Class Series 2 Programmer’s Manual 251
Appendix I
Symbol Sets and Character Maps
Symbol Set Selection
Scalable fonts are mapped through a symbol set sometimes referred to as a “code page”.
This mapping allows the host application to select a variety of characters to match the
application. For example in the code page (CP), character code 0xE4 causes character to
be printed. In CP E7, the character code 0xE4 causes to be printed. Each of the CPs allows
the host application to “emulate” a character set for their application. Datamax-O’Neil
printers that support scalable fonts contain either a standard or an enhanced group of CPs
as defined below. The CP (symbol set) is selected using a DPL Command, <STX>ySxx, where
xx is the two letter CP Identifier.
In the following table, the checkmark symbol ( ) is used to indicate a full compliment of
characters, while “Part” indicates a partial compliment of characters and “X” indicates an
absence of characters for the given code page.
Single Byte Code Pages
Font Format
Code Page
Identifier
Intellifont
[1]
MicroType
[2]
Datamax
HP
(PCL)
CG
Triumvirate
CG
Times
CG
Triumvirate
CG
Times
True
Type
Description
AR 8V
X
X
[1]
Arabic-8
CP 3R
Part
Part
[1]
PC Cyrillic
D1 11L
X X X X ITC Zapf Dingbats/100
D2 12L
X X X X ITC Zapf Dingbats/200
D3 13L
X X X X ITC Zapf Dingbats/300
DN 0D
Part Part Part Part
ISO 60 Danish /
Norwegian
DS 10L
X X X X PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
DT 7J
DeskTop
E1 0N
ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
E2 2N
Part
ISO 8859/2 Latin 2
E5 5N
ISO 8859/9 Latin 5
(continued)
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