Double-Byte Character Support

The PDTs provided by Personal Communications and the corresponding printers are listed in this section. The DBCS PDTs are as follows:
  • IBM5577.PDT
  • IBM5577B.PDT
  • IBM5585.PDT
  • IBM5587.PDT
  • ESC_P.PDT
  • LIPS3A4.PDT
  • LIPS3B4.PDT
  • ESC_BIG5.PDT
  • ESC_CNS.PDT
  • ESC_5550.PDT
  • ESC_TCA.PDT
  • KS_JO.PDT
  • KS_WAN.PDT
  • KSSM_JO.PDT
  • KSSM_WAN.PDT
  • NPPAGES.PDT
Table 1 lists the printers to use with supported PDTs.
Table 1. Printer Models and Supported PDTs
File Name Printer Name/Model
IBM5577.PDT

IBM 4208-501, -5C2, -5K2
IBM 4216-510
IBM 5572-B02
IBM 5573-HC2
IBM 5575-B02, -F02, -H02, BC2, -FK1E
IBM 5577-B02, -G02, -H02, FC2, -HC2, -KC2,-HK2
IBM 5579-H02, -KC2

IBM5585.PDT

IBM 5585-H01, -HC1
IBM 5587-G01
IBM 5587-H01 (with extended functions)
IBM 5589-H01

IBM5587.PDT

IBM 5587-G01
IBM 5587-H01 (without extended functions

ESC_P.PDT ESC/P printer for China or Japan
ESC_BIG5.PDT ESC/P printer with Big5 DBCS code
ESC_CNS.PDT ESC/P printer with CNS DBCS code
ESC_5550.PDT ESC/P printer 5550 DBCS code
ESC_TCA.PDT ESC/P printer with TCA DBCS code
KS_JO.PDT KS printer with combination code
KS_WAN.PDT KS printer with completion code
KSSM_JO.PDT KSSM printer with combination code
KSSM_WAN.PDT KSSM printer with completion code
NPPAGES.PDT IBM NP12, NP17, NP24 printers for Japan
Table 2 lists the PDTs that are supported for DBCS only.
Table 2. DBCS Supported PDTs
File Name Printer Name/Model
NPPAGES.PDT IBM NP12, NP17, and NP24 in PAGES mode (Japan only)
IBM5585.PDT All types of IBM 5585 printers
IBM5587.PDT All types of IBM 5587 printers
IBM5577.PDT All types of IBM 5577 printers
IBM5577B.PDT IBM 5577-S02/T02 for Postal Bar Code Support (Japan only)