36 Using the EDS Mode
A code page is the set of symbols and characters that your printer can print.
Your printer converts ASCII hexadecimal data according to a code page to print
symbols and characters. By supporting different code pages, the printer can
print in a variety of different languages. The following table shows detailed
information about code pages.
Code Page Name Country Remarks
#437 IBM PC
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy,
Austria, Switzerland, United States, Spain
#850 Multi-Lingual
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy,
Austria, Switzerland, United States, Spain
Preferred by Microsoft
#860 Portuguese Portugal
#861 Icelandic Iceland
#863 Canadian French Canada
#865 Nordic Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden Preferred by Microsoft
#866 Russian Russia Preferred by Microsoft
#3840 IBM-Russian Russia, Bulgaria
#3841 Gost-Russian Russia Gost: government standard
#3843 Polish Poland Also called “Mazowia”
#3844 CS2 Czech Republic Also called “Kamenicky”
#3845 Hungarian Hungary
#3846 Turkish Turkey
#3847 Brazil-ABNT
#3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
#852 Latin-2
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak
Republic, Slovenia
Preferred by Microsoft
#1001 Arabic
Egypt, Saudi Arabia Mainly in Arabic speaking
countries
#737 Greek Greece Almost 80%
#851 Greek Greece
#869 Greek Greece