PMP Mail Archive: PMP> Management app expecting UTF-8 question

PMP> Management app expecting UTF-8 question

Bob Pentecost (bpenteco@boi.hp.com)
Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:57:14 -0600

If we decide to go with the UTF-8 proposal, how will a management =
application distinguish between a newer printer that is using UTF-8 and =
an older "misbehaving" printer that is using non-ASCII (such as PC-850 =
or Roman-8 for two examples)? The ASCII portion will be displayed =
correctly, but the characters that have the eighth bit set will be =
misinterpreted.=20

Bob