Convert Shift-JS and UTF-8 to PostScript

SUSE Product Topics SLES Configure-Administer
1

Hello All,

I’ve been asked to find a way to convert Shift-JS and UTF-8 to PostScript on an older SLES10 installation. Currently I use a2ps for PostScript conversions (sometimes in conjunction with iconv), but a2ps doesn’t support Shift-JS or UTF-8. There are many search references to u2ps, paps and uniprint, but I’m not familiar with any of these. It seems that paps could be a good fit for me. Does anyone have experience with this? Will it run SLES10?

I’m open to any suggestions that can accomplish this.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL = 1

Thanks to all who reply,
Ray

2

RayL,

It appears that in the past few days you have not received a response to your
posting. That concerns us, and has triggered this automated reply.

Has your issue been resolved? If not, you might try one of the following options:

Be sure to read the forum FAQ about what to expect in the way of responses:
http://forums.suse.com/faq.php

If this is a reply to a duplicate posting, please ignore and accept our apologies
and rest assured we will issue a stern reprimand to our posting bot.

Good luck!

Your SUSE Forums Team
http://forums.suse.com

3

RayL wrote:
[color=blue]

I’m open to any suggestions that can accomplish this.[/color]

I see no one has replied to your post and I don’t have an answer for
you either.

You seem to be looking for a particular application. Perhaps someone
will have some suggestions if you ask in a forum that focuses on
applications:

SUSE Forums: SLED Applications
https://forums.suse.com/forumdisplay.php?10-SLED-Applications

openSUSE Forums: Applications
Questions about desktops (KDE, Gnome, XFCE, etc.), software
applications (configuration, usage, bugs, documentation)
https://forums.opensuse.org/forumdisplay.php/669-Applications

–
Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner
If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface,
show your appreciation and click on the star below…

4

On 05/08/2014 10:24 AM, RayL wrote:[color=blue]

Hello All,

I’ve been asked to find a way to convert Shift-JS and UTF-8 to
PostScript on an older SLES10 installation. Currently I use a2ps for
PostScript conversions (sometimes in conjunction with iconv), but a2ps
doesn’t support Shift-JS or UTF-8. There are many search references to
u2ps, paps and uniprint, but I’m not familiar with any of these. It
seems that paps could be a good fit for me. Does anyone have experience
with this? Will it run SLES10?

I’m open to any suggestions that can accomplish this.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL = 1

Thanks to all who reply,
Ray

[/color]

Not sure. SLES 10, old. Maybe it would still allow you to view in browser and
from there print directly to pdf.

5

I would say that you should try to

1st convert the character coding of the source file to something “neutral” (e.g. WINDOWS-1252) using the iconv utility (run “iconv --list” for a list of available charsets),
2nd you’d do the a2ps conversion you have done before.

HTH, Thomas

[QUOTE=RayL;21226]Hello All,

I’ve been asked to find a way to convert Shift-JS and UTF-8 to PostScript on an older SLES10 installation. Currently I use a2ps for PostScript conversions (sometimes in conjunction with iconv), but a2ps doesn’t support Shift-JS or UTF-8. There are many search references to u2ps, paps and uniprint, but I’m not familiar with any of these. It seems that paps could be a good fit for me. Does anyone have experience with this? Will it run SLES10?

I’m open to any suggestions that can accomplish this.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL = 1

Thanks to all who reply,
Ray[/QUOTE]