character set conversion?

[Helge Blischke]

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> > jarausch at igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have an old DOS application which uses a DOS character set.
> > > When this is converted to postscript by CUPS all characters
> > > with codes > 129 get lost. How can I create a special queue with
> > > a filter which converts the input.
> > >
> 
> > You probably have to define that charset and put the definition in the charsets directory,
> > and specify the charset in the print command.
> 
>     how can I do that  ?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Helmut Jarausch

Just  copy e.g. the windows-1252 to a different name and edit the table accordingly. When printing, you 
probably need to specify the correct charset as a job attribute.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
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