Appendix I; Symbol Sets And Character Maps; Symbol Set Selection - Datamax A-4310 Programmer's Manual

Appendix I

Symbol Sets and Character Maps

Symbol Set Selection

Scalable fonts are mapped through a symbol set sometimes referred to as a 'code page'. This mapping
allows the host application to select a variety of characters to match the application. For example in the
code page (CP), character code
causes δ to be printed. Each of the CPs allows the host application to "emulate" a character set for their
application. Datamax printers that support scalable fonts contain either a standard or an enhanced group
of CPs as defined below. The CP (symbol set) is selected using a DPL Command,
is the two letter CP Identifier.
Note: In the following table, "√" indicates a full compliment of characters, "Part" indicates a partial compliment of
characters, and "X" indicates an absence of characters for the given code page.
Code Page Identifier
Datamax HP (PCL)
Triumvirate
AR 8V
CP 3R
D1 11L
D2 12L
D3 13L
DN 0D
DS 10L
DT 7J
E1 0N
E2 2N
E5 5N
E6 6N
E7 12N
E9 9N
EG 12N
EH 7H
ER 10N
FR 1F
G8 8G
GK 12G
GR 1G
H0 0H
H8 8H
IT 0I
[3]
L$ 14L
LG 1U
Class Series Programmer's Manual
causes character Φ to be printed. In CP E7, the character code
0xE4
Single Byte Code Pages
Font Format
[1]
Intellifont
CG CG
Times Triumvirate
√
X
√
Part
X X
X X
X X
Part Part
X X
√ √
√ √
√
Part
√ √
√
Part
√
Part
√
X X
√
Part
√
Part
√
Part
Part Part
√
Part
√
Part
Part Part
√
Part
√
Part
√ √
√ √
√ √
[2]
MicroType
TrueType
CG CG
Times
√ √
X
√ √
Part
X X
X X
X X
Part Part
X X
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
X X
√ √
[4] [4]
√ √
Part
√ √
Part
√ √
Part
Part Part
√ √
Part
√ √
Part
Part Part
√
√
Part
√ √
Part
√ √
X X
√ √
, where
<STX>ySxx
Description
Arabic-8
[3]
PC Cyrillic
[3]
ITC Zapf Dingbats/100
ITC Zapf Dingbats/200
ITC Zapf Dingbats/300
√
ISO 60 Danish / Norwegian
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
√
DeskTop
√ ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
√
ISO 8859/2 Latin 2
√
ISO 8859/9 Latin 5
√
ISO 8859/10 Latin 6
√
ISO 8859/7 Latin/Greek
ISO 8859/15 Latin 9
[4]
ISO 8859/7 Latin/Greek
[3]
ISO 8859/8 Latin/Hebrew
[3]
ISO 8859/5 Latin/Cyrillic
[3]
√
ISO 69: French
Greek-8
[3]
PC-8 Greek
[3]
√
ISO 21: German
Hebrew-7
[3]
Hebrew-8
[3]
√
ISO 15: Italian
√ HP4000 ITC Zapf Dingbats
√
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0xE4
xx
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