Epson 100-88002 manual 1BH 2BH 4CH

			Unicode and Fonts
Function	Initiate Unicode UTF-16BE Encoding		All
ASCII	[ESC] + H
Hexadecimal		1BH 2BH 48H
Decimal	<27> <43> <72>

Description The [ESC] + H command will put the printer into UTF-16BE character encoding mode of operation. If you wish to access characters above 255, you must select a Unicode encoding such as UTF-16BE.

You must select a downloaded font, as described in this section, before issuing this command.

UTF-16 is the most straightforward way to access characters above 255, sending two 8-bit bytes that form a 16-bit address to access the desired character.

UTF-16BE uses the big-endian method of sending the two bytes. This method sends the high byte first and then the low byte.

Note: Once selected, all information sent to the printer must then use this encoding, even for non-print commands.

Function	Initiate Unicode UTF-16LE Encoding		All
ASCII	[ESC] + L
Hexadecimal		1BH 2BH 4CH
Decimal	<27> <43> <76>

Description The [ESC] + L command will put the printer into UTF-16LE character encoding mode of operation. If you wish to access characters above 255, You must select a Unicode encoding such as UTF-16LE.

You must select a downloaded font, as described in this section, before issuing this command.

UTF-16 is the most straightforward way to access characters above 255, sending two 8-bit bytes that form a 16-bit address to access the desired character.

UTF-16LE uses the little-endian method of sending the two bytes. This method sends the low byte first and then the high byte.

Note: Once selected, all information sent to the printer must then use this encoding, even for non-print commands.

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