Item II12094

  APAR Identifier ...... II12094      Last Changed ........ 00/11/14
  DCF AND PRINTING THE EURO CURRENCY SYMBOL.
  5748XX900

  Symptom ...... IN INCORROUT         Status ........... CLOSED  CAN
  Severity ................... 4      Date Closed ......... 00/11/14
  Component .......... INFOPALIB      Duplicate of ........
  Reported Release ......... 001      Fixed Release ............
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  ERROR DESCRIPTION:
  DCF AND PRINTING THE EURO CURRENCY SYMBOL.
  LOCAL FIX:
  1. Choose a font that contains the euro character.
      New font metrics files are supplied as part of the AFP Font
      Collection.  I got them from a CD-ROM titled "IBM AFP Font
      Collection, Font Collection for AIX and OS/2, Version 2
      Release 1", Volume Serial UAB719, LK2T-9269-00.
      You can use the WindowsNT FIND command to locate *.afm
      files that contain "Euro".
      Select an AFM file that contains "Euro", and also
      corresponds to a font listed in the DCFINDEX FONTPS.
      There are a few that correspond.
       1. Courier in cou.afm corresponds with PSFCR FONTPS.
       2. Courier Bold in coub.afm corresponds with PSFCRB FONTPS.
       3. Helvetica in hel.afm corresponds with PSFHV FONTPS.
       4. Helvetica Bold in helb.afm corresponds with PSFHVB
          FONTPS.
     Do a binary upload of your chosen font to the corresponding
     name.  For example g:\psfonts\latin\cou.afm uploads to
     PSFCR FONTPS.
     If you choose a font that does not match one already listed
     in DCFINDEX FONTPS, you will have to modify DCFINDEX FONTPS
     to add the new font.  The DCFINDEX FONTPS supplied with DCF
     includes those fonts which are always resident on PostScript
     printers.
     If you choose a font which is not resident in your printer,
     you will have to do additional work (see below).  Consult
     your printer documentation to learn which fonts are resident.
  2. Create a DCF codepage that will associate the euro character
     with a specific code point.  In many codepages, the codepoint
     9F is mapped to the International currency symbol (called
     "currency" in the codepages).  In others, 9F is mapped to
     "bullet" or some other character.  For example, you could
     choose PSCP0395 (the DCF default codepage) or PSCP0500 and
     change the 9F character from "bullet" to "Euro".  To avoid
     changing your normal codepage, you can give the new codepage
     a new name like PSCPEURO, or PSCPE395. This way, the "bullet"
     character is still available in the normal codepage.
  3. Create a symbol for euro in your Script input file with .DV,
     or define and start your chosen font and use your chosen
     codepoint.  For example,
           .df font1 type('Courier') codepage pscpeuro
           .bf font1
           This is  10.00 EUR
           .pf
  4. Format the Script file using a PostScript logical device like
     DEV(PSA).
  5. Do a binary download of your file and print it to a printer
     that has the chosen font resident.  For example, an Infoprint
     20 will print the example above because the Courier font with
     the euro is resident in the printer.
  If you have chosen a font which is not resident on your printer,
  you will need to use the FONTLAB tool from the AFP Font
  Collection to create a PFA file from the PFB file for the font.


  Then copy both the font and the output file to your printer.
  For example, if I have a 4216-031 IBM Personal Page Printer II
  defined as LPT1: I can print the test file by doing this:
            copy cou.pfa + myfile.ps LPT1:





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