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Chapter 7 Commands
I – Character Set Selection
Description
This command is used to select the proper character set.
Syntax
Ip
1
,p
2
,p
3
Parameters p
1
Number of data bits (7 or 8). Default 8.
p
2
Printer Code Page (1 digit, see table 1 below). Default 0.
p
3
KDU Country Code (3 digits, see table 2 below). Default 001. (Only if p
1
= 8.)
Table 1. Printer Code Page (p
2
)
7 data bits (p
1
=7) 8 data bits (p
1
=8)
p
2
Country p
2
Code Page Country
0 U.S.A 0 437 United Kingdom
1 United Kingdom 1 850 Multilingual (Latin 1)
2 Germany 4 863 Canada (French)
3 France 5 865 Norway
4 Denmark (In case code pages 437, 863, or 865 cannot
7 Sweden produce the desired characters, use code page
8 Switzerland 850 Multilingual)
Table 2. KDU Country Code (p
3
)
Code Country Code Country
001 U.S.A. 041 Switzerland
002 Canada 044 United Kingdom
003 Latin America 045 Denmark
027 South Africa 046 Sweden
031 Netherlands 047 Norway
032 Belgium 049 Germany
033 France 351 Portugal
034 Spain 358 Finland
039 Italy
For additional code page examples, refer to Chapter 9.
Example
I8,1,046 ↵ :Selects 8 bit character set for use in Sweden
with a Keyboard Display Unit.