Epson 4100 manual Appendix D Character Sets

Appendix D—

Character Sets

This appendix is concerned primarily with standard character sets created using "Character Options" in the configuration menu.

Character sets determine what the printer does when you send a data byte to the printer.

There are only two categories of doable possibilities. The printer can either print a character (A B C a b c * ? 1 2 3 etc.) or perform a basic operation (form feed, beep, escape, etc.)

•If your computer and printer are set up to transmit and receive only 7 bits of serial or parallel data per byte, then your printer can do 128 characters and single-code operations.

•If your computer and printer are set up to transmit and receive 8 bits of data per byte (and most are), then your printer can do 256 characters and single-code operations.