User Guide

Section 7: Setting Up - UNIX
76 AXIS 540/640 User’s Manual
Character Set
Conversion
A common problem in a multiple host environment is that different
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 8859-2, and DEC.
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:
The Result:
Logical printer PR1 prints data transparently without conversion.
Logical printer PR2 converts ISO 8859-2 data to IBM PC Set 2.
Logical printer PR3 converts DEC data to IBM PC Set 2.
This arrangement will produce correct printouts for all language
specific characters.
PR1_CSET. : NONE
PR2_CSET. : ISO>IBM
PR3_CSET. : DEC>IBM