Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" <cj@c...> 
wrote:
> 
> Hello Stephen,
> 
> >QTRgui passes the correct file name on in its batch file. However, 
> >when QuadToneRIP displays the name in its log, the name has
> >changed. I used the "æ" character. It changed into "µ". I am
> not 
> >familiar enough with extended character sets to speculate why it 
> >would change like that.
> 
> It may have to do with the OEM/ANSI issue.  Windows uses ANSI
> character sets and the engine that QTR is built on may be translating
> to OEM.  I don't know enough about it to be certain, but I know it can
> be an issue, and the symptoms sound like it.  Roy can probably answer
> for sure.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

I don't think there are any translations going on.  But .bat files are
from ancient history -- DOS,  so none of that old code was written
for anything but simple 7 bit ascii.  I haven't any idea what those
special characters are represented by or what ancient code does with
it.  Just ordinary special characters like space and ampersand cause
a lot of grief.

Roy