If you want to output host files on your local printer, you can use what is known as bypass printing. In this mode, the data is sent directly to the printer, bypassing your screen (i.e. it is not displayed on the screen).
Make sure the host is set up to the output of print data on your PC. For bypass printing, you require a passive session in which the local printer was configured.
As bypass printing can only be started from the host, to create printouts you must use the BS2000 program RSO (Remote SPOOL Output) and have opened a passive session.
To activate a printer in RSO, enter the following:
/START-PRINTER-OUTPUT DEVICE-NAME=*RSO-PRINTER(NAME=<printer name>, FORM-NAME=MT9750)
Printing is then started with the following command:
/PRINT-DOC FROM-FILE=<Host-Datei>,DOCUMENT-FORMAT=*TEXT(LINE-SPACING= *BY-EBCDIC-CONTROL),RESOURCE-DESCRIPTION=*PARAMETERS(FORM-NAME=MT9750), TO-PRINTER=*PARAMETERS(PRINTER-NAME=<printername>
As there is no end criterion for bypass printing, the end of a bypass print output is subject to time monitoring.
If pauses occur during transfer of a bypass data flow from the host, it is possible that the bypass printing will be split into several smaller bypass jobs, each of which is dealt with as a separate print job.
The time monitoring can be set by selecting Configuration > Special Parameters for DSS / Terminal / Printer in the menu.
If values other than the default ones from the selection list are entered for the Bypass Timeout parameter, these values are applied when you click on OK but are not displayed.
The control characters taken into account when interpreting the data flow for bypass printing are listed in section “Supported printer control characters”.