Codepages
Codepage is a mapping between numbers and characters. A set of characters is called charset. A charset typically contains 256 characters and can represent symbols, numbers and one or two alphabets. The majority of printers can print a specific set of charsets. Normally you will need to deal with codepages and charsets only if you need to print text in languages other than English. For example if you need to print text in Russian you will need to:
You can only use codepages which have been installed. To see a list of installed/ available codepages go to "Regional Options" control panel. In the "Regional Options" control panel you can also define the default ANSI codepage. Windows provides several pre-defines values that you can use:
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