Symbol map (Array of UI ) ; 5.2.4. Symbol set control command ; Esc*c#S (27)(42)(99)#(83) - Page 63

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CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 43 

Symbol map (Array of UI ) 

The symbol map, which has a list of symbol index numbers, is used to define the symbols for the symbol set.  
This map defines the combinations of symbol index numbers and character codes. 

5.2.4.  Symbol set control command 

Esc*c#S  (27)(42)(99)#(83)  

<1Bh><2Ah><63h>#<53h> 

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Values for # can be 0, 1, 2, 4, or 5. 

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0 specifies to delete all temporary and permanent user-defined symbol sets. 

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1 specifies to delete all temporary user-defined symbol sets. 

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2 specifies to delete current user-defined symbol set. 

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4 specifies to make current user-defined symbol set temporary. 

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5 specifies to make current user-defined symbol set permanent. 

5.2.5.  Selecting the symbol set 

Esc(symbol set ID 

(27)(40) 

<1Bh><28h> 

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This command selects the symbol set (character set) for the primary font. 

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Symbol set IDs consist of a number followed by a letter.  

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Default symbol set ID is Roman-8.  If an invalid default symbol set ID is selected, the symbol set becomes 

Roman-8. 

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The selectable symbol set varies depending on the printer model. 

Symbol set 

Set primary font 

Symbol set 

Set primary font 

ISO 60 : Norwegian 1 

Esc(0D 

ISO 57 : Chinese 

Esc(2K 

ISO 61 : Norwegian 2 

Esc(1D 

ISO8859-1 (ECMA-94) Latin 1 

Esc(0N 

ISO 4  : United Kingdom 

Esc(1E 

Wingdings 

Esc(579L 

Windows 3.1 Latin 2 

Esc(9E 

PS Math 

Esc(5M 

ISO 25 : French 

Esc(0F 

Ventura Math  

Esc(6M 

ISO 69 : French 

Esc(1F 

Math-8 

Esc(8M 

HP German 

Esc(0G 

Symbol 

Esc(19M 

ISO 21 : German 

Esc(1G 

ISO 8859-2 Latin 2 

Esc(2N 

ISO 15 : Italian 

Esc(0I 

ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 

Esc(5N 

Microsoft Publishing 

Esc(6J 

ISO 11: Swedish; names 

Esc(0S 

Desk Top 

Esc(7J 

PS Text  

Esc(10J 

HP Spanish 

Esc(1S 

Ventura International 

Esc(13J 

ISO 17 : Spanish 

Esc(2S 

Ventura US 

Esc(14J 

ISO 10 : Swedish 

Esc(3S 

ISO 16 : Portuguese 

Esc(4S 

ISO 14 : JIS ASCII 

Esc(0K 

ISO 84 : Portuguese 

Esc(5S 

ISO 85 : Spanish 

Esc(6S 

Windows 3.1 Latin 5 

Esc(5T 

PC Turkish 

Esc(9T 

ISO 6 : ASCII 

Esc(0U 

Legal 

Esc(1U 

ISO 2 : IRV 

Esc(2U 

Roman 8 

Esc(8U 

Windows 3.0 Latin 1 

Esc(9U 

PC-8 

Esc(10U 

PC-8 D/N 

Esc(11U 

PC-850 

Esc(12U 

Pi Font   

Esc(15U 

PC-852 

Esc(17U 

Windows 3.1 Latin 1 

Esc (19U 

MC Text  

Esc(12J