINT profile. Bottom Margin This is the number of blank lines you want at the bottom of each page. The PCPRINT default is 3. This option is coded as BM=number in a PCPRINT profile. Left Side Margin The output will be adjusted this many characters to the right. (The average character width is used for a proportional font.) If this value is too large, long lines can wrap (direct output) or be truncated (PM output). The PCPRINT default is 0. This option is coded as PM=number in a PCPRINT profile. Initial Page Number If the running heading or footing contains the page number (%n), the first page will have this number. The PCPRINT default is 1. This option is coded as PN=number in a PCPRINT profile. Double Spacing Select this option for double spacing. PCPRINT will add a blank line after each line in the source document. The PCPRINT default is single spacing. This option is coded as DS in a PCPRINT profile. Running Heading This is a string to be be printed after the top margin on each page. Current date, time, page number and file name can be included in the heading. The following substitutions will be made: Code Will be replaced by %y year (last two digits) %m month (two digits) %d day-of-month %h hour (24-hour format) %i minute %s second %n page number %f file name The file name (%f) format depends on the type of document you are printing: o For a PC file, it is the PC file name, including drive and path if given when requesting the printout. o For a VM file, the format is "filename filetype filemode". o For a note displayed with PEEK, it is "userid node A0". o For a note displayed with OfficeVision/VM, it is "userid node A1". o For a Print Screen, %f is replaced by "Session xxxx" where xxxx is the long session name. For %f to work properly, you must use rel 7.1 or later of PCPRINT EXEC and PCPRINT XEDIT. If the device driver interface for printing is used (i.e. if LPTx, COMx or File was selected from the Printer menu), advanced users may include printer control codes and escape sequences in the string. This can be used to make the heading appear in a different style or font. The running heading is not used when printing OfficeVision/VM documents. The PCPRINT default is no running heading. This option is coded as RH="string" in a PCPRINT profile. Running Footing If a footing is specified, a blank line and then the footing will precede the bottom margin. The same substitutions as in the running heading will be made. The PCPRINT default is no running footing. This option is coded as RF="string" in a PCPRINT profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.2. Form Feed options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The form feed options affect the way the paper is fed through the printer. Note that some OS/2 printer drivers also have form feed control settings in their printer properties dialogs. Remove initial form feed Often, the first or second line of a document contains a code for skipping to the start of a new page. If you are already at the top of a page, a blank page will be fed through the printer. Select this option if you want such an initial form feed to be removed. The PCPRINT default is to not remove an initial form feed. This option is coded as REMOVEFF in a PCPRINT profile. Form feeds after each document This is the number of form feeds PCPRINT sends to the printer after printing the last line of the document. The PCPRINT default is to send one form feed. This option is coded as EJECTS=number in a PCPRINT profile. Beep after each document Select this option if you want PCPRINT to beep the speaker when it has completed the processing of a document. The PCPRINT default is to remain silent. This option is coded as BEEP in a PCPRINT profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.3. The printer control string ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The "Printer Control String" dialog is invoked when you select LPTx or COMx from the Printer menu. This dialog allows you to specify a string of hex codes which is sent to the printer immediately before the first line of each document. It can be used to set condensed mode, select font and print quality, and more - exactly what you can do depends on what type of printer you are using. You can modify the string by entering new values or changing values from the keyboard. You can also add control codes and escape sequences by double-clicking on entries in a list box. As with all options, you can save the printer control string you have built by using the Profile pull-down menu. A printer control string can be specified in a profile using the PCONTROL keyword. Example: PCONTROL ="07 1B 58 05 4B" It is also possible, and maybe easier, to use keywords for the individual control codes and escape sequences which make up the printer control string. For example, the printer control string above could have been specified as BEL X=5,75 Printer Control Codes The following control codes can be selected from the Printer Control listbox or specified using a keyword. The effect of each code varies somewhat from printer to printer. Consult the Guide to Operations manual for your printer. For example, on a Proprinter, Shift In starts compressed mode printing and Device Control 2 ends it. Keyword Code (hex) and meaning BEL 07=Bell BS 08=Backspace HT 09=Horizontal Tab LF 0A=Line Feed VT 0B=Vertical Tab FF 0C=Form Feed CR 0D=Carriage Return SO 0E=Shift Out SI 0F=Shift In DC1 11=Device Control 1 DC2 12=Device Control 2 DC3 13=Device Control 3 DC4 14=Device Control 4 CAN 18=Cancel Printer Escape Sequences Escape sequences are used to set tab positions, select print quality, and other things which require more than a simple control code. An escape sequence consists of the Esc character (x'1B'), a command character, and zero or more values. The Guide to Operations manual for your printer will show exactly which escape sequences you can use to control your particular printer. If you double-click on the "Escape Sequence..." line in the Printer Control listbox, PCPRINT will display a panel which lets you enter a command character and up to five values. An escape sequences can be defined in a profile in the following format: c<=number><,number><,number>... where c is a the command character and the numbers are the values in decimal. For example, X=5,75 will cause the following addition to the printer control string: 1B 58 05 4B The following escape command codes are supported by most printers: B Set vertical tabs C Set page length D Set horizontal tabs E Start emphasized printing F Cancel emphasized printing G Start double-strike printing H Cancel double-strike printing I Select print mode, font, or quality W Control double-wide printing X Set margins 9 Stop at end-of-page See the printer Guide to Operations for details about values to use etc. Note: The command character (B, C, D, etc) must be in UPPER CASE. Example: The following specification could be useful for a Quietwriter which has no sheet feed or form feed feature: C=62 9 X=15 HT HT HT CR which alternatively could be specified as PCONTROL="1B 43 3E 1B 39 1B 58 0F 09 09 09 0D" (The Horizontal Tabs are used to get the carriage past the left margin before printing the first line.) