A character ID is an 8-byte character data string.A code point is an 8-bit binary number representing one
of 256 potential characters (the maximum number of characters available on a code page). Code points
are usually shown as hexadecimal representations of their binary values.
Binary 11000001
Decimal
193
Hexadecimal
C1
Figure 64on page 174 shows an example of part of a code page. When the printer receives hexadecimal
code point C1 for the code page shown (code page T1V10037), it prints an uppercase A(character ID
LA020000).
CodedFont
Code
Point
Character
ID
Character
ID
Character
Graphic
C1 LA020000 LA020000 A
AA
FontCharacterSet
CodePage
Figure63. Translation of a Keyboard Character into a Printed Character
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