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Appendix G..................................ASCII Character Sets

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ASCII Character Sets

A Character Set is a collection of characters (i.e. letters, numbers, and symbols) organized into a
"Set" where each character is assigned a unique code. The printer supports the following
Character Sets which are selected automatically when the emulation is selected.

Emulation

Default

Character Set

Setup Mode Feature

("Set xxxxxxxxxxxx")

TI 885 (Optional)

7 Bit ASCII

Set 7 Bit ASCII

IBM Proprinter XL

IBM Code Page 437

Set IBM Code 437
Set IBM Code 850

Epson FX-80

Epson Italic

Set Epson Italic
Set Epson Graph
Set Epson Ital/Gr

DEC LA-120

DEC Supplemental

Set DEC Supplement

To select a Character Set different from the default select the emulation then character set.

Each character set table contains characters which may be printed or executed as Control Codes.
This is determined by the currently selected emulation. Refer to the chapter for the emulation
selected to determine how to print or execute these codes. When IBM Proprinter emulation is
selected the Setup Mode feature "IBM Char Set x" is used as follows. Refer to the Users Manual
for instructions on changing this feature.

Setup Feature

(IBM Char Set x)

Proprinter Escape

Sequence

Description

IBM Char Set 1

ESC 7

ASCII Codes 3-6 and 128-159 are treated
as control codes

IBM Char Set 2

ESC 6

ASCII Codes 3-6 and 128-159 are decoded
as printable characters.

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