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