Appendix I – Symbol Sets and Character Maps
254 Class Series 2 Programmer’s Manual
Font Format
Code Page
Identifier
Intellifont
[1]
MicroType
[2]
Datamax
HP
(PCL)
CG
Triumvirate
CG
Times
CG
Triumvirate
CG
Times
True
Type
Description
WD 579L
X X X X
Wingdings
WE
[3]
9E
Part
Windows 3.1 Latin 2
WG
[3]
9G
Part
Part
[1]
Windows Latin/Greek
WL
[3]
19L
Part
Windows 3.1 Baltic
(Latv, Lith)
WN 9U
X X Windows
WO 9U
[3]
[3]
[3]
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
WR
[3]
9R
Part
[3]
[1]
Windows Latin/Cyrillic
WT
[3]
5T
Windows 3.1 Latin 5
[1]
Supported in the EX2 model.
[2]
Supported in the A-Class, H-Class, I-Class, and EX2 models.
[3]
Contains the Euro currency symbol ( ).
Table I-1: Single Byte Code Pages
Double-Byte Symbols, Chinese, Kanji, and Korean
Character Map Selection
Double byte scalable fonts are mapped through a “character map”. This mapping allows the
host application to select a variety of characters to match the application. Each of the code
pages allows the host application to emulate a character set for the application.
Double Byte Character Map
Character
Map ID
TrueType
Font
Description
B5
BIG 5 (Taiwan) Encoded
*
EU
EUC (Extended UNIX Code)
GB
Government Bureau Industry Standard; Chinese (PRC); default
JS
JIS (Japanese Industry Standard); default
SJ
Shift JIS
UC
Unicode (including Korean)
*Unavailable for the EX2.
Table I-2: Double Byte Character Map
The double-byte symbol set is selected using <STX>yUxx command. The single-byte symbol
set is selected using the same command, <STX>ySxx. Each affects an independent database
selection and has no impact on the other.
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