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10/10/03
CHAPTER 6 EPSON - 21
Select international character set
EscRn (27)(82)n <1Bh><52h>n
• This command selects one of the available international character sets, refer to the printer User Guide
for supported character sets.
• Each character set varies slightly from the others and contains a small number of special characters
necessary for printing in that particular language.
• The selection you make with this command does not affect any italic or graphics character table
selection that you may have made with the
Esc t
command.
• The character sets listed below, plus several others, can also be selected from the printer’s control
panel.
• The character sets available and the corresponding values of n are as follows:
US ASCII 0 Japanese 8
French I 1 Norwegian 9
German 2 Danish II 10
UK ASCII I 3 UK ASCII II 13
Danish I 4 French II 14
Swedish 5 Dutch 15
Italy 6 South African 16
Spanish 7
• If you have selected the graphics character table with the Esc t 1 command the following additional
character sets are available.
Norwegian set I 17 IBM set I 19
Norwegian set II 18 IBM set II 20
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(82); CHR$(3); 'Select British char set
Select italic / graphics character table
Esctn (27)(116)n <1Bh><74h>n
• This command allows you to choose between two character tables - the italic character table and the
graphics character table.
• The two tables are shown in the Epson FX-850 section of the appendix at the end of this manual.
•
Set n to 0 to select the italic character table. Character codes in the range 160 to 255 are now italic
characters.
• Set n to 1 to select the extended character table. Character codes in the range 128 to 255 are now
foreign language and graphics characters.
• You can still print italic characters using the Select Italic Mode, Esc 4, command even when you
have selected the graphics character table.
6.6. Using customized characters
Define characters
Esc&NULn
1
n
2
(n
3
<character definition data>) (27)(38)(00)n1n2(n3....)
<1Bh><26h><00h>n1n2(n3...)
•
This command enables you to define and download characters for printing.
• Monospaced characters are designed on a grid eleven dots wide by nine dots high. Characters either
occupy the top 8 rows of the grid (ascending characters) or rows 2 to 9 of the grid (descending
characters).
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Blank columns
Character width
Rows 1 - 8
Replication area
Rows 2 - 9