Technical data

1.7.2 Print Filters for Specific Local Language Printers
A print filter processes text data for a particular model of printer. The
filter handles the device dependencies of the printer and performs device
accounting functions. When each print job is complete, the print filter writes
an accounting record to the file specified by the
af field of the printer’s entry
in the /etc/printcap file.
The print filters for local language text printers can handle text files that
contain ASCII and local language characters, or output files created by
the nroff command. When processing nroff output, the filter removes
multibyte characters that extend beyond the page boundary and translates
nroff control sequences for underlining, superscripting, and subscripting to
control sequences appropriate for the printer. However, the filter does not
support multiple nroff control sequences on the same character.
The PostScript print filters can print PostScript files in addition to text
and nroff output files.
A local language print filter can be the specified filter in both the of
and if fields in the /etc/printcap file. For general information on
/etc/printcap entries, see the System Administration manual and
printcap
(4). Supplementary information is provided in i18n_printing
(5).
A reference page for a specific language (for example, Japanese
(5)) lists the
names of print filters that support printing characters in that language.
The following print filters process text data for Asian languages:
Language Filter Printer
Japanese
la84of
LA84-J
Japanese
la86of
LA86-J
Japanese
la90of
LA90-J
Japanese
la280of
LA280-J
Japanese
la380of
LA380-J
Japanese
ln03jaof
LN03-J
Japanese
ln05jaof
LN05-J
Japanese ln82rof processes both
PostScript and text data
LN82R
Simplified Chinese
la88cof
LA88-C
Simplified Chinese
la380cbof
LA380-CB
Korean
la380kof
LA380-K
Korean
dl510kaof
DL510-KA
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