SPECIAL
CHARACTERS
AND
SYMBOLS
In
addition
to
letters,
numbers,
and
punctuation
in
both
roman
and
italic, the
MPS
1200 also has
many
accented characters and graphic
symbols
in its repertoire.
International
Character
Sets
Format
ON
OFF
BASIC
Hex
chr$(27)
"R"
chr$(n)
1B
D2
nh
chr$(27)
"R"
chr$(11)
1B
D2
OBh
The
MPS
1200 can
print
accented characters from nine languages
by
redefining
up
to
12
of
the character codes to
accommodate
the
accented characters and special
symbols
used in each language.
To
select a particular set
of
characters,
send
ESC
R followed
by
the
ASCII code
number
for the set
you
want.
The
values
of
n are
shown
in
Table
3-5.
Although
the
ESC
R
command
may
be sent
while the
printer
is in either uppercase/graphics
or
upperllowercase
(text)
mode,
the
MPS
1200 will
only
print
the international charac-
ters
when
in text
mode.
In uppercase/graphics
mode,
the
standard
Commodore
graphics character set
is
used.
Table
3-5.
Values
of
n
for
International
Character
Sets.
n
0
1
2
3
4
5
Country
n
Country
U.S.A.
6
Italy
France
7
Spain
Germany
8
Japan
England
9
Norway
Denmark
I
10
Denmark
II
Sweden
11
Commodore
standard
(default)
To
print
a character
from
the
international character set
you
select-
ed, send its
PET
ASCII
code
number
(or its equivalent character in
standard
PET
ASCII).
The
PET
ASCII codes
that
change and the
international characters are
shown
in
Table
3-6.
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