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Selecting the current or default symbol set
Yourprintercan use eitherthe primaryor the secondaryfont as its current font. And that current font has its current symbol set. Your printer also remembemits defaultfontand symbolset, whichare CourierwithRoman-
8(unlessyou’vechangedtheir initialparametervalues throughthe front panelmenu).
The followingcommandlets you selectone of thosesymbolsets for your primaryfont.
<ESC>( n @
For n enter one of the followingselectionvaluesfor yourprimaryfont:
n VALUE | SELECTION |
O(zero)or 1 (one) | Selectsthe defaultsymbolset |
2 | Selectsthe currentfont’ssymbolset (this |
| forcesthe printerto selectits best match- |
| ing font) |
3 | Selectsall of the default font’s attributes |
| (notjust symbolset) |
Similarly,youcan selecteitherthedefaultor thecurrentsymbolsetforyour secondaryfont. You also may want to use the same symbolset for both primaryand secondaryfonts.
To do these tasks, you can send the followingcommandto select which symbolset you want for yoursecondaryfont:
<ESC>) n @
For n enter onc of the valuesfromthis table:
n VALUE | SELECTION |
O(zero) | Selectsthe defaultsymbolset |
1 (one) | Selectssame symbolset as primaryfont |
2 | Selects’the currentfont’ssymbolset |
3 | Selects all the default font’s attributes (not just |
| symbolset) |
Example: Symbol set commands
Let’stakea shortlookathowyouusethesecommands.Here’sthescenario: Youare alreadyusingtheTms Romntypeface,but wantto use theGerman symbolsetas youarewritinga reportfor yourBerlinofficeandneedumlaut charactersfor severalnamesin the report.
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