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.4. Print queue, print driver and font options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The "Specify queue, driver and font" dialog is invoked when you select a printer name from the Printer menu, and thus request the Presentation Manager interface for printing. The dialog is used to select print queue, print driver, driver data, and font for the print job. The current queue, driver and font are displayed and can be modified. Note that if you have more than one printer defined, the current values could apply to another printer and may not be valid for the printer you work with now. The listboxes will show the valid values. You may have to do some experimenting to find the best combination of font, number of lines per page and page margin (in the page layout dialog) for a particular type of print job. When done, use Profile Save or Save As... to save the selections. Print queue There may be more than one queue defined for the selected printer. Use the drop down list to select the desired queue. For example, a 4019 might have one queue for PPDS jobs, one for HP Laserjet jobs, and one for Postscript jobs. All queues are normally held except the one corresponding to the mode in which the 4109 is currently started. Regardless of the current status, you can direct your PCPRINT output to the desired queue. This option is coded as QUEUE="string" in a PCPRINT profile. There is no default. Print driver There may be more than one print driver defined for the selected printer. Use the drop down list to select the desired driver. For example, a 4019 might have one driver for PPDS jobs, one for HP Laserjet jobs, and one for Postscript jobs. The selection will affect which fonts that are available. This option is coded as DRIVER="string" in a PCPRINT profile. If the driver contains a period (for example, "PSCRIPT.IBM 4019 v52_1 (39 Fonts)" ), the name before the period is coded as DRIVER="string" and the name after the period is coded as DEVICE="string". There are no defaults. Driver data When you change to a new print driver, or click the "Driver data" push button, the print driver will display a dialog allowing you to specify things like resolution, paper format, portrait or landscape printing, and number of copies. Please note that this dialog is provided by the print driver, not by PCPRINT. PCPRINT only invokes it. The driver data is coded as DRIVDATA1="string1" and DRIVDATA2="string2" in a PCPRINT profile. String1 contains the total driver data length in hex (byte 1-4), the driver version number in hex (byte 5-12) and possibly a device name (byte 13-44). String2 is the remaining driver data in hex. The length of String2 is (total driver data length - 40)*2. There are no defaults. The recommended way of placing this information in a PCPRINT profile is by using Profile Save or Save As... The profile should be re-saved if you apply service to the OS/2 print driver, since the version number and the format of the data may have changed. Font source Select Device font to use a font specifically made for the selected printer. Such a font is normally faster and nicer looking than a generic font. Select Generic font to use a font which is available on all printers and screens. On some printers, this is the only way to get an outline font. An outline font can be scaled to any size and can be printed sideways. The selection affects which fonts that are displayed when the List fonts pushbutton is clicked. Font spacing Select Proportional spacing unless the document contains tables or other information that needs to be aligned. In that case, specify Fixed spacing. The selection affects which fonts that are displayed when the List fonts pushbotton is clicked. Font name When you click "List fonts", the "Fonts" listbox will be filled with fonts that are o device or generic fonts, as desired o proportionally or fixed spaced fonts, as desired o small enough to provide the desired number of lines per page, as specified in the "Number of lines per page" field in the Page Layout dialog. If there is no such font, you will get an error message. In that case, change font type, or decrease the number of lines per page. The reason could also be that you have specified an invalid combination of printer, queue and driver. Click the down-arrows in the Queue and Driver fields to list valid names. The currently selected font is shown above the listbox. It can be replaced by clicking on a font in the listbox. The font specification has three parts: 1. The font face name 2. The character cell size (horizontal x vertical) for a raster font, or "(Outline)" for an outline font. 3. The font match value. The match value plus the face name identifies a particular font. The match value is negative for a device font, positive for a generic font. There may be more than one raster font with the same face name and cell size. Then you will have to experiment to find the difference. An outline font can be scaled to any size and can be printed sideways. But a raster font with a given size normally prints faster and looks better than an outline font scaled to the same size. The selected font is coded as FONT="string" in a PCPRINT profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7. Printing a file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To invoke the Print PC File function, 1. Select the PCPRINT window or icon. 2. Press Ctrl-f or select Print PC File from the Print pull-down menu or the System Menu. 3. You will be prompted for a file name. 4. The file you specified will now be printed, according to the options you have selected. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8. Printing files using drag and drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ With OS/2 1.3, files can be dragged from File Manager and dropped on the PCPRINT icon or window. You can mark several files (up to 25) and drag and drop the whole group on PCPRINT. They will then be printed one at a time. In OS/2 1.3, if PCPRINT is not started, a single file can be dragged and dropped on the PCPRINT icon in the Program Group containing PCPRINT. PCPRINT will start, print this file, and terminate. With OS/2 2.x, files can be printed by dragging them from a drives folder and dropping them on the icon representing the PCPRINT program (not the icon representing a running copy of PCPRINT, if you have choosen, in the OS/2 System settings, to have minimized windows placed on the desktop). Make sure the PCPRINT settings are sutiable for this. