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Configuring Language Locales for the ZKDU
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P1059693-001 Rev. A ZKDU User’s Guide 6/4/2013
Configuring Language Locales for the ZKDU
The ZKDU supports printer language locale with the EPL alternate language select by A
programming method to support character differences by locale. Character overlays are
available to identify the changed characters for data entry. The default EPL language setting
for language and locale support is Code Page 437 for English-USA. The ZKDU keyboard has
been design to support this configuration. The ZKDU can support other languages and listed in
this section.
The language settings for EPL printing operation is set with the I - Command. The ZKDU
only supports printing and displaying with a subset of the languages and locales that the EPL
print operations can support.
The I - Command structure matches the following:
I8,Code_Page,Country_Code
The EPL printer default setting for language and locale setting is the equivalent of the
following I - Command programming string:
I8,0,001
It is for the U.S. English Code Page 437 with the ZKDU/KDU country set for the USA (-001).
ZKDU EPL Supported Language Code Pages
The following code pages support both the ZKDU and EPL printers. Please reference the EPL
Programming Guide to verify the character sets available for printing. The ZKDU supports
data entry and displaying a large subset of each of these code pages.
ZKDU EPL Supported Locales (Country Codes)
Code Page DOS Code Page Language
0 437 English
1 850 Multilingual (Latin 1)
2 852 Slavic (Latin 2)
3 860 Portuguese
4 863 French Canadian
5 865 Nordic
Code Country Code Country Code Country
001 USA 033 France 046 Sweden
002 Canada 034 Spain 047 Norway
003 Latin America 039 Italy 049 Germany
027 South Africa 041 Switzerland 351 Portugal
031 Netherlands 044 United Kingdom 358 Finland
032 Belgium 045 Denmark