Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual page 55

Revision C 16/01/96
User-defined symbol sets are available for the HL-10h, HL-1260 and HL-660. They are defined by the command
ESC ( f # W.
Esc)symbol set ID
• This command selects the symbol set (character set) for the secondary font.
• 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
• This command selects the symbol set (character set) for the primary font.
Esc)s#C
• This command selects the symbol set (character set) for the secondary font.
• Brother symbol set IDs consist of a number only.
Symbol Set
Roman-8
US ASCII
German
UK English
French
Dutch
Italian
S. Spanish
A. English WP
UK ASCII/2
Symbol
International
American English
UK ASCII
(27)(41)
(27)(40)(115)#(67)
(27)(41)(115)#(67)
Set primary font
Esc(s1C
Esc(s2C
Esc(s3C
Esc(s4C
Esc(s5C
Esc(s6C
Esc(s7C
Esc(s8C
Esc(s9C
Esc(s10C
Esc(s11C
Esc(s12C
Esc(s13C
Esc(s14C
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Symbol set Set primary font
Portuguese
Swiss German
American Spanish
Norwegian/Danish
Canadian
Finnish/Swedish
South African
PC-8 D/N
PC-8
PC-850
PC-860
PC-863
PC-865
Japanese English
Esc(s15C
Esc(s16C
Esc(s17C
Esc(s18C
Esc(s19C
Esc(s20C
Esc(s21C
Esc(s23C
Esc(s25C
Esc(s26C
Esc(s27C
Esc(s28C
Esc(s29C
Esc(s38C