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9. Printing PC files with host-type control characters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Documents on S/370 hosts often contain machine-type or ANSI-type control characters in column 1 of each line. PC documents almost never have such control characters. The exception to this rule is when you have downloaded a document with control characters from a host. PCPRINT will print ANSI documents correctly if you specify ANSI, as a command line option or in a profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10. Closing PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To close PCPRINT, o press F3, or o select Exit from the Profile pull-down, or o select Close from the System Menu. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.11. Printing just one file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Sometimes you may want PCPRINT to print just one file, and then terminate. If you enter the name of the PC file to printed as the FIRST parameter, PCPRINT will print this file and then terminate, without ever putting up its window. For example: pcprint letter1.txt profile=c:\pcprint\letters.pro pcprint test.dat ansi pcprint d:\reports\august.rep rh="File %f printed on 19%y-%m-%d" pm=5 The file name must contain a period. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Using PCPRINT with VM ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This chapter describes how to use PCPRINT to print VM documents like files, notes, and OfficeVision/VM calendars. This requires that you use OS/2 Extended Edition, IBM Extended Services/2, or IBM Communications Manager/2, that Communications Manager 3270 Emulation is started, and at least one host session is active. Please note that if you are using OS/2 Extended Edition release 1.2, it must be at CSD level 4064 or later. The SYSLEVEL command will show your current level. PCPRINT allows you to request the printing of host documents from the host side, without leaving the 3270 emulation window. Host documents sometimes have ANSI- or IBM-defined control characters in the first column. PCPRINT supports such control characters. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Specifying the host session ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can tell PCPRINT to work with a specific host session. Or you can use automatic session selection (the default). To request a specific session, o enter its name as the first parameter to PCPRINT.EXE pcprint <session_id> <option> <option> ... where "session_id" is - the one-character short name, or - the two- to eight-character long name of the session. o or specify SOURCE=short-name or SOURCE=long-name in a profile. If the specified session is not active when PCPRINT is started, PCPRINT will wait for it. A check is made every 10 seconds (see Checking Interval.) Once PCPRINT is running, you can use the Sessions pull-down menu to change session. PCPRINT will dynamically create the Sessions pull-down menu each time you select it, so newly started sessions will be included. If you want to use PCPRINT for multiple host sessions, with the same formatting options, use automatic session selection. When you switch to a new host session (for example by selecting it from the Task List, or by clicking with the mouse in its window), PCPRINT will automatically change session also. To request automatic session selection, specify AUTO as the first parameter, put SOURCE=AUTO in a profile, or select AUTO from the Sessions pull-down menu. Or do nothing - AUTO is the default. You can run multiple copies of PCPRINT, some monitoring specific host sessions, and one (using AUTO) monitoring the remaining sessions. Even if they all process documents at the same time and send them to the same printer, the printouts will not be intermixed - the OS/2 print spooler will take care of that. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. Controlling the Host Print function ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Host Print function can be in one of three states, as shown on the "Host Print status" line in the PCPRINT window: 1. Inactive: A specified 3270 session has not been started. Or you use automatic session selection but no 3270 sessions are started. Or Host Print has been manually deactivated. 2. Active - waiting: You can now enter print requests from the 3270 session shown on the "Current host session" line. 3. Processing document xxxxxxx: The named document is being downloaded from the host and sent to the printer. You can manually activate or deactivate Host Print at any time, from the Print pull-down menu or the System Menu. There are three reasons why you might want to deactivate Host Print: 1. To interrupt the processing of a large document. 2. If it slows down other programs too much. 3. If it interferes with other host communication programs. For the large majority of users, only the first item is of any interest. If you don't want PCPRINT to activate Host Print automatically, start PCPRINT with the STARTINACTIVE option. To make this the default, put STARTINACTIVE in the default profile PCPRINT.PRO. Example: pcprint e startinactive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3. Printing a VM note - OfficeVision/VM users ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ When looking at your mail, select "Print" with PF8 (as usual). Then select a printer definition which uses PCPRINT. Then press Enter. The note will now be printed. PCPRINT will display the note in a special format, with a double quote in the first position in the command area. This is the signal to PCPRINT.EXE to start printing the note. If the screen stays this way and nothing more happens, chances are that PCPRINT.EXE has not been started, or that it is monitoring the wrong host session. See Nothing happens in the Problem Determination chapter. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.4. Printing non-OfficeVision/VM documents in your reader ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ When leaving Incoming Mail, you will be asked if you want to see a list of non-OfficeVision/VM documents in your reader. If you answer yes, and want to print one of the items in the list, just type PCPRINT to the left of the item to be printed (under Cmd). ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5. Printing a VM note from PEEK, NOTE or RDRLIST ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5.1. Printing from PEEK ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ With PCPRINT as your PEEK profile If you have set PCPRINT as your PEEK profile, just press PF2. This will put a special character (a grave accent in the U.S.) in the first position in the XEDIT command field. This is the signal to PCPRINT.EXE to start printing the note. Don't hit Enter. When the note has been sent to the PC printer (or to the PC file), you will get the message PCPRINT processing complete You can now continue to work with the note. Note: On some VM systems, the special character is displayed as a double quote. This will happen for example if your workstation is defined to VM as a 3277. This will also work, but PCPRINT will issue a QUIT command instead of displaying the PCPRINT processing complete message. Note: On non-U.S. VM systems, the special character will usually be something else than a grave accent, for example an accented character. In that case you must create a PCPRINT profile with MSGSIGNAL=this character. See National Language Support. With any PEEK profile Regardless of what your PEEK profile is, you can print the note by typing "pcprint" in the command area (after the arrow). and hitting Enter. PCPRINT will format the screen in a special way and put a double quote in the first position in the XEDIT command area. This is the signal to PCPRINT.EXE to start printing the note. When the note has been sent to the PC printer (or to the PC file), the screen will be restored to its original layout. You can also include options. For example pcprint (rh="The first note from John" If the screen remains with a special character in the command area and nothing more happens, chances are that PCPRINT.EXE has not been started, or that it is monitoring the wrong host session. See Nothing happens in the Problem Determination chapter. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5.2. Printing the note you are typing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ After completing the note, but before sending it, you can print it by typing "pcprint" in the command area. You can also include options. For example pcprint (rh="My answer to John's first note" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5.3. Printing from RDRLIST ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You don't have to PEEK a note to print it - you can do it from the RDRLIST panel. Simply type "pcprint" on the line with the note you want to print. As always, you can include options. For example pcprint / (rh="The second note from John" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.6. Printing a VM file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT EXEC can be used to print any regular VM file with a maximum record length of 79 bytes. To do this, give the command pcprint fn <ft> <fm> <(options...> The defaults are SCRIPT for ft, and * for fm. The options are the PCPRINT Base Support options plus some new ones, explained below. Examples: pcprint summary table b (pm=10 ds pcprint invit letter (cc notrc dest=lpt2 pcprint monthrep listing (dest=monthrep.scr The command can also be given from FILELIST. OfficeVision/VM users can use the OfficeVision/VM functions for printing files. PCPRINT will invoke XEDIT, automatically issue FORward commands to page through the file, and then issue a QUIT command to leave XEDIT and return to wherever you invoked PCPRINT from (FILELIST for example). If you decide you don't want to print the whole file, use the following procedure to stop the printing: 1. Go to the PCPRINT window. 2. Press Ctrl-d or select Deactivate Host Print from the Print pull-down menu or the System Menu. 3. What you have processed so far will be released to the OS/2 Print Spooler. OS/2 functions can be used to cancel the print job. 4. Press Ctrl-a or select Activate Host Print to activate PCPRINT again. Note: PCPRINT is dependent on OS/2 to to do the translation from EBCDIC to ASCII. Box characters may not be correctly translated. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.7. Scripting and printing SCRIPT source files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ A VM file with filetype SCRIPT normally contains SCRIPT/GML tags. OfficeVision/VM users can format and print such a document in one step using the following command: profs hardcopy fn ft <fm> If OfficeVision/VM is not installed, you have to script the document (use the SCRIPT command) and then use PCPRINT to print the output from SCRIPT. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.8. Printing from within XEDIT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you are editing or browsing a file with XEDIT and decide you want to print it, just type "pcprint" in the command area and hit Enter. You can also include options. For example pcprint (rh="Outline of my report" If you don't want to print the whole file, use the XEDIT prefix commands X or XX to exclude the parts you don't want to print. Only the "viewed" parts of the file are printed. If you want to print another file than the one you are editing, you don't have to leave XEDIT to do it. Just include the file name in the pcprint command. For example pcprint chapter2 script (ds ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.9. Printing wide documents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Normally, you cannot print documents with lines longer than 79 characters. This is possible only if your host session is defined, in Communications Manager and on the host, as having more than 80 columns. For example, the session can be defined as a 3270 model 5 session, with 27 lines and 132 columns. Many systems also support non-standard sizes like 24 lines and 85 columns. If your host session is set up this way, PCPRINT lets you print lines as wide as your session width minus 1. If your printer can print lines that long is a different story. The Shift In printer control code (SI option) might be useful, to start compressed mode printing. If lines wrap and you are not sure if it is a host or a PCPRINT or a printer problem, select File... from the Printer pull-down menu, print to a file, and examine the file. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.10. Entering PCPRINT options from the host side ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ All the PCPRINT options explained in chapter 4 (except SOURCE and PROFILE), can be entered from the host side. If you are using PCPRINT EXEC or are invoking PCPRINT XEDIT directly, just type the options after a left parenthesis. Use the same keywords and values as you would use in a PCPRINT profile. Examples: pcprint imspars log a (pm=3 I=2 exec pcprint prob8904 report (rh="Problem report" ds pcprint febr summary b (dest=d:\febrsum.wks pcprint (ds (entered from within XEDIT) When using OfficeVision/VM print functions, put the options last in $$PRNT$$ $$FILE$$. For examples, see chapter 3. In this case you cannot use an option if the length of the keyword plus its operands (if any) exceeds 8 characters. So "pm=3" is OK but "DEST=COM1" is not. Options entered from the host side only remain in effect while the print request for which they were entered is executed. Printer control codes and escape sequences entered from the host side will create a temporary extension to the printer control string. For example, suppose you enter pcprint imspars log a (pm=3 I=2 pcprint prob8904 report (rh="Problem report" ds Then imspars log will be printed with a left side margin of 3. An escape sequence (Esc I 2 or 1B 49 02 hex) will be added at the end of the printer control string before printing it. But prob8904 report will be printed with whatever left side margin value and printer control string that were in effect before the printing of imspars log was requested. