PSF/AIX: Where is C0P07580 character set?
ITEM: RTA000152697
Q:
Topic thread:
Printer Systems (PRINT - NA/ATS)
PSF/AIX
Hi, I need your help. I have a customer with an RS/6000 (43P) with
PSF for AIX V2.1 and IBM3900, They want to print with font C0P07580.
I can't find this in CDROM AFP Font Collection: Fonts for AIX and
OS/2. Where can I get this font??.
Thanks in advance..
A:
I need to a do a bit more research on possible alternatives for you,
so let me ask you a few questions and then provide the information I
currently have available:
Q1) Which model of the IBM3900? Is it the model -001 or is it one of
the 3900s with an AFCCU control unit?
Q2) It would help if you could confirm that you only need the font in
240-pel format. Or do you need the font in 300-pel too?
Q3) I'm guessing that this might be a LIST3820 file from DCF or
Bookmaster, but it would help if you could confirm that.
Q4) If not DCF or Bookmaster, what application generated the output?
Q5) Do you have access to the source (so that it could be modified
and recompiled)? Or do you only have access to the AFPDS
(LIST3820, LISTAFP, etc.)?
C0P07580 is a character set belonging to a font called Pi Sans Serif.
It is part of a licensed font program called Pi and Specials, 5771-ABC.
C0P07580 is a character set belonging to a font called Pi Sans Serif;
specifically it is 8 point Pi Sans Serif Roman Bold. The corresponding
coded font is X0P0758P, and the associated code page is T1GPI363.
It is part of a licensed font program called Pi and Specials, 5771-ABC,
that is only available in 240-pel format for mainframe systems. It has
never been packaged for AIX or made available in 300-pel format.
1) If you have access to the source document, the best long-term
strategy is to change all references to the Pi and Specials font to
its nearest equivalent in the IBM Expanded Core Font set, which is
available on all PSF platforms in both 240 and 300 pel.
The closest replacement in the AFP Font Collection would be
Symbols: Helvetica Roman Bold 8 point. There are two possible
coded fonts that each use a different code page:
CODED FONT CODE PAGE CHARACTER SET
========== ========= =============
XnH47181 T1000259 CnH40180
XnH47189 T1001091 CnH40180
This information is from the IBM Technical Reference for Core
Interchange Digitized Type (S544-3708). I have not compared the
layout of these codepages with the one used by the Pi and Specials
font. There might be some differences in the allocation of the
code points that you would need to test.
I am checking with development to see if you were to recompile a
DCF document specifying DEV(AFPA) rather than DEV(3820A) if the
references to Pi and Specials are automatically changed to the
Symbols Helvetica font for you, or if specific action must be
taken. I should have that answer in a day or two.
2) If you do not have the source document (I'm assuming DCF or
Bookmaster) but only the LIST3820 object, and are thus unable
to change which font is called in the object, then one option
would be that if your customer is licensed for and has the
Pi and Specials font on a VM or MVS mainframe, then you can
download the font components in binary format to the RS/6000
and put them in one of PSF/AIX's search paths. They must have
read permissions (444) in order to be used.
If you need the font in 300-pel format, then PSF/MVS and PSF/VM
have conversion utilities that let you create a 300-pel version of
a 240-pel font. You would need to verify that the quality of the
converted font is satisfactory.
3) If the 3900 is one with an AFCCU, we may be able to do something
with resident fonts and GRD mapping tables, but before I go into
all that detail, I'd like to get the answers to the questions I
asked above.
Returning to you for additional information before proceeding.
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
psf/60q0 psf/aix infoprint psf aix C0P07580 pi specials sonoran
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