Epson T88III specifications Shift, Code a, Code B, Code C, FNC1, FNC2, FNC3, FNC4

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②Special characters are defined by combining two characters "{" and one character. The ASCII character "{" is defined by transmitting "{" twice consecutively.

Specific character		Transmit data
	ASCII	Hex	Decimal
SHIFT	{S	7B, 53	123,83
CODE A	{A	7B, 41	123, 65
CODE B	{B	7B, 42	123, 66
CODE C	{C	7B, 43	123, 67
FNC1	{1	7B, 31	123, 49
FNC2	{2	7B, 32	123, 50
FNC3	{3	7B, 33	123, 51
FNC4	{4	7B, 34	123, 52
"{"	{{	7B, 7B	123, 123

[Example] Example data for printing "No. 123456"

In this example, the printer first prints "No." using CODE B, then prints the following numbers using CODE C.

GS k 73 10 123 66 78 111 46 123 67 12 34 56

• If the top of the bar code data is not the code set selection character, the printer stops

	command processing and processes the following data as normal data.
	• If combination of "{" and the following character does not apply any special character, the
	printer stops command processing and processes the following data as normal data.
	• If the printer receives characters that cannot be used in the special code set, the printer stops
	command processing and processes the following data as normal data.
	• The printer does not print HRI characters that correspond to the shift characters or code set
	selection characters.
	• HRI character for the function character is space.
	• HRI characters for the control character (<00>H to <1F>H and <7F>H) are space.
<Others>	Be sure to keep spaces on both right and left sides of a bar code. (Spaces are different
	depending on the types of the bar code.)

[Reference] GS H, GS f, GS h, GS w, Appendix J

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