Requirements for Telnet printer sessions

If you intend to use Telnet printer sessions, check with your Telnet client vendor to see if they support the printer session function.

These clients support the printer session function:

• IBM^® iSeries™ Access for Windows^®
• Personal Communications
• IBM Host OnDemand

Telnet printer sessions support these generic EBCDIC printers:

• IBM-3812-1 for single-byte character set (SBCS)
• IBM-5553-B01 for double-byte character set (DBCS)

You can specify either of the generic device types by requesting the iSeries Host Print Transform (HPT) function and selecting the specific manufacturing type. If you are using iSeries Access for Windows, you can use the Printer Definition Table (PDT) or the Graphical Device Interface (GDI) to define specific hardware. The iSeries server sends the printer data stream in ASCII.

System API enhancement

The System API Retrieve Device Description (QDCRDEVD) provides the IP address of the Telnet client. There are several fields for display (*DSP) and print (*PRT) devices: Network protocol, Network protocol address, and IP internet address in dotted decimal form. These fields supply sockets level information to your application about the client's TCP/IP connection.

• Telnet server print support to iSeries Access for Windows Telnet client
  The IBM iSeries Access for Windows client provides both display emulation, 5250 full-screen Telnet client, and printer emulation.