How to associate 3270 display LUs with 3270 printer LUs (318611)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004
  • Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP1
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP2
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP3
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP4
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP1
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP2
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP3
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP4
This article was previously published under Q318611

SUMMARY

This article explains how to associate 3270 display logical units (LUs) with 3270 printer LUs.

MORE INFORMATION

From Server Manager

  1. Add one or more 3270 display LUs and corresponding 3270 printer LUs to a connection.
  2. Select a display LU.
  3. On the View menu, click Properties.
  4. On the Associated Printers tab, select a printer LU from the Associated Printer LU list box.
  5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each display LU that you want to associate with a printer LU.
  6. On the Action menu, click Save configuration.
NOTE: Microsoft recommends that you assign the display LUs to a pool and then configure the pool with the appropriate users or groups. On the Pool properties page, make sure that you select the option Pool Contains Display LUs with Associated Printers.

From the Client Computer That Runs the Third-party Emulator

  1. Configure a display session as you do normally.
  2. Configure a printer session. ASSOCPRT now appears in the drop-down list box of available resources.
  3. Select ASSOCPRT as the LU, and then connect.
This feature is designed to support specialized host applications that have hard-coded associations between display LUs and printer LUs. When a 3270 display LU is configured to have an associated printer, and is later assigned to a user or group, users can see both the display LU and a special printer LU named ASSOCPRT. When users connect to the display LU, they can open the ASSOCPRT LU, which SNA Server maps to the defined associated printer LU.

When you assign multiple display LUs to users, the order in which the resources are opened is critical. If all of the display LUs have associated printers, the user should alternate opening displays and ASSOCPRTs. If some of the display LUs do not have associated printers, use a naming convention to help the user distinguish the display LUs that have associated printers from the display LUs that do not have associated printers.

REFERENCES

For more information about TN3270 Associated Printers, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

318612 How to Associate TN3270 Display LUs with TN3270 Printer LUs


For more information, see the "Associate 3270 Printer LUs with 3270 Display LUs" topic in the Host Integration Server online Help documentation, which is located in the <SNA 4.0 Server CD>Docs\Admin.pdf file.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/6/2005
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