Section 7: Setting Up - UNIX
ASCII to Postscript The AXIS 540/640 logical printers can translate ASCII print data into Conversion PostScript format. This makes it possible to print with a PostScript
printer from a host that does not support PostScript. The conversion is selected by activating a filter that converts ASCII data into Postscript. This filter may be activated individually for each logical printer.
Example:
The following entries in your config file will allow print data applied to PR1 to pass without changes, print data applied to PR2 will be converted from ASCII to PostScript, and PR3 data will be searched - any ASCII data will be converted to PostScript, while PostScript data will be allowed to pass without change.
PR1_FILT. : NONE
PR2_FILT. : POSTSCR
PR3_FILT. : AUTO_PS
The AUTO_PS configuration is used when you are not sure if the print data is ASCII or PostScript.
When a logical printer is set for PostScript conversion it needs to know the page size, page orientation, page formats and which font is to be used. The default page size is A4 and the default page orientation is Portrait, while the page format parameters are:
Page Format Parameter |
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Lines per page |
| 66 |
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Characters per line |
| 0 |
| 0=disable line wrap |
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Characters per inch |
| 10.0 |
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Lines per inch |
| 60 |
| 60 = 60 lines per inch |
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Left margin |
| 30 |
| 30 = 3.0 mm |
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Top margin |
| 50 |
| 50 = 5.0 mm |
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