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10-1Multinational 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 L
atin 1 which includes an extended charac
Ć
ter set. Character matrix tables for each character set and the corresponding international
lan
Ć
guage
substitution table are provided in this chapter.
This chapter discusses the following:
n
Selecting the Character Set and L
anguage
n
Selecting Extended Character Set ECMA
n OCR-A and OCR-B
n
Downloading L
anguages and Characters
n
Character A
ddress T
able (Character Library)
n
Numeric Character L
ocation Listing
n
Alphabetical Character L
ocation Listing
Specific
character set charts and international language substitution tables are provided in Ap
Ć
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 char
Ć
acter
set.
2. Cycle through the international language selections available within the selected characĆ
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 L
atin 1 is broken down
into two parts: the P
rimary Set, defined from 20-7F hex, and
the
Extended Set, defined from 80-FF hex. The Extended Set may be one of several sets selec
Ć
table
from the control panel: Barcode, Multinational, Greek, Graphics, and Scientific.