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.11. Printing documents with control characters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Many host documents have printer control characters in column 1, with meanings like "skip three lines", "skip to a new page", etc. Two types of control characters are commonly used: IBM-defined (also called machine-type and S/370-type) and ANSI-defined (also called ASA control characters). Output from SCRIPT/VS normally has IBM-defined control characters. The OfficeVision/VM calendar has ANSI control characters. PCPRINT supports both types. You can use the CC and ANSI options to explicitly tell PCPRINT to treat column 1 of the document as containing IBM or ANSI control characters, respectively. You can use the NOCC option to explicitly tell PCPRINT to treat column 1 as data. Or you can let PCPRINT decide. PCPRINT then uses the following logic to determine the type of control characters present. 1. PCPRINT assumes a. CC if the file type is LIST3800, PRINT, or PRINTCC b. CC if the file type is SCRIPT and the file name starts with a dollar sign c. ANSI if the file type is 1403 d. ANSI if the file type is PRINTLOG and the file name is CALENDAR (as it is for a OfficeVision/VM calendar) e. ANSI if the file type is $$LOG$$ and the file name is $$TEMP$$. f. ANSI if the first line contains "DisplayWrite/370" starting in column 3 2. If the PCPRINT still doesn't know, column 1 of the data is examined. If at least one record has a valid machine-type control character in column 1, CC is assumed. 3. In all other cases, PCPRINT assumes that there are no control characters. If PCPRINT formats the document according to control characters, all Page Layout options are ignored, with one exception: The side margin value (PM) is used. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.11.1. IBM-defined control characters supported by PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following IBM-defined control characters are supported: Code (hex) and meaning PCPRINT action after printing the line 01 = Write w/o spacing Add CR only 03 = No operation Ignore the line 09 = Space one line Add CR LF 0B = Space one line Add CR LF 11 = Space two lines Add CR LF LF 13 = Space two lines Add CR LF LF 19 = Space three lines Add CR LF LF LF 1B = Space three lines Add CR LF LF LF 89 = Skip to channel 1 Add CR FF 8B = Skip to channel 1 Add CR FF CR = Carriage Return, LF = Line Feed, FF = Form Feed. PCPRINT will change IBM-defined control characters in column 1 to displayable characters (0 to 9). These changes are temporary and will not be saved unless you explicitly do it (which you shouldn't). Doing a RECEIVE from the PEEK screen is OK, since RECEIVE gets the data from the reader and ignores any changes made while PEEKing. Note: If you download a file with IBM-defined control characters to the PC, and request EBCDIC to ASCII conversion, the control characters will be translated also. PCPRINT cannot print such a PC file correctly. PCPRINT can only interpret the control characters listed above, and the corresponding displayable characters set by PCPRINT XEDIT. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.11.2. ANSI-defined control characters supported by PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following ANSI-defined control characters are supported: Code and meaning PCPRINT action before printing the line blank = Space 1 line Add CR LF 0 = Space 2 lines Add CR LF LF - = Space 3 lines Add CR LF LF LF + = Suppress space Add CR only 1 = Skip to new page Add FF CR = Carriage Return, LF = Line Feed, FF = Form Feed. Note: If you download a file with ANSI control characters to the PC, and request EBCDIC to ASCII conversion, the control characters will be translated also. PCPRINT will print such a PC file correctly if you specify the ANSI option on the command line or in a profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.12. Printing documents with table reference characters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Documents formatted for printing on the 3800 often have table reference characters in column 2. These control the character set to be used. If such a document is to be printed with PCPRINT, the TRC option is recommended. The table reference characters will then be suppressed by PCPRINT. TRC assumes CC. TRC with ANSI is not supported. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.13. Closing PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To close PCPRINT, o press F3, or o select Exit from the Profile pull-down, or o select Close from the System Menu. Note: If you stop Communications Manager, you cannot restart it unless you close PCPRINT first. (This is a CM limitation and not PCPRINT's fault.) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.14. Printing just one host document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you want PCPRINT to terminate automatically after having printed one host document, start PCPRINT with the ONCE option. For example, pcprint once rh="The note from David" pm=5 dest=note1.txt PCPRINT will display its window while processing the document (or waiting for you to issue the commands on the host side to request the printout, if you haven't already done that). You can interrupt the processing by selecting Deactivate Host Print from the Print menu or the System Menu. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Using PCPRINT with MVS TSO ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT is made primarily for the VM environment. However, it is possible to print a document displayed with TSO ISPF BROWSE. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Starting PCPRINT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Start PCPRINT with a profile like the one supplied as PCPRINT.TSO: pcprint profile=c:\PCPRINT\pcprint.tso PCPRINT TSO contains the following statements. If you want to understand how this works, please read How PCPRINT works. /screentm=3 /screenbm=0 /cmdline=2 /cmdcol=15 /msgsignal="L" /top="OCATE 0" /for="DOWN 21" /eof="******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA" /idline=1 /idcol=2 /idtext=BROWSE /msgline=0 /msg="locate 0" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Printing an MVS file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To print a file, 1. Display it with TSO ISPF BROWSE. 