About symbol sets

If you wish to extract readable text from a PCL file, it is essential that symbol sets are specified correctly. EscapeE interprets the characters in the original document using the symbol set defined on the General page of the Configuration dialog. Note that changing the 'source' will set up this symbol set automatically:

Source	Typical symbolset
Windows® driver	HP3 - the character codes are adjusted by 3 so that a "D" in the file is translated to "A", etc.
RedTitan DDF (PrePrinter)	none - no translation is required.
RedTitan Datastream Converter	9700
Other	(none)

Custom PCL output (Source = Other) usually requires no translation but a few drivers require symbol set HP-1 (adds 1 to each code).
See also the Character recognition database Code tables.

1.	Choose Configuration... from the Options menu.

2.	Select the General tab.

3.	Select a Source.

4.	Select a suitable Symbol set.

5.	Click OK; you will be prompted to reload the file.

When EscapeE extracts and outputs text, it can be set up to use a different symbolset. You may choose to use the standard Windows® character codes (19U), Unicode, or leave it Unchanged.

1.	Choose Configuration... from the Options menu.

2.	Select the General tab.

3.	Click Text options....

4.	Choose a suitable Symbol set.

5.	Click Apply.

6.	Click OK; you will be prompted to reload the file.

Notes

Changing the symbol set may affect any data-fields and tags set up previously. See Field Problems.

Character recognition codes may be set up using EEfonts: choose Set up database for character recognition from the 'Fonts' menu.

EscapeE may be set to recognize the symbolset automatically by selecting <Auto> from the 'symbol set' list. This feature may be requested on the command line using the option:

/SYMSET *

Links

Viewing font information

Installing fonts

Handling fonts