Datamax 7A300007 Rev. 2 manual Character Sets, Character Size and Line Spacing

Character Sets

Select Character Set Esc F n

This command will select the character set that will be used when printing extended characters (Hexadecimal: 80 to FF;

Decimal: 128 to 255).

n Character Set

1International Character Set

2PC Line Drawing Character Set A 16 bit font (Asian tables)

Example1: The following escape sequence will select the International character set.

Escape Sequence:	ESC	F	1
Hexadecimal:	1B	46	31
Decimal:	27	70	49

Refer to Appendices Section for complete list of characters contained in each character set.

Note that printers are set to International Character Set by default. When using the PC Line Drawing Character Set, the text line spacing should be set to zero in order to create continuous vertical lines.

This command is used in conjunction with the command ESC k n (or Esc K n, refer to Character Size and Line Spacing).

Character Size and Line Spacing

Select Character Pitch: Mode 1 ESC K n CR

This command sets the font size based on the number of character per inch. The parameter n can have the following values:

n	Character Pitch/Font	Character size		Columns Per Line
			APEX2	APEX3 / Andes3	APEX4
0	~13 cpi Rotated / Courier mode 0	16 x 14	24 (rows/line)	36 (rows/line)	52 (rows/line)
1	~12 cpi Normal / Courier mode 1	16 x 23	24	36	52
2	~16 cpi Normal / Courier mode 2	12 x 23	32	48	69
3	~19 cpi Normal / Courier mode 3	10 x 23	38	57	83
4	~21 cpi Normal / Courier mode 4	09 x 23	42	64	92
5	~24 cpi Normal / Courier mode 5	08 x 23	48	72	104
6	~10 cpi Normal / Monospace 821BT	20 x 23	19	28	40
7	~20 cpi Normal / Monospace 821BT	10 x 23	38	57	80
8	~20 cpi Bold / Monospace 821BT	10 x 23	38	57	80
9	~20 cpi Short / Monospace 821BT	10 x 18	38	57	80
10	~4 cpi Bold	48 x 80	8	12	17
11	~25 cpi Verin	08 x 23	48	72	104
12	~22 cpi Verin	09 x 23	42	64	92
13	~20 cpi Verin	10 x 23	38	57	83
14	~16 cpi Verin	12 x 23	32	48	69
15	~12 cpi Verin	16 x 23	24	36	52

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