2. Type an L (letter ell) in upper case on the command line when you want printing to start. Since TOP is defined as "OCATE 0", the command "LOCATE 0" will be executed. 3. When printing is complete, another "locate 0" will take you back to the top of the file again (MSG command). This time locate is in lower case, to avoid triggering a new printout. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3. Limitations with MVS TSO ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Printer control characters in col 1 and table reference characters in col 2 are not supported in this environment. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Using PCPRINT's Print Screen support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This support allows you to print host session screens, formatted with headings and footings, by just pressing the Print Screen key. You can also copy the text on the host session screen to a file. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Printing the host session screen ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To print the screen of a 3270 session, just press the Print Screen key. (Don't hold down the shift key.) If the 3270 session you are using is the "Current host session" for PCPRINT, PCPRINT will print the presentation space, in accordance with the options you have selected. If a running heading or footing is specified, and the string contains "%f", the %f will be replaced by "Session xxxx" where xxxx is the long session name. If for some reason the Print Screen key does not work, use this procedure: 1. Select the PCPRINT window or icon. 2. Press Ctrl-s or select Print Host Screen from the Print pull-down menu or from the System Menu. This procedure will work even if you forgot to put PCPRINT.DLL in a LIBPATH directory. Communications Manager also has a Print Screen function. This can be requested by pressing shift-PrintScreen (unless keyboard remap has been used to move it somewhere else). This function is not affected by PCPRINT. In OS/2 2.x, there is also a general Print Screen function, which will print an open window or the whole desktop (unless disabled in the System Settings notebook). This function is also requested by pressing the PrintScreen key. To avoid duplicates, PCPRINT disables the OS/2 Print Screen function for 3270 windows during startup. You can only print text with PCPRINT. If you are displaying graphics, using GDDM OS/2 Link, only the text on the screen (if any) is printed. To print the graphics, stop PCPRINT and use the OS/2 2.x Print Screen function. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Copying the screen to a file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To copy the screen to a file, just select Printer - File... from the PCPRINT menu before pressing Print Screen. Each time you press Print Screen, the file will be appended. This way you can easily save a whole host dialog in a single file. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. Printing the host session screen once ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If all you want to do is to print the host session screen and then terminate PCPRINT, you can do this without ever seeing the PCPRINT window. Enter the following command: pcprint screen This will print the host screen according to the specifications in PCPRINT.PRO. You can add other options on the command line, for example pcprint screen source=vmsess2 rh="This is the first VM error message" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Customizing the Host Print function ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This chapter describes a number of options which modify the way Host Print works. Normally, you need not worry about this. Read this section if o you are using a translated version of OS/2, and/or a non-U.S. keyboard o you don't want to use the standard PCPRINT XEDIT macro o you want to understand more about how PCPRINT works. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. How PCPRINT works ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ To use the customization options, you must understand the main logic of PCPRINT: 1. PCPRINT will look, at two seconds intervals, for a certain character in the first position of the XEDIT command line. 2. If PCPRINT finds this character, it checks that the VM screen is formatted by PCPRINT XEDIT. It does this by checking for the string "PCPRINT" starting in line 20 column 17. If PCPRINT didn't do this, printing could start accidentally. 3. If everything is OK, PCPRINT will a. retrieve the message line, which may contain PCPRINT options b. send a TOP command c. print lines 4 through 19 d. send a FOR command e. print lines 4 through 19 f. send a FOR command g. etc until "* * * End Of File * * *" is found. 4. PCPRINT will then send a "COMMAND QUIT" command or a "MSG PCPRINT processing complete" command, depending on which character that triggered PCPRINT to start printing. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. The customization options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The behavior described above can be modified through the Host Screen Format and the Host Communication panels, both of which are available from the Options pull-down menu. You can change the values in the panels interactively until PCPRINT works as you want it to, and then save the options in a profile. Or you can create the profile using an editor and the keywords listed below. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2.1. Host Screen Format options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT must know how the host screen is formatted to be able to retrieve documents from the host. The options in this dialog can be used to customize PCPRINT to your host environment. If you use VM and the standard PCPRINT host support, there is no need to change these values. For TSO, there is a sample profile in PCPRINT PACKAGE called PCPRINT TSO. Command Line This is he line number for the line where the command input area is. (In the VM XEDIT case, this is the area after ====> .) A negative number means 'counted from the bottom'. So -2 means line 23 on a regular 3270 model 2 session. The PCPRINT default is -2. This option is coded as CMDLINE=number in a PCPRINT profile. Command Column This is he column where the first character of a host command is entered. The PCPRINT default is 7. This option is coded as CMDCOL=number in a PCPRINT profile. Identification Line The "Identification" concept is used to ensure that the expected panel is on the host screen before lines to printed are retrieved or a command is issued. PCPRINT verifies that the Identification Text is on the Identification Line, starting in the Identification Column. A negative number means 'counted from the