User`s manual

FEATURES AND FONTS
AXIS AX-3 Cobra+ Technical Reference 61
Printing with Code Page 259
The host may select different code pages that have different groups of symbols in them.
One of these is code page 259 that has mathematical symbols and box drawing
characters. Only a few of the characters in code page 259 can be printed with the
character sets that are used for normal text.
The protocol converter can handle a code page 259 selection in two different ways.
Using PC-850 At delivery, the protocol converter is set-up to take advantage of as many characters
from PC-850 as possible. This will enable printing of the box drawing characters and a
few others (page 139).
When the code page 259 selection has been received from the host, the protocol
converter will perform a number of steps.
Change EBCDIC-To-ASCII Character Translation Table will be the first thing to
happen. This means that the new translation table is adjusted to print as many
characters in code page 259 as possible by using the ASCII character set PC-850. The
missing characters will be printed as space.
Select PC-850 in the printer is done by sending the contents of parameter #118. If
PC-850 is already in use, this step is omitted. Note that printers that don’t support
PC-850 will not be able to print the correct characters.
When a new code page selection is received, the protocol converter automatically
switches back to the character set that was in use before the code page 259 selection
was issued, by reversing the steps above.