Configure printers that are supported by the InfoWindow® display as recommended in the InfoWindow display's configuration menus. Configure any printer that is not included in the list of supported printers as a 4201/4202 printer.
When you leave the InfoWindow display's configuration menu, the printer device description is automatically created if both the following are true:
After the printer device description is created on i5/OS, enable the host print transform using the CHGDEVPRT command. The display's printer configuration is not used after the host print transform is enabled. The data stream generated for the printer is based on the MFRTYPMDL parameter value specified in the printer device description on i5/OS.
Maintaining printer customization
Before you do the work of creating a workstation customizing object for a printer, try printing jobs using the host print transform support. You might not need to create a customizing object for the printer due to the extended support provided by the host print transform.
The 348x displays can use a workstation customizing object (located in the device description of the display) to define the printer attached to it. Conversely, the host print transform uses a workstation customizing object located in the device description of the printer. If you have customized some printer features in the display's workstation customizing object, use of the host print transform overrides the customization.
However, if you need to customize your printer while using the host print transform, you should:
The TRANSFORM parameter value for the printer device description must be *YES.
Customize the printer features in this object to match the customized features that you used in the display's workstation customizing object.
See Workstation Customization Programming for detailed information on customizing printers.