Printer session
The title of the printer session window includes parameters that you have configured and perhaps an ID that is generated by the system. They appear in the following order:
- The name of the printer session
- The Session ID or shortname
- The printer LU name (3270)
- The LU Name of the associated display session, if any (3270)
- Workstation ID (5250)
For example, if the title of the window appears as:
Myprinter - B - MyprinterLU - MydisplayLU33 (3270) Myprinter - B - WorkstationID (5250)
The printer status window displays the status of the:
The OIA (Operator Information Area) also displays if you specify it in the configuration.
From the menu bar, you can:
- Jump to the next session or close the session.
- Turn the graphic display on or off.
- Stop or Start the session.
- View the message log or run a trace.
- Print a test page or eject a page (3270).
- Open the Page Properties window (3270).
The pushbuttons at the bottom of the window vary according to the way the session was configured. On a 3270 session, there can be a PA1 and a PA2 button, depending on the configuration, but there are always Cancel Job and Help buttons.
- PA1 and PA2 (Program Attention) keys - provide a means of communicating with the host application program if the program has defined them. (3270)
- Cancel Job - cancels the job that is currently being sent from the host.
- Help - provides help for this window.