scheme> I'm using GNU/Debian 2.2r3 with CJK-Latex and the required font packages scheme> installed. When I'm trying to scheme> bg5latex Arphic_test.tex "latex Arphic_test.tex" is Ok. Maybe this is not the answer which you want, but just FYI. BYW, did you try the example of SJIS.tex? I could not get any result of it. Regards, --Wen wen@japan.email.ne.jp