HP-UX 11i v3 International Printing Features

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encoding that matches the default locale set in the printer interface file, the printer produces output
with unexpected characters. To support those applications properly, you might need to set up multiple
LP destinations of the same printer with different default locales.
User Configuration File
The psfontpf print filter allows the use of an optional user configuration file to provide additional
font information or for customization. See psfontpf(1M) for the format of the user configuration file.
Typically, system administrators do not need to set up the optional user configuration file. The
following is a list of system-provided user configuration files:
• font-dimm-jp-euc.pscf – for printers with Japanese eucJP PostScript font DIMM or flash card
• font-dimm-jp-sjis.pscf – for printers with Japanese SJIS PostScript font DIMM or flash card
• font-dimm-jp.pscf – for printers with both Japanese eucJP and SJIS PostScript font DIMM or
flash card
• nlio.pscf – for backward compatibility with PS2.nlio model file on the command-line option
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Printer-Installable Options
Most current printers have additional installable options or option packages, such as a duplexer that
can be ordered with the printer. These installable options affect the capability and functionality
provided by the printers. The psfontpf print filter needs to know what installable options are there
in the printers to activate all the available features. Setting the right printer installable options should
be the first step you take when you configure the printer, because this affects what users see in the
other PPD-related configuration entries.
Default PPD Options
The PPD file usually provides default values for all the defined PPD features, such as page size and
input tray. However, those default values might not be optimal. You might need to change the default
values to meet your needs or your organization’s requirements (for example, duplex printing for paper
conservation). Depending on the PPD file and the installable options selected, different PPD features
are shown in the file. Set the default values for the PPD features that are most important to you.
Default Non-PPD User Options
Some psfontpf features, such as banner page printing or number of lines per page, are not related
to the PPD file. The only way to set default values for such features is to specify the list of non-PPD
related, default user options. Those options are placed in front of the user-supplied command-line
options so that the default values can be overridden. For example, specifying nb lines=70 causes
the print filter to disable banner page printing and print 70 lines per page by default.
Another example of a non-PPD option is that the default of truncating long text lines. To enable line
wrapping for long lines as the default, specify wrap in the default user options field.
Paper Size to Input Tray Mapping
Setting up the paper size to input tray mapping enables the psfontpf print filter to select the right
input tray when just the paper size is given or the paper size when just the input tray name is given.
PPD Main Keyword and Option Keyword Aliases
Both the main keywords and option keywords defined in the PPD files are typically verbose to make
them easier to understand. Consequently, however, they are hard to type in the command line. To
streamline typing, the psmsgen
tool allows you to define aliases for those keywords.