Hi Les, I'm thinking of the LPD software that runs on some non-VM system that controls the network PC printer. I haven't looked at RSCS LPD support yet. Could that be a possibility?
Regards Mike -----Original Message----- From: VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Les Geer (607-429-3580) Sent: December 30, 2005 8:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: LPR & French Canadian characters >I've been looking at the translate tables supplied for TCP/IP and it >seems that CANADIAN and 00370850 are nearly identical (differing for 3 >bytes below x'40') and 00371252 and 00370819 are identical. > >My client is also experiencing the same problem in that the LPD is >apparently using Code page 437 which does not have all the French >characters. He is apparently looking into determining what LPD printer >server is controlling his printer(s). > >I was wondering if this is a common problem and what LPD software is out >there that will use Windows-1252 which would give all the French >characters. > >Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. What LPD are you using, RSCS or from TCP/IP? You can tell RSCS which translate table to use with the LPD Daemon. You can select on a printer queue name basis the translate table. Best Regards, Les Geer IBM z/VM and Linux Development
