Section 11: Configuration Possibilities AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e User’s Manual220Logical Printers for Customized PrintingThe AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e has a powerful facility for altering theprint data. This means that your desired print format can be realizedon any type of printer. The following actions can be invoked from theprint server:• The character set can be changed to suit the printer• Strings can be added before and after the print data• Strings within the print data can be substituted• ASCII to PostScript conversion• Redirection of print data to another printer if the printer is busy• Hex Dump mode to assist with printing problemsIf any of these actions are required, a Logical Printer is used tochange the print data before being sent to the printer port. There areeight logical printers (PR1-PR8) that can be set up to filter the printdata.The default logical printers settings are such that PR1—PR4 cause nochange to the flow of print data, while PR5—PR8 add CR to LF controlcharacters:Each logical printer can be set via the print server’s internal Webpages: Open a Web browser, enter the IP address of the print server inthe Location/Address field and select Admin | Logical Printers.The logical printers can also be set up by editing the config file. See“Editing the config file” on page 192.Logical Printer Changes to dataPR1 no changePR2 no changePR3 no changePR4 no changePR5 add CR to LFPR6 add CR to LFPR7 add CR to LFPR8 add CR to LF
