Session Setup Dialog Box (5250 Printer Sessions)

Getting there

Open a printer session.
From the Connection menu, choose Session Setup.

Use the Session > Setup dialog box to configure the connection to an IBM host for printer emulation sessions.

Note: You cannot configure the settings from this dialog box when you are connected to a host.

Session

Type	Select the type of printer session you want. The options on this dialog box (and the Help topic) change if you modify this setting.
Model ID	Select the printer model to emulate.

Transport

Type	5250 printer sessions use Telnet.
Enter Host (or System) Name or IP Address	Identify the host to which you will connect. Type the host name, alias, or numeric IP address. NOTE:Both IPv4 addresses (in the form 127.0.0.1) and IPv6 addresses (in the form 2001:0db8:3c4d:0015:0000:0000:abcd:ef12) are accepted.
Port	Type the host port or socket number that the session should use. This field accepts any number between 0 and 66,535 (default = 23).
Device name	Specify the terminal device name (also called the display name or the workstation ID) that the IBM System i (AS/400) host should use for your session. If you leave this box blank, the host creates a device to use for your session. The device name can be up to ten characters long. You can include any of the following characters as part of the value in the Device name box.
	Character	Usage
	*	Replaced by A, B, C, and so on to create a unique device name. If the entire alphabet is used, the generated device names continue with AA, AB, AC, and so on.
	%	Replaced by P for printer sessions and S for display sessions.
	=	Replaced by 1,2, 3, and so on to create a unique device name.
	&COMPN	Replaced by the local workstation name, left-trimmed, if the generated name exceeds 10 characters.
	&USERN	Replaced by the local user name, left-trimmed, if the generated name exceeds 10 characters.
	+	Specifies right-trimming instead of left-trimming. Use with &COMPN or &USERN. This character can be placed anywhere in the string.
	NOTE: You can use only one string in combination with these characters. If you use separated strings, the second string is dropped. For example, %MyDevice= is valid. However, %My=Device is not valid, and will be treated by the system as if it were &My=. You cannot use both &COMPN and &USERN in the same string. To have InfoConnect generate unique device names automatically based on the special characters described above, theGenerate Device Names setting must be enabled. In printer sessions, this setting is off by default.

Advanced

Configure advanced Telnet settings.

Connect options

Auto connect	Select to establish a host connection as soon as the printer session is started.
Initialize	Create and initialize printer devices on your IBM System i (AS/400) host.
Security	Secure data communications with SOCKS or SSL/TLS.