Xerox 3270 manual

3270 Programmer’s Guide Printer Sharing 6. Printer Sharing The 3270 converter enables printer sharing between the system and a PC. For this purpose it is possible to specify a timeout period. If, for example, the printer is receiving input on the parallel port and there is a break in the transmission of data, the other input ports will not be polled for the period specified. The factory default timeout is 20 seconds. The timeout may be changed to suit your requirements. This is done by sending a new setup to the 3270 converter input port where you want it to take effect. When specifying the timeout it is possible to specify a user string . A user string may be used to reset the printer, for example . NOTE: Settings on the coax input port are automatically reestablished after another input port has been using the printer. On the parallel and RS input port (if equipped with a serial connector), you have to program the required setup yourself. As there are differences between the printer drivers in relation to printer sharing, you are referred to either the FSL (D62071), the PCL (D62030) or the XES (D62067) 3270 Programmer’s Guides for in depth details. - 28 -