Epson 8900 Series - Manual (Page 177)

Epson FX Printer Emulation Mode 8-25
Select International Character Set
Escape sequence: ESC R n
Hexadecimal: 1B 52 n
This command selects, for either draft or LQ printing, the international
version of the ASCII character set specified by the variable n. The
variable n can be any of the following values.
0 USA 7 Spain I
1 France 8 Japan
2 Germany 9 Norway
3 United Kingdom 10 Denmark II
4 Denmark I 11 Spain II
5 Sweden 12 Latin America
6 Italy
Enable Character Positions 128-159 as Printable Characters
Escape sequence: ESC 6
Hexadecimal: 1B 36
This command enables the printer to treat the characters in character
positions 128-159 (C1 control characters) as printable characters.
Disable Character Positions 128-159 as Printable Characters
Escape sequence: ESC 7
Hexadecimal: 1B 37