[pasa]

I search laser printers able to interpret (and to print...) data coded in UTF-8 or UTF-16 . Do you know if such printers are available on the market ?
Thanks.

[RegalT]

hp-ux 11i v1.5 non-critical impact:
Asian System Environment - new Asian codesets, codeset conversions, printing (NcEn777)

enhancement description
HP-UX provides several Asian enhancements as server features, including some new Asian codesets, UDC (User Defined Characters, or Gaiji), printing, and codeset conversions with mainframe codesets.


Asian System Environment (ASE) common

new printer model
New printer models are supported on the LP Spooler. You can print plain text file on the following printers by configuring the printer using the PCL5.nloo (PCL5.asian) model file on the LP Spooler:
HP LaserJet 4000(N)
HP LaserJet 4050(N)
HP LaserJet 4500(N)
HP LaserJet 5000(N)
HP LaserJet 8000(N)
HP LaserJet 8100N
Note: By installing optional Font DIMM on these printers, you can print text with TrueType fonts. To use TrueType fonts, you have to configure a printer with PCL5.asian model file for the LP Spooler.
Japanese System Environment (JSE)

Unicode
Japanese UTF-8 locale ja_JP.utf8 is supported. Using this locale, you can input, display and print UTF-8 characters. It supports characters defined in standards JIS X 0201 (1976), JIS X 0208 (1990), and JIS X 0212 (1990). UDC (User Defined Characters or GAIJI) and VDC (Vender Defined Characters) are not supported.
For details, see the document /usr/share/doc/ASX-UTF8.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) Japanese 109 Keyboard support
This allows for inputting Japanese characters by Japanese input methods.
NEC VDC symbols for display on X Window System
NEC special characters are included in Japanese fonts. NEC VDC has 83 characters which occupy following code areas:
JIS[Kuten]: 13/01 - 13/92
Shift-JIS: 0x8740 - 0x879C
Those characters can be shown on X Window System.
New Ricoh TrueType font package
The new Ricoh TrueType font package "TrueTypeWorld ValueFontD2" is supported. The supported fonts are Windows 3.1 version of WABUN (Japanese) fonts.
New printer model
New printer models are supported on the LP Spooler. You can print Japanese plain text file on the following printers by configuring the printer using the specified model file on the LP Spooler:
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Table 8-2: New Printer Models for JSE

Printer LP Spooler Model File
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HP LaserJet 5si [3] PCL5.nloo (PCL5.asian)
HP HITPCPDA ESCP
HP HITHTS4A ESCP
HP HITKD20A ESCP
HP HITKD45A ESCP
Canon LBP-850 LIPS4
Canon LBP-930EX LIPS4
Canon LBP-2030 LIPS4
Canon LBP-2040 LIPS4
Canon LBP-2160 LIPS4
OKI Microline 9XXPSII [4] PS2.nlio
OKI Microline 9XXPSIII PS2.nlio
OKI Microline 703N(3) PS2.nlio
EPSON VP-1800 ESCP
OKI 533OS ESCP
OKI 835OS ESCP
OKI 858OS ESCP
NEC LL-15 (NPDL2) NPDLII
NEC LL-30 (NPDL2) NPDLII
NEC LL-15 (ESC/P) [5] ESCP
NEC LL-30 (ESC/P) ESCP