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Using the Terminal with a Printer
This section describes how you can obtain hardcopy of what is on your terminal screen
by sending the data to a printer.
Configuring the Terminal
Terminal-to-printer communications must be properly configured so that the terminal
can correctly transmit data.
You select the proper operating characteristics via the External Device Configuration
Menu (see Chapter 2).
Selecting the Printer as the Destination
The destination is the "to" device for a data transfer. Selecting the printer as the "to"
device allows data to be sent to it from the screen.
To select a printer as the "to" device:
• Press
l
System ) •
then press
+!4fi!Fiil"'''·
• Press
MMllW
This specifies a printer as the destination.
(iWM,
which sets the ter-
minal screen as the destination for data, functions only when the terminal is in
Record Mode.)
Logging Data
Data logging causes data entered from the keyboard or received from the computer to be
sent automatically to the "to" device (a printer, for example). To activate data logging:
• Press
Fii!iiiii!lil!ft,
then press
dliiij!llMZI
or
l!ililil.
Pressing the key again deactivates the
function.
Log Top
The top line of data in display memory is sent to the printer as it is rolled off the top of
memory by new lines added at the bottom.
Log Bottom
A line of data is sent to the printer when the cursor leaves that line to begin a new line.
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