Axis 570 User Manual page 112

Using Logical Printers
to Customize your
Printing
Character Set
Conversion
AXIS 570/670 MIO User's Manual
The AXIS 570/670 MIO has a powerful facility for altering the print
data. The following actions may be invoked from the
AXIS 570/670 MIO:
• 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 that can be set up to filter the print data.
Edit the parameters in the AXIS 570/670 MIO config file to configure a
logical printer. Refer to Appendix B - The Parameter List, on page 133.
A common problem in a multiple host environment is that different
hosts use different ASCII character sets. As a result of this, language
specific characters (such as å ü ô ñ) are sometimes printed incorrectly.
The AXIS 570/670 MIO solution to this problem is to assign a
character set conversion filter to a logical printer, and then link that
logical printer to the host causing the problem.
Logical Printer: A logical printer acts as a filter between the network and
the physical printer. It appears to the user as a normal
printer with additional characteristics. For example a
UNIX workstation may only send a line feed (LF) to a
shared printer that needs carriage return (CR) and LF. The
logical printer can solve this problem by adding a CR.
Section 8: Setting Up - UNIX
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