Logical Printers
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AXIS 5400+ / AXIS 5600+ User’s Manual
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 å ü ô ñ) 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.
