Character Sets 1 and 2

The printer’s interpretation of code pages is based on whether character set 1 or character set 2 is selected. Character set 1 is the factory default character set and is printed if you do not specify otherwise. Character set 2 has foreign language characters and fewer control words.

You can select a character set from Setup Mode or by using the Select Character Set (ESC 6 or ESC 7) command.

Character set 1 has control codes located between:

Hex 00 and hex 1F

Hex 80 and hex 9F

Character set 2 has control codes located only between hex 00 and hex 1F.

The character sets contain a mixture of printer control codes and characters. The boxes show how the printer will interpret single-byte codes, depending on which character set you have selected. For example, hex 0A from code page 437:

Characters from

Code Page

Control Code

Dec (Decimal Value)

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