bottom'. So -5 means line 20 on a regular 3270 model 2 session. The PCPRINT default is -5. This option is coded as IDLINE=number in a PCPRINT profile. Identification Column PCPRINT verifies that the Identification Text is on the Identification Line, starting in this column. The PCPRINT default is 17. This option is coded as IDCOL=number in a PCPRINT profile. Identification Text PCPRINT verifies that this text is on the Identification Line, starting in the Identification Column. The PCPRINT default is "PCPRINT". This option is coded as IDTEXT="string" in a PCPRINT profile. Message Line This is the line number for the line where the host PCPRINT command is echoed. Any text on this line following the first left parenthesis will be used as a PCPRINT option. To suppress this feature, set the message line number to 0. A negative number means 'counted from the bottom'. So -3 means line 22 on a regular 3270 model 2 session. The PCPRINT default is -3. This option is coded as MSGLINE=number in a PCPRINT profile. Screen Top Margin This is the number of lines to be skipped at the top of each screen. The PCPRINT default is 3. This option is coded as SCREENTM=number in a PCPRINT profile. Screen Bottom Margin This is the number of lines to be skipped at the bottom of each screen. The PCPRINT default is 5. This option is coded as SCREENBM=number in a PCPRINT profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2.2. Host Communication options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ These options define the signals and commands used to communicate between the PC part and the host part of PCPRINT. If you use VM and the standard PCPRINT host support, there is no need to change these values. For TSO, there is a sample profile in PCPRINT PACKAGE called PCPRINT TSO. Advanced users may include EHLLAPI keyboard mnemonics in the TOP, FOR, QQ and MSG strings. For example, @R for Reset or @8 for PF8. Use at your own risk. See EHLLAPI Programming Reference (S04G-1027) for the complete list of codes. Primary trigger character When PCPRINT finds this character in the first position of the command input area, it will start retrieving the document. The PCPRINT default is ". This option is coded as QQSIGNAL=character in a PCPRINT profile. Alternate trigger character Works the same as the Primary trigger character. The only difference is that the Alternate final command will be issued last instead of the Primary final command. The PCPRINT default is a grave accent (ASCII x'60'). This default is fine for the U.S., but must be changed in most other countries. This option is coded as MSGSIGNAL=character in a PCPRINT profile. Checking Interval This value determines how often PCPRINT will look for the trigger characters in the command input area. The unit is seconds. If you are running many copies of PCPRINT at the same time (monitoring different sessions), or if you are using a comparatively slow PC, you may want to increase the checking interval. Otherwise other programs, including the 3270 emulator, may be slowed down by PCPRINT. But if you increase this value, PCPRINT will not respond as fast to your host printing requests. The PCPRINT default is 2 seconds. If you change this value, the change will not take effect until you restart PCPRINT. Therefore you should select Profile - Save after making the change. This option is coded as INTERVAL=number in a PCPRINT profile. Initial command This is the first command sent to the host when one of the trigger characters is found in the command input area. The PCPRINT default is "TOP". This option is coded as TOP="string" in a PCPRINT profile. Page forward command This command will be sent to the host when a screen full of data has been processed. The PCPRINT default is "FOR". This option is coded as FOR="string" in a PCPRINT profile. End-of-file string PCPRINT will look for this string to indicate the end of the document. The string MUST start in column 1. The comparison is made without regard for lower and upper case. Only as many bytes as are specified here are used in the comparison. The PCPRINT default is "* * * End Of File * * *". This option is coded as EOF="string" in a PCPRINT profile. Primary final command This command will be sent to the host after the End-of-file string has been detected, if processing was triggered by the primary trigger character. The PCPRINT default is "COMMAND QUIT". This option is coded as QQ="string" in a PCPRINT profile. Alternate final command This command will be sent to the host after the End-of-file string has been detected, if processing was triggered by the alternate trigger character. The PCPRINT default is "MSG PCPRINT processing complete". This option is coded as MSG="string" in a PCPRINT profile. Emulator task title This text identifies an entry in the OS/2 Task List as a 3270 session. You only need to change this if you are using a translated version of OS/2. For example, when using the French version, specify "Emulateur 3270". The PCPRINT default is "3270 Emulator". This option is coded as EMULATOR="string" in a PCPRINT profile. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3. National Language Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you are using a translated version of OS/2, you may have to specify a Emulator task title that is different from the default "3270 Emulator". See the preceding paragraph. If you are using a non-U.S. keyboard, or other code pages than the ones used normally in the U.S., you may have to change the Alternate trigger character. Check which character that is displayed in the XEDIT command area when you try to print a note from RDRLIST/PEEK, and then set this as the Alternate trigger character (MSGSIGNAL=x). You might also want use the C=nn and PL=nn options to set the paper length and number of lines per page to something else than 66. If you put all these options in PCPRINT.PRO, they will automatically take effect when you start PCPRINT. All messages and other text strings used in PCPRINT are stored in a so-called resource file. All help information is in another separate file. This makes it relatively easy to translate PCPRINT to another language. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Problem determination ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. General hints ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. If you are using the host print support, try to isolate the problem to the host side or the PC side. The best way of doing this is to a. find a colleague who has PCPRINT working, b. log on with your VM or TSO id from his workstation. If PCPRINT now works, there is something wrong with the PC side of your installation. Review the "Installing PCPRINT" section. c. ask him to log on with his id from your workstation. If PCPRINT now works, there is something wrong with the host side. If using VM, check that you access the same versions of PCPRINT EXEC, PCPRINT XEDIT, WORKSTAT FILE and $$PRNT$$ $$FILE$$ as your colleague. 