Suchy Mips BENS G4 User manual

Release November 2016
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Contents
1Introduction .................................................................................................................4
2Installation of the PCL Unicode Filter..........................................................................5
2.1 Assigning of the PCL Unicode Filter to a virtual printer...............................................5
2.2 Uploading a unicode configuration file ........................................................................6
2.3 Assigning a unicode configuration to a virtual printer..................................................7
2.4 Deleting a unicode configuration file ...........................................................................7
2.5 Downloading a unicode configuration file....................................................................7
2.6 Changing a unicode configuration file.........................................................................7
2.7 Updating a unicode configuration file..........................................................................8
3Syntax description of unicode configuration files.........................................................9
3.1 <CONFIG>................................................................................................................10
3.1.1 <DefaultSymboSet>..................................................................................................10
3.1.2 <DefaultTypeface>....................................................................................................10
3.1.3 <DefaultFontSize> ....................................................................................................10
3.1.4 < FALLBACK_TYPEFACE >.....................................................................................11
3.1.5 < DPI >......................................................................................................................11
3.1.6 <ESCAPE_TOKEN>.................................................................................................11
3.1.7 <REPLACEMENTS>.................................................................................................12
3.1.8 <REPLACE_TYPEFACE number>...........................................................................12

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
1 Introduction
The BENS PCL Unicode Filter is a filter which allows to print Unicode data on non-
unicode enabled printers. Furthermore it can be used to print Unicode data on
printers which are enabled for printing of unicode data, but have not the required
Unicode fonts installed. The Suchy MIPS GmbH PCL Unicode Filter is compatible
to the Unicode Printing Solution of SAP®, Hewlett Packard®and Lexmark®. It
provides users with the font Andale, which includes over 60.000 characters and
enables printing in different languages like chinese, japanise, cyrillic with different
alphabets. Other fonts than Andale can be purchased and added for use with the
Unicode Filter.

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
2 Installation of the PCL Unicode Filter
For installing the Unicode Filter on BENS, please proceed as follows:
Start the BENS HTML administration tool and log on.
Select the module Plugins and then click on the button Add / Upgrade Plugin.
Click on the button Explore, mark the Unicode Filter file and click on the button
Upload. The name of the filter then appears in the list of all filters available on
BENS.
Note: Assigning a filter to a virtual printer consumes one licence. The number
of available licences can be checked using the module Licenses. The
used and available licences are displayed in the column "Virtual
Printers" of the displayed license table.
2.1 Assigning of the PCL Unicode Filter to a virtual printer
Installed filters only work on virtual printers to which they were assigned. To assign
the Unicode filter to a virtual printer, proceed as follows:
Choose the module Virtual Printers
Double-click on the name of the virtual printer to come to the edit dialog.
Select the tab Plugins
Select the Plugin Unicode from the drop down list and click on Add Plugin.
The Unicode filter appears in the list of active filters assigned to the selected
virtual printer.

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
2.2 Uploading a unicode configuration file
The filter Unicode supports the use of a unicode configuration (it is not assigned
by default). The purpose of this file is to get an additional influence on the output
data without making any changes to the printing application. For example default
values for fonts can be assigned to the output job (similar to the printer panel).
An example of a configuration file usually is located on the BENS Server. To
upload a configuration file, proceed as follows:
Choose the module Plugins and double-click on Unicode in the the plugins
list. The Plugin Window enlarges in displays all existing configurations for this
Plugin.
Click on Explore, select the configuration file and click on Upload.
The new configuration file appears in the list of available configurations.
Note: An unlimited number of config files may be uploaded. The same config files
may be assigned to filters on different virtual printers.

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
2.3 Assigning a unicode configuration to a virtual printer
To assign a unicode configuration to a virtual printer, proceed as follows:
Choose the module Virtual Printers.
Double-click on the name of the virtual printer.
Select the tab Plugins.
Double-click on the field Code Name and select a configuration.
Click on SET to make the changes permanent.
Note: One configuration may be assigned per filter and virtual printer but
different configuration files may be assigned to the same filter on
different virtual printers
2.4 Deleting a unicode configuration file
A configuration file may be deleted only if it is not assigned to any virtual printer. If
you need to delete a configuration, you have to release the assignment from all
virtual printers to which this configuration has been assigned.
Choose the module Plugins and double-click on Unicode in the "Name"
column
Click on Delete in the "Operations" column.
2.5 Downloading a unicode configuration file
Choose the module Plugins and click on Unicode in the “Name” column.
Click on Download in the "Operations" column. Depending on the browser
used, you can open the file directly or download it to the local system. After
downloading, the file can be opened by any editor, such as Notepad or
Notepad++ (recommended).
2.6 Changing a unicode configuration file
Choose the module Plugins and double-click on the name of the configuration
in the column “Name”.
Make changes and click on Save.

