diff --git a/bits/40_harb.js b/bits/40_harb.js
index c762f57..7043916 100644
--- a/bits/40_harb.js
+++ b/bits/40_harb.js
@@ -833,13 +833,17 @@ var PRN = (function() {
 		switch(opts.type) {
 			case 'base64': str = Base64.decode(d); break;
 			case 'binary': str = d; break;
-			case 'buffer': str = d.toString('binary'); break;
-			case 'array': str = cc2str(d); break;
+		        case 'buffer':
+       				if(opts.codepage == 65001) str = d.toString('utf8');
+      				else if(opts.codepage && typeof cptable !== 'undefined') str = cptable.utils.decode(opts.codepage, d);
+      				else str = d.toString('binary');
+      				break;
+		        case 'array': str = cc2str(d); break;
 			case 'string': str = d; break;
 			default: throw new Error("Unrecognized type " + opts.type);
 		}
 		if(bytes[0] == 0xEF && bytes[1] == 0xBB && bytes[2] == 0xBF) str = utf8read(str.slice(3));
-		else if((opts.type == 'binary' || opts.type == 'buffer') && typeof cptable !== 'undefined' && opts.codepage)  str = cptable.utils.decode(opts.codepage, cptable.utils.encode(1252,str));
+    		else if((opts.type == 'binary') && typeof cptable !== 'undefined' && opts.codepage)  str = cptable.utils.decode(opts.codepage, cptable.utils.encode(1252,str));
 		if(str.slice(0,19) == "socialcalc:version:") return ETH.to_sheet(opts.type == 'string' ? str : utf8read(str), opts);
 		return prn_to_sheet_str(str, opts);
 	}
@@ -885,4 +889,3 @@ function read_wb_ID(d, opts) {
 		return PRN.to_workbook(d, opts);
 	}
 }
-