2. If the problem seems to be with the Host Print function, o Read How PCPRINT works. o Check the values in the Host Screen Format and Host Communication panels and make sure they are correct. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.2. PCPRINT error messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT error messages are shown in a dialog box, with the following explanation available through the Help button: The following string cannot be found in the task list PCPRINT expects to find the string in the Task List entries for the 3270 sessions. If you are using a translated version of OS/2, you have to select Host Communication from the Options menu and change 3270 emulator task title. PCPRINT.DLL could not be loaded. Make sure PCPRINT.DLL is in a directory listed in the LIBPATH statement in CONFIG.SYS. Until this error is corrected, automatic session selection will not work. And print screen cannot be done by pressing the Print Screen key, only by selecting Print host screen from the Print menu. PCPRINT.DLL is corrupt. Make sure PCPRINT.DLL has been correctly downloaded and that you are not using an old version. Until this error is corrected, automatic session selection will not work. And print screen cannot be done by pressing the Print Screen key, only by selecting Print host screen from the Print menu. PCPRINT.DLL is not responding. Make sure PCPRINT.DLL has been correctly downloaded and that you are not using an old version. Until this error is corrected, automatic session selection will not work. And print screen cannot be done by pressing the Print Screen key, only by selecting Print host screen from the Print menu. Your FCLDLGP.DLL is back-level. Get the latest version. PCPRINT wanted to use FCLDLGP.DLL but obtained a version of this file which was too old for PCPRINT to use. Use PMSEEK to find all copies of FCLDLGP.DLL in your system and erase them. Then install the version which comes with the latest version of PCPRINT. Until this error is corrected, PCPRINT will use a very rudimentary file selection dialog. Error printing this PC file The file could not be printed. The most probable cause is an incorrect file name. Error printing host screen. The host screen could not be printed. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.3. OfficeVision/VM Error messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you get an error message from OfficeVision/VM when you try to print a OfficeVision/VM document, you probably haven't set up WORKSTAT FILE and/or $$PRNT$$ $$FILE$$ exactly as specified in chapter 3. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4. Formatting problems ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If PCPRINT doesn't seem to honor IBM-defined or ANSI control characters, try printing the document with Host Print inactive. This will give you a chance to check what is displayed on the XEDIT command line before PCPRINT.EXE issues the TOP command. The first character should be a grave accent or a double quote. The second character should be M for a file with IBM-defined control characters, A for a file with ANSI control characters, T for a file with table reference characters. If it is not, using the CC, ANSI or TRC option might be the solution. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.5. Collisions with other communication programs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ PCPRINT will not monopolize the host session. It will connect to the host session for a few milliseconds once every two seconds to see if there is work for it to be done. You don't have to stop PCPRINT to run SEND, RECEIVE, CMMOUSE, or other host communication programs. Occasionally, the other communication program may display an error message, complaining that the host session is already in use by PCPRINT. This only means it tried to connect to the host session during the few milliseconds PCPRINT is connected. Just try again. If this happens too often, there are several things you can do: 1. You can decrease the risk for collisions by increasing the Checking Interval. 2. You can deactivate Host Print before starting the other communication program. Or you can start PCPRINT with the STARTINACTIVE option and activate Host Print only when you want to PCPRINT a document. See Controlling the Host Print function. 3. You can use the PCPRCTRL program. The following is the help information displayed if you enter PCPRCTRL without parameters. Syntax: PCPRCTRL function session_id where "function" is SUSPEND, RESUME, CHECK or STOP and "session_id" is a one-character short session name. SUSPEND: This will stop PCPRINT from trying to connect to the specified session. Use to avoid collisions with other communication programs. RESUME: PCPRINT will resume normal operation for the specified session. CHECK: PCPRCTRL will display the current status of the specified session. STOP: This can be used to stop PCPRINT from a .CMD file. Example: A CMD file for file downloading might contain: d:\pcprint\pcprctrl suspend a (statements to run the file downloading program) d:\pcprint\pcprctrl resume a PCPRCTRL requires PCPRINT release 2.6 or later. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.6. "Nothing happens" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If the note or file is displayed on your screen but not printed, check 1. that PCPRINT.EXE is running and displays "Host Print status: Active - waiting". 2. that "Current host session: " shows the right host session. 3. that there is a special character (EBCDIC x'79', which is a grave accent in the U.S.) or a double quote (") in the first position of the XEDIT command input area. 4. that the same character is shown as Primary trigger character or Alternate trigger character in the Options - Host Communication panel. 5. that PCPRINT knows where the XEDIT command input area is. Check Command Line and Command Column in the Options - Host Screen Format panel. 6. that the string PCPRINT (or whatever you have specified as Identification Text, if you have changed the default) is on the screen. 7. that PCPRINT looks for the PCPRINT string in the right place. Check Identification Line and Identification Column in the Host Screen Format panel. 8. that you haven't used PCPRCTRL to suspend the host session. If PCPRINT works when your host session is defined as a model 2 screen, but not when it is defined as a model 3, 4, or 5 screen, it is probably because there is something wrong with your terminal definitions on the host side. The XEDIT command line with model 3, for example, should be on row 31. If it is on row 23 even though you are running as a 32-line terminal, talk to your host support people. Using PVM or VCNA sometimes causes this type of problem.