
Section 7: Setting Up - UNIX
Character Set A common problem in a multiple host environment is that different Conversion hosts use different ASCII character sets. As a result of this, language
specific characters (such as å ü ô ñ) are sometimes printed incorrectly.
The AXIS 540/640 solution to this problem is to assign a character set conversion filter to a logical printer, and then link that logical printer to the host causing the problem.
There are several different filters to choose from within the
PR1_CSET Character Set Conversion. Refer to Appendix A - The Test Button. The output from the conversion filter is always IBM PC Set 2 (Code Page 437), and this is the character set the printer must be set up for.
Example:
The Problem: Your network contains three hosts using the character sets IBM PC Set 2, ISO
The Solution: In order to direct their print jobs to the same printer you should assign each host to a separate logical printer, and install character set conversion filters. Edit the following entries in your config file:
PR1_CSET. : NONE
PR2_CSET. : ISO>IBM
PR3_CSET. : DEC>IBM
The Result:
Logical printer PR1 prints data transparently without conversion.
Logical printer PR2 converts ISO
Logical printer PR3 converts DEC data to IBM PC Set 2.
This arrangement will produce correct printouts for all language specific characters.
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