Character set conversion – Axis Communications 540+ User Manual

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Logical Printers

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AXIS 540+/AXIS 560

Character Set

Conversion

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 е ь ф с) are sometimes printed incorrectly.

The Axis Network Print Server 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.

You select your desired conversion filter by setting the

Character Set

Conversion (PRx_CSET.) parameter. The output from the conversion filter is

always IBM PC Set 2 (Code Page 437), and this is the character set the printer
must be set up for.

Example:

In order to direct print jobs to the printer connected to the Axis Network Print
Server, you should assign the host to a separate logical printer, and install a
character set conversion filter.

Follow the instructions below to change the conversion filter:

1. From the print server’s internal Web page, select

Admin | Logical

Printers.

2. Select the

PR1 tab.

3. Set the parameter

Physical Port to e.g. LPT1.

4. Set the parameter

Character Set Conversion to ISO>IBM.

5. Click the

OK button.

6. Select the

PR2 tab.

7. Set the parameter

Physical Port to e.g. LPT1.

8. Set the parameter

Character Set Conversion to DEC>IBM.

9. Click the

OK button.

The ISO 8859-2 printer data that is sent to logical printer PR1 converts to IBM
PC Set 2 and is printed on LPT1. Similarly, the DEC printer data that is sent to
logical printer PR2 converts to IBM PC Set 2 and is printed on LPT1.

Your network contains a host using the character set ISO 8859-2 and a host using the

character set DEC.

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