Microsoft KB Archive/22280

How to Get “A” with an Accent Mark on the HP LaserJet Plus

PSS ID Number: Q22280 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.10 4.00

MS-DOS

= QUESTION =

Using a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet Plus or higher, how do I get an “a” with an accent mark?

= RESPONSE =

Because the AD font set uses the Roman 8 extended character set, the only “a” with an accent available is ALT 133. 133 has been remapped in our driver to a decimal 200. In the Roman 8 character set, decimal 200 corresponds to an “a” with an accent going from left to right (the French a). The other “a” with an accent (going from right to left–the Spanish a) is decimal 196 in the Roman 8 character set. However, since we use 196 internally for the nonbreaking hyphen, this “a” is not accessible with our HPDWNR8P and HPDWNR8L drivers.

If you want to get the Spanish “a” (with the accent going from right to left), you must change the character translation table in the driver and remap any character to 196.

For example, if you did not want the other “a” with the accent from left to right, then change 133:“^0310” to 133:“^0304” (note that the numbers are in their octal equivalents).

Then, once you remap 196 to another character, (for example, 133 in the above example), use ALT 133 in your document to get the proper “a” to print.

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