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1.2.3 Translators
When a print job submits a print file that is not PostScript (or PCL, if your
printer has a native PCL interpreter), the symbiont invokes a translator to
translate the user’s input file into PostScript. (Refer to Chapter 4 for more
information about customizing the printing system for certain types of files.)
DECprint Supervisor software can detect the file data type automatically. You
need not specify the data type on the PRINT command line. Translation to
PostScript for successful printing is automatic. It is not necessary to maintain
generic print queues for default data types.
The system manager can associate a default data type with a generic print
queue, allowing users to print files by specifying the generic queue name. See
Chapter 3 for more information.
If DCPS incorrectly identifies the data type of a file, you can identify the data
type on the command line:
$ PRINT MYFILE.MEM /PARAMETERS=DATA_TYPE=ANSI
$ PRINT MYFILE.POST /PARAMETERS=DATA_TYPE=POSTSCRIPT
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