HP-UX 11i June 2001 Release Notes

New and Changed Internationalization Features
Asian System Environment (ASE) (new at 11i original release)
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❏ HPDPS common printer model directory
For HPDPS, the common printer model directories LIPS3.asx,
LIPS4.asx and PS.asx are provided for future new printer
support. The user can copy these sample printer model directories
to a directory under /var/opt/pd/lib/model with an appropriate
name and customize it to be suited for the printer being
configured.
❏ Mainframe code set conversion
The Mainframe code set conversions are provided to convert code
sets between Mainframe code sets Hitachi KEIS, NEC JIPS,
Fujitsu JEF, and IBM EBCDIC with existing code sets SJIS,
eucJP, and ucs2. These code conversions are used from iconv (1)
and iconv (3C).
The following code sets are supported:
— Hitachi KEIS
— keis7k: KEIS78 (Hitachi MF code set based on JIS
C6226-1978) + EBCDIK
— keis8k: KEIS83 (Hitachi MF code set based on JIS
X0208-1983) + EBCDIK
a. By installing optional Japanese Font DIMM on these
printers, you can print Japanese text with TrueType
fonts. To use Japanese TrueType fonts, you have to
configure a printer with PCL5.asian model file for the LP
Spooler, or with 2BPCL5.asx printer model for HPDPS.
To see whether your printer has Japanese TrueType
Font installed, follow these steps:
1. Press[Menu on the control panel of the printer until
“INFORMATION MENU” appears.
2. Press Item until “PRINT PCL FONT LIST” appears.
3. Press Select to print the font list.
4. If your printer has Japanese TrueType font, you will see
“MS Mincho” and “MS Gothic” in the printed list.
b. Printing text files on expanded A3 (called “A3-Nobi” in
Japan) paper is not supported.
c. There are restrictions of page length setting on ESC/P
mode. For detail, see manual of the printer and online
document /usr/share/doc/PRINTER-JPN-S[E].