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Mod.Nr. 4 150813 LEV
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2.1.18
ESC ‘%‘+[n]
Character Set and Country
Code Selection
[Name]
Character Set and Country Code Selection
[Function]
This command selects the character set and the country code.
[Code]
[1B]
16
+ [25]
16
+ [n]
[27]
10
+ [37]
10
+ [n]
[Description]
1. Command “ESC ‘%’ [n]” selects the primary or secondary character set and the country code
within this character set.
2. Either character set can be changed by uploading a new character set to the printer using the
supplied font upload tool.
3. Parameter [n] specifies character set and country code. The following figure shows the
relationship between the bits of parameter [n] and character set and country code:
Parameter [n], bit
Value
Printing mode
(LSB)
b0 – b2
0
Primary character set (default)
1
Secondary character set
2 – 7
Reserved for future use
b3 – b7
(MSB)
0
Country code disabled (default)
1
USA
2
France
3
Germany
4
U.K.
5
Denmark 1
6
Sweden
7
Italy
8
Spain 1
9
Japan 1
10
Norway
11
Denmark 2
12
Spain 2
13
Latin America
14
Japan 2
15 - 31
Reserved for future use
4. The country code characters are available from firmware version R2-V1.01f and later.