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
2.7 Updating a unicode configuration file
An existing configuration file may be updated, even if it is assigned to virtual
printers:
Existing configuration will be overwritten by uploaded configurations if the file
name will match. Follow the instruction for uploading a configuration to update a
configuration.

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
3 Syntax description of unicode configuration files
In general, the Unicode filter works without configuration. This is the case when the
PCL5 print data is formatted as Unicode data with the font Andale. If these
conditions are not met, then it is necessary to configure some settings.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-2"?>
<BCESIMM version="2.0">
<CONFIG>
<DefaultSymboSet>18C</DefaultSymbolSet>
<DefaultTypeface>17007</DefaultTypeface>
<DefaultFontSize>10</DefaultFontSize>
<FALLBACK_TYPEFACE number="17007" />
<DPI>600</DPI>
<ESCAPE_TOKEN>$Escape$</ESCAPE_TOKEN>
</CONFIG>
<REPLACEMENTS>
REPLACE_TYPEFACE number = “37058” with “17007" />
REPLACE_TYPEFACE number=”37110” with "17007" />
</REPLACEMENTS>
</BCESIMM>

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
3.1 <CONFIG>
Inside The TAGs <CONFIG> and </CONFIG> default printer settings can be defined. This is
a simulation of printer settings usually made on the printers control pannel.
3.1.1 <DefaultSymboSet>
<DefaultSymboSet>18C</DefaultSymbolSet>
This TAG defines the default symbol set, which will be used, if no symbol set was
defined in the printing data.
Valid values are:
18N - Unicode
18C - China (GB 2312 / GBK)
18H - Korea (KS C 5601)
18T - Taiwan & Hong Kong (Big5)
3.1.2 <DefaultTypeface>
<DefaultTypeface>4099</DefaultTypeface>
This TAG defines the default PCL5 Typeface No., which will be used, if no Typeface
was defined in the printing data.
3.1.3 <DefaultFontSize>
<DefaultFontSize>10</DefaultFontSize>
This TAG defines the default font size, which will be used, if no font size was defined
in the printing data.

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
3.1.4 < FALLBACK_TYPEFACE >
<FALLBACK_TYPEFACE number="17007" />
This TAG defines the PCL5 fallback typeface. This typeface will be used, if in the
default typeface or typeface defined in PCL5 Unicode data a character is missing.
Every time, when a requested character is missing, the fallback typeface will be used.
Note: it is useful to define a large font as a fallback typeface to get good printing
results. Eg. "Andale" includes about 60.000 characters, so it is recommanded
to be used as a fallback character. Following typeface Numbers can be used
for the "Andale" font:
17004 Andale-Mono-WT-J (Japanese)
17005 Andale-Mono-WT-K (Korean)
17006 Andale-Mono-WT-T (traditional Chinese)
17007 Andale Mono-WT-S (simplified Chinese)
The fallback typeface method works only, if the font used for unicode printing is a
font,which was previously uploaded on BENS, because the Unicode Filter can not
recognise missing characters of a typeface, which are stored in the printer.
3.1.5 < DPI >
<DPI>600</DPI>
This TAG defines the resolution for character rasterising.
3.1.6 <ESCAPE_TOKEN>
<ESCAPE_TOKEN>$Escape$</ESCAPE_TOKEN>
This TAG defines the replacement for the non-printable character ESC.

BENS PCL Unicode Filter
3.1.7 <REPLACEMENTS>
Inside The TAGs <REPLACEMENTS> and </REPLACEMENT> a typeface replacement
for Unicode printing can be defined. This is useful, when a font required for printing data
is not available. Such a font may be substituted with an existing font uploadod on
BENS, like "Andale".
Note: depending on the formattings used in the printing data, this method may
produce results, which sometimes can differ from expectation. Check the
result before using this method in productive environment.
3.1.8 <REPLACE_TYPEFACE number>
<REPLACE_TYPEFACE number = “37058” with “17007" />
The TAG in the example above substitutes the typeface No. 37058 with 17007
(Andale).