Compaq 5525B/31/32 manual Symbol Set Selection

Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL-II Emulation with Control Codes

Symbol Set Selection

The printer allows you to select a symbol set. A symbol set is a set of characters that are mapped to certain locations in the printer’s memory. Symbol sets differ from one another in the characters contained in the set and in their locations within memory. The default symbol set is that of the default font specified from the control panel.

The following escape sequences are used to specify the primary and secondary symbol sets:

ESC(ID	Select symbol set for primary character font
ESC)ID	Select symbol set for secondary character font

Table 4 lists the ID’s needed to select each symbol set. For example, to select the Roman-8 symbol set for the primary font, you would send the ESC(8U escape sequence. To select OCR-B for the secondary font, you would send ESC)1O to the printer.

An ASCII symbol set table is provided in Appendix A.

NOTE: Any number of fonts may be printed on each line, but to do this, each font must be the same pitch and typeface. That is, only one print pitch, or typeface is allowed per line.

Table 4. Symbol Set Selection

Symbol Set	ID	Classification	Printable in hex	Mode
Name			80-9F Range
Roman-8*	8U	8-Bit	No	1
Turkish-8	8T	8-Bit	No	1
Arab-8	8V	8-Bit	No	1
Cyrillic-8	8R	8-Bit	No	1
ASCII	0U	7-Bit	No	0
Math Symbol	0A or 0M	7-Bit	No	0
Line Draw Set	0B or 0L	7-Bit	No	0
ISO Den/Nor	0D	7-Bit	No	0
Roman Ext Char	0E	7-Bit	No	0
ISO UK	1E	7-Bit	No	0
ISO France	0F	7-Bit	No	0
ISO German	0G	7-Bit	No	0
Hebrew	0H	8-Bit	No	1
Japan ASCII	0K	7-Bit	No	0
Katakana	1K	8-Bit	No	1
Block Char	1L	7-Bit	No	0

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