Datamax-O'Neil APEX Series Programmer’s Manual - Manual (Page 9)

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Character Sets
Select Character Set Esc F n
This command will select the character set that will be used when printing extended characters (Hexadecimal: 80 to FF;
Decimal: 128 to 255).
n Character Set
1 International Character Set
2 PC Line Drawing Character Set
A 16 bit font (Asian tables)
Example1: The following escape sequence will select the International character set.
Escape Sequence: ESC F
1
Hexadecimal: 1B 46 31
Decimal: 27 70 49
Refer to Appendices Section for complete list of characters contained in each character set.
Note that printers are set to International Character Set by default. When using the PC Line Drawing Character Set, the text line
spacing should be set to zero in order to create continuous vertical lines.
This command is used in conjunction with the command ESC k n (or Esc K n, refer to Character Size and Line Spacing).
Character Size and Line Spacing
Select Character Pitch: Mode 1 ESC K n CR
This command sets the font size based on the number of character per inch. The parameter n can have the following values:
n Character Pitch/Font Character size Columns Per Line
APEX2 APEX3 / Andes3 APEX4
0 ~13 cpi Rotated / Courier mode 0 16 x 14 24 (rows/line) 36 (rows/line) 52 (rows/line)
1 ~12 cpi Normal / Courier mode 1 16 x 23 24 36 52
2 ~16 cpi Normal / Courier mode 2 12 x 23 32 48 69
3 ~19 cpi Normal / Courier mode 3 10 x 23 38 57 83
4 ~21 cpi Normal / Courier mode 4 09 x 23 42 64 92
5 ~24 cpi Normal / Courier mode 5 08 x 23 48 72 104
6 ~10 cpi Normal / Monospace 821BT 20 x 23 19 28 40
7 ~20 cpi Normal / Monospace 821BT 10 x 23 38 57 80
8 ~20 cpi Bold / Monospace 821BT 10 x 23 38 57 80
9 ~20 cpi Short / Monospace 821BT 10 x 18 38 57 80
10 ~4 cpi Bold 48 x 80 8 12 17
11 ~25 cpi Verin 08 x 23 48 72 104
12 ~22 cpi Verin 09 x 23 42 64 92
13 ~20 cpi Verin 10 x 23 38 57 83
14 ~16 cpi Verin 12 x 23 32 48 69
15 ~12 cpi Verin 16 x 23 24 36 52