Shift-Jis Code System - Seiko RP-F10 Series Technical Reference

6.1.2 Shift-JIS Code System

When Shift-JIS code system is selected with the "Select Kanji Code System" command (FS 'C'), Kanji
characters can be printed with 2 bytes character code without entering the "Specify Kanji Mode" command
(FS '&').
A command functions either as a character code of 1-byte code system character or the 2nd byte of
character code of 2-byte code system character.
When a command is input with the 2nd byte of character code of 2-byte code system character, the 1st byte
is ignored.
(1) Character codes of 1-byte code system character
00H to 1FH: The following codes are processed as commands. The other codes are ignored.
20H to 7EH: Character code
7FH:
80H to FEH: See (2).
FFH:
(2) Character codes of 2-byte code system character
2-byte character is specified with 2 bytes character code.
(a) The 1st byte
81H to 9FH: 2-byte character area
E0H to EBH: 2-byte character area
ECH:
EDH to EFH: 2-byte character area
FAH to FCH: 2-byte character area
The codes 80H to FEH other than above are processed as 1-byte code system characters.
(b) The 2nd byte
40H to 7EH: Processed as the 2nd byte of Shift-JIS code.
80H to FCH: Processed as the 2nd byte of Shift-JIS code.
The codes other than above are ignored with the 1st byte when they are not commands.
The codes not defined as Shift-JIS code system or special characters within the 2-byte character area
are processed as 2-byte spaces.
09H(HT), 0AH(LF), 0CH(FF), 0DH(CR), 10H(DLE), 12H(DC2), 13H(DC3),
18H(CAN), 1BH(ESC), 1CH(FS), 1DH(GS)
Ignored
Depends on the character set.
For the Codepage 1250 to 1254 character sets and the user-defined character, it is
processed as a character code.
For character sets other than above, it is ignored.
User-defined character area
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