Brother HL-2170W User Manual
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CHAPTER 2 PCL - 52
User-defined symbol sets are defined by the command ESC ( f # W.
Esc)symbol set ID
(27)(41)
<1Bh><29h>
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$(12);
200 END
There is a further group of symbol sets that are available for Brother fonts only. You can select these as follows:
Esc(s#C (27)(40)(115)#(67)
<1Bh><28h><73h>#<43h>
This command selects the symbol set (character set) for the primary font.
Esc)s#C (27)(41)(115)#(67)
<1Bh><29h><73h>#<43h>
This command selects the symbol set (character set) for the secondary font.
Brother symbol set IDs consist of a number only.
Symbol Set
Set primary font
Symbol set
Set primary font
Roman-8 Esc(s1C
Portuguese Esc(s15C
US ASCII
Esc(s2C
Swiss German
Esc(s16C
German Esc(s3C
American
Spanish
Esc(s17C
UK English
Esc(s4C
Norwegian/Danish
Esc(s18C
French Esc(s5C
Canadian
Esc(s19C
Dutch Esc(s6C
Finnish/Swedish
Esc(s20C
Italian Esc(s7C
South
African
Esc(s21C
S. Spanish
Esc(s8C
PC-8 D/N
Esc(s23C
A. English WP
Esc(s9C
PC-8
Esc(s25C
UK ASCII/2
Esc(s10C
PC-850
Esc(s26C
Symbol Esc(s11C
PC-860 Esc(s27C
International Esc(s12C
PC-863
Esc(s28C
American English
Esc(s13C
PC-865
Esc(s29C
UK ASCII
Esc(s14C
Japanese English
Esc(s38C
To select any of the above symbol sets for the secondary font simply substitute ')' for '(' in the command
shown in the table.
10 REM ****** SELECTING CHARACTER SETS ******
20 ESC$=CHR$(27)
30 WIDTH "LPT1:",255
40 REM --- GERMAN CHARACTER SET SELECTION ------
50 LPRINT ESC$+"(s3C";