Arabic Font Support

The printer supports the Arabic font (Code Page 1256). It prints each character one by one according to the code number specified. However, each individual Arabic character does not make sense as it changes its shape according to the context.

The printer provides the functionality to automatically transform Arabic character according to the context.

To enable this functionality, the printer has to be configured to the following conditions:

• Code Page = 1256
• Special Font = Mode 4 (Proportional Contextual 1256) or Mode 5 (Fixed Pitch Contextual 1256)

Based on this setting, following transformations are available for characters of code page 1256:

• Contextual forms
• Word ligatures
• Reverse the Arabic strings

These features can be achieved based on the proportional font and they are available according to the following conditions:

• Arabic Proportional font exist in DBCS font area.
• Asian Mode is disabled.
• Codepage 1256 is selected or Arabic characters (0600–06FF) are specified in Unicode mode.

If Arabic proportional font does not exist in the DBCS font area, the above–mentioned features are not available, and Codepage 1256 isolated characters are printed in fixed pitch.