3486, 3487, and 3488 InfoWindow display station configuration recommendations

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.

Note:
Do not change the display's printer configuration after your device description has been created on the iSeries server. Doing so can cause the i5/OS printer device description to be replaced. In this case, the host print transform is no longer enabled. The CHGDEVPRT command can be used to enable the host print transform again.

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:

  1. Make sure the host print transform is enabled.

    The TRANSFORM parameter value for the printer device description must be *YES.

  2. Use a workstation customizing object that is compatible with the host print transform.

    Customize the printer features in this object to match the customized features that you used in the display's workstation customizing object.

  3. Use the workstation customizing object name that is compatible with the host print transform as the value for the WSCST parameter in the printer device description.
    Remember:
    The location of the WSCST object name (in the printer device description, not in the display device description) is important when using customization with the host print transform.

See Workstation Customization Programming Link to PDF for detailed information on customizing printers.