Latin-2 printing?

[Former Member]

Hey Experts,

We're implementing SAP for our Poland operation and will need the ability to print in Polish. As I understand it, Polish uses the Latin-2 ISO-8859-2 character set. So, not only will I need to ensure any printer fully supports Latin-2, but also has a corresponding SAP device type for Latin-2.

We are planning on using HP and Canon printers in Poland. I found documentation on 2 device types for HP that support Latin -2 - one PCL5 and one PostScript - I2HPPS and I2HP4. I could not find any Latin-2 device types for Canon.

Do you know of any other HP device types or Canon device types that support Latin-2??? How have you successfully printed Latin-2 languages / Polish in your company?

Thanks,

Jeff Martens

Basis Admin.

[Former Member]

Hi Jeff:

did you solve this issue?

I'm facing the same problem with Xerox 7228 and HP printer LaserJet 3390. I'm able to print in polish but I'm having problems prnting "zdot" character.

best regards,

Jose

[Former Member]

Jose,

I have solved the issue.

1. Make sure your printer supports Latin 2.

2. Use one of these SAP device types: ( there may be more)

SAP supplies 2 different Latin - 2 device types for HP printers which also work with one of the Canon's I've tested:

I2HP4 - this uses PCL.

Device type for Eastern Europe for all printer of the Hewlett Packard

LaserJet 4 printer series (for example, LaserJet 4/4m, 4Plus/4mPlus,

4V/4mV, 4Si). Uses character set "ISO 8859/2" (Latin 2). OCR-A/OCR-B are

included in the printer definitions, however, the printer requires

additional firmware/font diskette. The "HP LASERJET BarCodes & MORE FONT

CARTRIDGE" or a respective SIMM module is required. For the barcode print

from R/3 with printer of the HP LaserJet 4 series the SIMM module "JetCAPS

Intelligent Barcode SIMM" is required and supported.

I2HPPS - this uses PostScript.

Device type for certain HP LaserJet models with PostScript emulation (see

Note 575916). I2HPPS supports character set "ISO 8859/2" (Latin 2).

I2HPPS is compatible with all releases as of 4.0A.

Barcode printing and OCR fonts are not supported.

I tested an HP8100 and Canon iR2270 successfully using the I2HP4 device type. I am unsure what you mean by the "zdot" character, but my subsidiary in Poland said all the Polish characters looked good when he tested.

Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Jeff

Edited by: Jeff Martens on Feb 19, 2008 8:22 AM