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print. To allow other code pages to be created by an application, a redefine character
set command is provided.
As discussed above, there are two commands for language selection in IBM mode.
The first is [ESC] !, which selects one of 19 international character sets. The [ESC] !
command does not allow all of the possible character sets to be selected, it is
provided for compatibility with older programs only. The second is [ESC] [ T, which
selects any of the 58 code pages. In EPOS mode, the [ESC] R command has been
expanded to select any of the 59 international character sets or code pages.
[ESC] ! Select international character set (Legacy Command)
ASCII [ESC] ! <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 21H <n>
Decimal <27> <33> <n>
IPCL &%CS <n>
EPOS [ESC] R <n>
Description The [ESC] ! <n> command selects international character set <n>. In
standard mode, the value of <n> is as follows.
Note: This command is supported in ASCII mode only.
<n> Language <n> Language
64-‘@’
A
SCII (slashed zero) 73-‘I’ Italian
65-‘A’
A
SCII (unslashed zero) 74-‘J’ French Canadian
66-‘B’ British 75-‘K’ Spanish
67-‘C’ German 76-‘L’ Swedish II
68-‘D’ French 77 –‘M’ Swedish III
69-‘E’ Swedish 78-‘N’ Swedish IV
70-‘F’ Danish 79-‘O’ Turkish
71-‘G’ Norwegian 80-‘P’ Swiss I
72-‘H’ Dutch 81-‘Q’ Swiss II
Table 5 Language Table ID’s
[ESC] [ T Select character code page
ASCII [ESC] [ T <nh> <nl>
Hexadecimal 1BH 5BH 54H <nh> <nl>
Decimal <27> <91> <84> <nh> <nl>
IPCL &%CP <m1> <m2> <m3> <m4>
EPOS [ESC] t <n>
Description The [ESC] [ T <nh> <nl> command selects character code page <nh>
<nl>. The Epic 880TM Printer supports many code pages. The following code pages
are supported.
Note: This command is supported in ASCII mode only.
Note: See Appendix E: Internal Code Page Definitions for the internally
defined code pages. Additional code pages may be defined and loaded as
Codepage definition files.