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Appendix I – Symbol Sets and Character Maps

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Class Series 2 Programmer’s Manual

Code Page

Identifier

Font Format

Description

Intellifont

[1]

MicroType

[2]

True

Type

Datamax

HP

(PCL)

CG

Triumvirate

CG

Times

CG

Triumvirate

CG

Times

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 yUxx command. The single-byte symbol
set is selected using the same command, ySxx. Each affects an independent database
selection and has no impact on the other.

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