Customizing ASCII printers that use the host print transform function

You can use the workstation customization functions to customize the functions of ASCII printers that use the host print transform function.

Using the workstation customization functions, you can do the following customizations:
  • Customize the functional characteristics of a supported ASCII printer
  • Customize the functional characteristics and specify all necessary parameters required to support a normally unsupported ASCII printer

To customize the functional characteristics of an ASCII printer, follow these steps:

  1. Prepare for the customization.
  2. Retrieve the workstation customization source.
  3. Change the workstation customization source.
  4. Create a customization object that contains the changed printer attributes.
  5. Change the printer device description to specify the customization object.