Using printer components of the IBM 3270 Information Display System

You can define printer components to be part of an IBM® 3270 Information Display System. This allows for printed copy of the video output (or input) to be sent to the printer's component.

This support covers the following printer component devices: IBM 3284, 3286, 3287, 3288, or 3289.

Your system definition input indicates whether these are to be connected through a polled-BSC or an SDLC line. The printed copy can be automatically produced or be operator controlled. The input message definition or the control prefix of the output message can cause this automatic printing. The component must be attached to the same 3270 control unit as the display workstation containing the information to be copied—an IBM 3271/3274 or a 3275/3276.