Selecting the PRINT390 or mainframe physical printer type

Printers

When you define a printer that uses the Barr PRINT390 or Barr Jobs to Mainframe printer drivers, you need to choose the physical printer type. This field identifies the data stream The uninterrupted transfer of information over an interface to achieve high data transfer rates. type and enables the Barr software to perform special processing, when required. Complete the following steps to choose the physical printer type.

  1. Open the Windows Printers folder.

  2. Right-click the printer you just defined using the Barr PRINT390 or Barr Jobs to Mainframe printer driver and select Properties.

  3. From the printer's Properties dialog box, select the Device Settings tab.

  1. In the Printer Driver Device Settings tree, select Physical Printer Type.

  1. Next to Physical Printer Type, select the printer type from the list. You have two choices.

  2. IBM 3211 – IBM 3211- type data stream

  3. IBM 3800-Mod 1 – IBM 3800-3 in compatibility mode

For the Barr PRINT390 port, the physical printer type must match the sense code selected on the Port Configuration dialog box when you configure the port.

  1. Click OK.

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