CLHS: Section 22.1.3.2

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## 22.1.3.2 Printing Characters

When printer escaping is disabled, a character prints as itself; it is sent directly to the output stream. When printer escaping is enabled, then `#\` syntax is used.

When the printer types out the name of a character, it uses the same table as the `#\` reader macro would use; therefore any character name that is typed out is acceptable as input (in that implementation). If a non-graphic character has a standardized name[5], that name is preferred over non-standard names for printing in `#\` notation. For the graphic standard characters, the character itself is always used for printing in `#\` notation---even if the character also has a name[5].

For details about the `#\` reader macro, see Section 2.4.8.1 (Sharpsign Backslash).

The following X3J13 cleanup issue, not part of the specification, applies to this section:

- PRINT-READABLY-BEHAVIOR:CLARIFY

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