Printing is one of Winet’s strongest points. We supply both robust printing methods and highly configurable options to accommodate the widest variety of needs expressed by our clients. The printing is not a case of “one size fits all”. Therefore it would be very valuable for a system administrator or support person to read through this whole section.

• Printer fonts
• Remote printing
• Printing method used by mainframe print jobs (Where do I change my printer settings?)
• Multiple printer configurations (Which printer do I have to set up?)
  • 80 Column Screen Printer
  • 132 Column Screen Printer
  • 80 Column Host Printer
  • 132 Column Host Printer
  • RTF Host Printer

• Configuring a 3287 printer

• Types of printing used by Winet
  • GDI setup
  • File setup
  • Direct setup
  • LPR setup
  • RTF setup
  • Inet Format setup
  • Merge setup

• No printer installed

• Stand alone print servers:
  • LPD/LPR – Popular printing method (from the Unix world)
  • Print Server (Socket printing) – a.k.a. IP printing
  • 3287 printer3287printer – for session bound printing from an IBM mainframe

• Developer’s notes on formatted printing
  • Merge printing for developers of formatted printing
  • RTF notes for developers of formatted printing
  • Inet Format escape sequences for developers of formatted printing

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