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The Printer Control screen is the sixth Workstation Configurator screen. To select this screen, enter P in the Go to form field on the Main Menu screen and press the [Enter] key or press the NEXT FORM [F6] function key from the Control screen. The screen shown in Figure 4-6 “VFC File Selection Screen” is then displayed.

Figure 4-6 VFC File Selection Screen

[VFC File Selection Screen]

Fields

The Printer Control screen lets you configure the following information:

  • Status Request Efficiency Mode Enabled (Y,N). This field lets you turn on or off Status Request Efficiency Mode. If it is turned off, the number of requests per write that the HP 3000 should send to an I/O device must be specified. A number between 1 and 250 must be entered in the Frequency of Status Requests field.

  • Wait time for reply to status request. This field lets you configure the wait time for a status request reply. Immediately after the timer expires, the connection is dropped, unless retries are also specified. Enter a value between 5 and 180 seconds to specify the amount time the driver will wait for a status request reply. You should specify a time that is long enough for the status request reply to return during peak periods of network traffic.

  • Read retries for XON and status request reply. This field lets you specify the number of status request retries made when the wait timer expires. When the wait time for reply to status request expires, the driver sends a message to the console and retries the read for as many attempts as are specified in this field. When the number of attempts is equal to this value, the printer input/output (I/O) is aborted. Enter a value between 0 and 100 to specify the number of read retries. If a value of 0 is entered, the printer I/O is aborted as soon as the timer expires. No retries are attempted.

  • Wait time for FOPEN before disconnect. This field lets you specify the number of seconds the HP 3000 system should wait before sending a disconnect request to the printer port. Enter a value between 0 and 90 to specify the number of seconds to wait. If a value of 0 is entered, the connection is dropped immediately after the file is sent.

  • Does the printer support duplex printing? This field specifies if the printer will support duplex printing, which is the ability to print on both the front and back sides of the printer paper. The LaserJet 2D, LaserJet 3D, and LaserJet 3SI are examples of three PCL (Printer Control Language) laser printers that support duplex printing. Specify yes or no to duplex printing. Refer to Configuring Systems for Terminals, Printers, and Other Serial Devices for more information on duplex printing.



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VFC File Selection