Microsoft KB Archive/63942

Word: Description of 7- and 8-Bit Font Cartridges

PSS ID Number: Q63942 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

Hewlett-Packard 7-bit font cartridges contain characters that are numbered up to 127. These cartridges do not contain any extended characters above the standard keyboard symbols. However, 8-bit font cartridges contain characters numbered up to 255 and do contain extended characters and symbols.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To determine if the cartridge is 7-bit cartridge, look for a table of font information listed on the front of the cartridge. In the middle of the cartridge there is a 5-digit number followed by a letter, which is unique to each cartridge. The name of the cartridge is printed following this number on the same line. The next line tells which symbol set is available on the cartridge and if the set is in 7-bit form designating the older cartridge. If the label does not list this information, then the cartridge has one of the newer labels and is an 8-bit cartridge.

Although Hewlett-Packard no longer manufactures 7-bit font cartridges, many of its cartridges have been revised to the 8-bit form. The Microsoft Z cartridge, for example, has been manufactured in both 7- and 8-bit forms and can be identified by the instructions above. The newer 8-bit cartridge, referenced as the Z 1A cartridge, may or may not have a table listed on it because the labels have been revised.

The following can be identified on the older 7-bit Z cartridge:

92286Z Microsoft 1 ECMA-94 Latin 1 7-bit ASCII

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