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Section 8: Setting Up - UNIX AXIS 5600 User’s Manual
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Using Logical Printers to Customize your Printing
The AXIS 5600 has a powerful facility for altering the print data. This
means that your desired print format can be realized on any type of
printer. The following actions can be invoked from the AXIS 5600:
• The character set can be changed to suit the printer
• Strings can be added before and after the print data
• Strings within the print data can be substituted
• ASCII to PostScript conversion
• Redirection of print data to another printer if the printer is busy
• Hex Dump mode to assist with printing problems
If any of these actions are required, a Logical Printer is used to change
the print data before being sent to the printer port. There are eight
logical printers (PR1-PR8) that can be set up to filter the print data.
The default logical printers settings are such that PR1-PR4 cause no
change to the flow of print data, while PR5-PR8 add CR to LF
control characters:
Each logical printer can be set up using any Java enabled Web browser
or by directly editing the config file.
Logical Printer Changes to data
PR1 no change
PR2 no change
PR3 no change
PR4 no change
PR5 add CR to LF
PR6 add CR to LF
PR7 add CR to LF
PR8 add CR to LF