Chapter 2: Character Set Commands 9
International Character Set Commands
These commands allow you to select special international character sets which replace
less-frequently used characters with symbols used in a variety of European languages or in the
publishing industry.
Select International Character Set Command (IBM/ML)
⻬ ML320 E/I, ML321 E/I ⻬ ML320 Turbo, ML321 Turbo ⻬ ML520, ML521
⻬ ML320 Std., ML321 Std. ⻬ ML390 Turbo, ML391 Turbo ⻬ ML590, ML591
Function ASCII Dec Hex
Select International Character Set ESC ! n 27 33 n 1B 21 n
To access these characters, replace the n in the command with the appropriate value taken
from column two in the table below.
Table 8: IBM/ML ESC ! Command —
International Character Substitutions
Character Corresponding to Decimal Value
Language n353638486479919293949596123124125126
American
(slashed zero) 64 # $ & Ø @ O [ \ ] ^ - ‘ { | } ~
American
(unslashed zero) 65 # $ & 0 @ O [ \ ] ^ - ‘ { | } ~
British 66 £ $ & 0 @ O [ \ ] ^ _ ‘ { | } ~
Danish 70# $&0@OÆØÅÜ _ ` æ Ø å ü
Dutch 72 £ $ & 0 @ O [ IJ ] ^ _ ‘ { IJ } ~
French 68 £ $ & 0 à O · ç § ^ _ ‘ é ù è û
French Canadian 74 ü $ ë Ø à Ø â ç ê î ï ô é ù è û
German 67#$&0§OÄÖÜ^_‘äöüß
Italian 73 £ $ & Ø § O
°
çé^_ùà ò è ì
Latin American 76 # $ & 0 à O ¡ Ñ ¿ é _ ü ì ñ ó ú
Norwegian 71# $&0@OÆØÅ^ _
•
æØå ~
Publisher 90 # $ & 0 § O
°
‘“¶
±*
`©®
†
™
Spanish 75 ! $ & 0 ¡ O Ñ ñ ¿ ü _ á é í ó ú
Swedish 69 § ¤ & 0 É O Ä Ö Å ^ _ é ä ö å ü
* For Models ML520 and ML521, character position number 95 in the Publisher Character Set is _ (underscore).