At this time I am not sure what the problem is. Our application generates files, theses files may contain characters in the range of 128-255. We are then trying to print this file (Red Hat 7.0) to a c.itoh CI-5000 printer( supposed to be fully comptatible with linux), but those files which contain those extended characters are in some way not correct. specifically è (138) does some major damage to the output. Is this a problem with linux? How do I fix it (kinda looking for detailed instructions)? Or is this a printer thing? Luc