CODEPAGE (Character Code Page) - TSPL Command Reference

Plain English

Selects the character encoding for TEXT data (TSPL2 PG §CODEPAGE p18–19). Different code pages support different glyph sets — critical for international characters. Default at power-on is `437` (US OEM). The PG enumerates four families: 7-bit national variants (USA / BRI / GER / FRE / DAN / ITA / SPA / SWE / SWI), 8-bit DOS codepages (437 / 850 / 852 / 860 / 863 / 865 / 857), Windows codepages (1250 / 1252 / 1253 / 1254 / WPC1251 / WPC1255 / WPC1257 / 866), plus per-model UTF-8 / CJK additions in the model-specific appendix. Engine-recognised but doesn't currently apply byte→glyph mapping in TEXT (always passes through UTF-8/ASCII). Follow-up tracked for the mapping work.

When to use

Once per label-script when printing non-ASCII characters whose mapping depends on encoding (e.g. accented Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Turkish). Pair with COUNTRY for region-appropriate date/keyboard handling.

Syntax

CODEPAGE n

Parameters

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
`n`	Code page identifier (case-insensitive). `USA` - 7-bit USA `BRI` - 7-bit British `GER` - 7-bit German `FRE` - 7-bit French `DAN` - 7-bit Danish `ITA` - 7-bit Italian `SPA` - 7-bit Spanish `SWE` - 7-bit Swedish `SWI` - 7-bit Swiss `437` - 8-bit USA OEM (default at power-on) `850` - 8-bit Multilingual Latin-1 `852` - 8-bit Slavic / Latin-2 `857` - 8-bit Turkish `860` - 8-bit Portuguese `863` - 8-bit Canadian-French `865` - 8-bit Nordic `866` - 8-bit Cyrillic II `1250` - Windows Central Europe `1252` - Windows Latin I (Western Europe) `1253` - Windows Greek `1254` - Windows Turkish `WPC1251` - Windows Cyrillic `WPC1255` - Windows Hebrew `WPC1257` - Windows Baltic

n

Code page identifier (case-insensitive).

USA - 7-bit USA
BRI - 7-bit British
GER - 7-bit German
FRE - 7-bit French
DAN - 7-bit Danish
ITA - 7-bit Italian
SPA - 7-bit Spanish
SWE - 7-bit Swedish
SWI - 7-bit Swiss
437 - 8-bit USA OEM (default at power-on)
850 - 8-bit Multilingual Latin-1
852 - 8-bit Slavic / Latin-2
857 - 8-bit Turkish
860 - 8-bit Portuguese
863 - 8-bit Canadian-French
865 - 8-bit Nordic
866 - 8-bit Cyrillic II
1250 - Windows Central Europe
1252 - Windows Latin I (Western Europe)
1253 - Windows Greek
1254 - Windows Turkish
WPC1251 - Windows Cyrillic
WPC1255 - Windows Hebrew
WPC1257 - Windows Baltic

Example

CODEPAGE 1252
SIZE 100 mm, 50 mm
CLS
TEXT 50,30,"3",0,1,1,"Café Müller"
PRINT 1

Use Windows-1252 for Western-European characters

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