HP LineJet Printers - PCL-II/LinePrinter Plus Technical Reference Manual, 171249-001PX

Chapter 3 Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes

Character Set Select

ASCII Code SFCC l

xyz

(lowercase “L”)

Hex Code SFCC 6C

xyz

Dec Code SFCC 108

xyz

Purpose Selects the character set, extended character set, and the

international language for a specific character set.

where

is the character set (Table 17);

is the international language for the selected character set

(Table 18);

is the extended character set for the selected character set

(Table 19);

Discussion An asterisk (*) (hex 2A) may be submitted for

x, y,

. If the

asterisk (*) is the value selected for

, the character set will not

change. If * is the value selected for

, the previously

selected international language and/or extended character set

for the selected character set will be used.

The character set, international language and extended

character set can also be selected from the printer control panel,

via the Character Set and Print Language options; however, the

control code setting will override the control panel selection.

Except for the asterisk value discussed above, values other than

those shown in the tables will result in the control sequence

being terminated.

Table 16 on page 82 provides detailed notes on print mode

support for each character set.

Table 17. Character Set Select (

)

Character Set

0 (hex 30) IBM PC

1 (hex 31) Multinational

2 (hex 32) ECMA Latin 1

3 (hex 33) DEC Multinational