Symbol Set ; Esc)symbol set ID ; Set primary font - Page 64

2001/10/02

CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 44 

User-defined symbol sets are defined by the command ESC ( f # W. 

Esc)symbol set ID 

(27)(41) 

<1Bh><29h> 

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

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To select any of the above symbol sets for the secondary font simply substitute ‘)’ for ‘(’ in the command 

shown in the table. 

10 REM ****** SELECT A CHARACTER SET ******  

20 ESC$=CHR$(27)  

30 WIDTH "LPT1:",255  

40 REM --- ROMAN-8 CHARACTER SET SELECTION ------  

50 LPRINT ESC$+"(8U";  

60 REM --- PRINT CHARACTERS ----  

70 FOR I=160 TO 255  

80 LPRINT CHR$(I);  

90 NEXT  

100 LPRINT  

110 REM --- PC-8 CHARACTER SET SELECTION ------  

120 LPRINT ESC$+"(10U";  

130 REM --- PRINT CHARACTERS ----  

140 FOR I=160 TO 255  

150 LPRINT CHR$(I);  

160 NEXT  

170 LPRINT  

180 REM --- PAPER EJECT ---  

190 LPRINT CHR$(12);  

200 END 

There is a further group of symbol sets that are available for Brother fonts only. You can select these as follows: 

Esc(s#C 

(27)(40)(115)#(67) 

<1Bh><28h><73h>#<43h> 

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

Esc)s#C 

(27)(41)(115)#(67) 

<1Bh><29h><73h>#<43h> 

• 

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

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Brother symbol set IDs consist of a number only.  

Symbol Set 

Set primary font 

Symbol set 

Set primary font 

Roman-8 

Esc(s1C 

Portuguese 

Esc(s15C 

US ASCII 

Esc(s2C 

Swiss German 

Esc(s16C 

German 

Esc(s3C 

American Spanish 

Esc(s17C 

UK English 

Esc(s4C 

Norwegian/Danish 

Esc(s18C 

French 

Esc(s5C 

Canadian 

Esc(s19C 

Dutch 

Esc(s6C 

Finnish/Swedish 

Esc(s20C 

Italian 

Esc(s7C 

South African 

Esc(s21C 

S. Spanish 

Esc(s8C 

PC-8 D/N 

Esc(s23C 

A. English WP 

Esc(s9C 

PC-8 

Esc(s25C 

UK ASCII/2 

Esc(s10C 

PC-850 

Esc(s26C 

Symbol 

Esc(s11C 

PC-860 

Esc(s27C 

International 

Esc(s12C 

PC-863 

Esc(s28C 

American English 

Esc(s13C 

PC-865 

Esc(s29C 

UK ASCII 

Esc(s14C 

Japanese English 

Esc(s38C 

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To select any of the above symbol sets for the secondary font simply substitute ‘)’ for ‘(’ in the command 

shown in the table. 

10 REM ****** SELECTING CHARACTER SETS ******  

20 ESC$=CHR$(27)  

30 WIDTH "LPT1:",255  

40 REM --- GERMAN CHARACTER SET SELECTION ------  

50 LPRINT ESC$+"(s3C";