Brother Laser Printer HL1660e User Manual

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2001/10/02

CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 44

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";

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