From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 14:50:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C2437B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.pinboard.com (mail.pinboard.com [194.209.195.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B891243F93 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:50:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kurt@pinboard.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost)XAA60592 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:50:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kurt@pinboard.com (kurt@pinboard.com)) (client-IP ) Received: (from kurt@localhost)XAA06804; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:35:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kurt (kurt)) (client-IP ) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:35:50 +0200 From: pbdlists@pinboard.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030610233549.A837@pinboard.com> Mail-Followup-To: pbdlists@pinboard.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Subject: PostScript UTF-8 fonts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:50:33 -0000 I do have a PostScript capable printer (Lexmark E310) and printing to it via lpr works fine. However, I do have the requirement to print Japanese. When the printer is being used from a Windows machine, this works fine. I guess the necessary fonts are being included in the print job itself. After loooots of searching and trying etc. I finally also found a way to print from Mozilla on FreeBSD and get Japanese output. print from mozilla to postscript -> run the postscript data through ghostscript to the pswrite device -> send the output from ghostscript to the printer However, this only works when a webpage is encoded in Shift-JIS (possible EUC), if it is encoded in the UTF-8 charset, the Japanese characters again all print as squares, even though they are fine on the screen. I do have installed various CJK (ChineseJapaneseKorean 2-byte) fonts from the ports collection (FBSD v4.7). My guess is, that I need to get a complete UTF-8 font collection which includes the Japanese characters, installed for ghostscript. But I can not find anything. What can be found on the web lacks Japanese characters. - First of all, am I on the right way with installing fonts and pushing the whole stuff through ghostscript or was this solution working by mere luck and I should use a completely different approach? - If my approach is fine, where can a free complete UTF-8 font for ghostscript be found? - I'm also playing with the thought of buying a okidata C5300n color LED printer, which has PS level 3 support and quite a number of fonts installed by default (financing it is still a barrier, however). Does anybody have any experience with printing Japanese from FreeBSD on this printer (_NOT_ one bought in Japan, as the models sold in Japan usually do have a harddisk with the necessary fonts preinstalled)? Thanks for any helpful hints, Kurt