zpl.tools
Font & Text Commands

^CI - Change International Font

Selects international character set

^CI - Change International Font

Overview

The ^CI command selects an international character set encoding for text printing, enabling proper display of non-ASCII characters.

Syntax

^CIn

Parameters

  • n = Character set number
    • 0-13 = Built-in character sets
    • 14-255 = User-defined character sets

Description

  • Selects character set encoding
  • Enables international language support
  • Affects text interpretation
  • Applies to subsequent fields

Usage Notes

  • Different printers support different character sets
  • Common sets: 0=USA, 1=UK, 2=Canada
  • Set before using international characters
  • Persists until changed

Character Set Examples

NumberLanguage/Region
0USA/ASCII
1United Kingdom
2Canada
3Denmark
4Finland
5France
6Germany
7Italy
8Spain
9Sweden

Example

^XA ^CI1 ^FO50,50 ^ADN ^FDEnglish (UK)^FS ^XZ
  • ^A - Scalable Font
  • ^SE - Select Encoding
  • ^CW - Font Identifier

See Also