IBM Printers Sessions

The following session's information is displayed on the bottom of the screen:

Job Status: Indicates the current job's status.

Status values:

Not Started: Indicates that the job has not yet started.

In Progress: Indicates that the job is currently in progress.

Waiting for Data: Indicates that the job is currently waiting for data from the mainframe.

Printer Job Type: Indicates the type of printer job.

Type values:

Option

Sends the Output

Print Manager

To the standard Windows Print Manager, in text mode.

Device

To the DOS device you specify in the Device Name text box. For example, this can be a device such as prn, lpt1 or com1. In the device name, you can specify communication parameters. Example: COM1:9600,8

File

To a file.

Input Bytes: Displays how many bytes were transferred during the current session.

Last Data Received: Indicates the time of last data received from the host.