First Alert T-1000 Using Different Character Sets, 3-6Printer Features

Using Different Character Sets

The printer incorporates a special character set: Epson Character Graphics. This set allows you to take, advantage of the power of the Epson commands and still print out the character graphics used by IBM and IBM-compatible computers and by much commercial software. For example, if your word processor can include the characters to draw boxes and shade areas, you can produce some very professional effects.

You can select the Epson Character Graphics set with your software or by setting DIP switch l-3 ON. For most applications it is best to use the DIP switch instead of the software command because the character graphics are then available as soon as you turn the printer on.

The other important change you can make to the standard character set is to change some characters for ones commonly used in other languages-chiefly European and Scandinavian-such as accented characters and symbols. Eight international character sets can be selected by setting DIP switches 1-6 to 1-8: USA, French, German, UK, Danish, Swedish, Italian, and Spanish. See Chapter 5 for the DIP switch settings.

These eight, and five more, can also be selected by a software command. The additional character sets are the following: Norwegian, a second Danish set, Japanese, a second Spanish set, and Latin American. The table on the next page shows all of these characters.

3-6 Printer Features