Printronix P9000 Series manual Chapter Multinational Character Sets

CHAPTER 10

MULTINATIONAL CHARACTER SETS

Introduction

Four basic character set choices are available and selected from the control panel: IBM PC, Multinational, DEC Multinational, and ECMA 94 Latin 1 which includes an extended characF ter set. Character matrix tables for each character set and the corresponding international lanF guage substitution table are provided in this chapter.

This chapter discusses the following:

nSelecting the Character Set and Language

nSelecting Extended Character Set ECMA

nOCR-A and OCR-B

nDownloading Languages and Characters

nCharacter Address Table (Character Library)

nNumeric Character Location Listing

nAlphabetical Character Location Listing

Specific character set charts and international language substitution tables are provided in ApF pendix B.

Selecting the Character Set and Language

The character sets and languages within each character set are selected at the printer control panel and are illustrated in the Multinational Character Set diagram located on page NO TAG. Select the appropriate character set and language as follows:

1.At the control panel, cycle through the character set selections and select the desired charF acter set.

2.Cycle through the international language selections available within the selected characF ter set and select the language.

NOTE: The language selection can also be made from the host computer using PSET or

ESC R. Refer to Character Set Select: International in the Programming chapter for details.

Selecting Extended Character Set ECMA

ECMA 94 Latin 1 is broken down into two parts: the Primary Set, defined from 20-7F hex, and the Extended Set, defined from 80-FF hex. The Extended Set may be one of several sets selecF table from the control panel: Barcode, Multinational, Greek, Graphics, and Scientific.

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