1-12 Command Descriptions Rev. A
ESC t n
[Name] Select character code table
[Format] ASCII ESC t n
Hex 1B 74 n
Decimal 27 116 n
[Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 5
n = 255
ESC t n selects a page n from the character code table as follows. The default setting is page 0 (n=0).
The alphanumeric characters (20H (decimal 32) to 7FH (decimal 127)) are the same for each page. The
extended characters (80H (decimal 128) to FFH (decimal 255)) are different for each page.
n Character Code Table
0 Page 0 [PC437 (U.S.A. , Standard Europe)]
1 Page 1 [Katakana]
2 Page 2 [PC850 (Multilingual)]
3 Page 3 [PC860 (Portuguese)]
4 Page 4 [PC863 (Canadian-French)]
5 Page 5 [PC865 (Nordic)]
255 Page 255 [Space page]
Program Example Print Sample
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"t";CHR$(0);
←
Select page 0
GOSUB printing
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"t";CHR$(1);
←
Select page 1
GOSUB printing
END
printing:
FOR i=&H20 TO &H7F
PRINT #1, CHR$(i);
NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
FOR i=&H80 TO &HFF
PRINT #1, CHR$(i);
NEXT i
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA);
RETURN