Star Micronics TUP500 Series Product Specifications Manual page 103

*3: Japanese Characters Specifications
n MSW0-7 MSW0-6
*1* 0
*2* 0
*3* 1
*4* 1
This setting is only enabled when in STAR Page Mode, and the printer is installed with Japanese language characters.
When SHIFT-JIS mode is selected, If the printer processes as 1 byte code when the reception data is 0x20-0x7F,
0xA0-0xDF. When reception data is 0x81-0x9F, 0xE0-0xEF, the printer processes it as 2-byte code along with the
next data. If SHIFT-JIS/JIS mixed mode is selected, the printer processes data as 2-byte code. When JIS Mode is
selected, and the reception data is 0 x 21-0x7E, it processes reception data as 2-byte code along with the next data.
TUP500 Series Product Specifications
Japanese Character Specifications
0 SHIFT-JIS Mode
1 SHIF-JIS/JIS Mixed Mode (IBM Expanded Chinese Characters are invalid)
0 JIS Mode
1 (Reserved)
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