Brother HL-2600CN Series, Technical Reference Manual, Page: 74 / 491

7/17/2009
CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 54
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The Font descriptor has information for the whole character set. When this font descriptor is sent to the
printer with a font header to identify the font ID, the descriptor parameters become the basis of the
downloaded fonts.
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The data format for each type of font descriptor block is shown below.
<Bitmap font>
Byte 15 (MSB) 8 7 (LSB) 0
0 Font Descriptor Size (64)
2 Descriptor Format (0) Font Type
4 Style MSB Reserved
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell
Width
10 Cell Height
12 Orientation Spacing
14 Symbol Set
16 Pitch
(Default HMI)
18 Height
20 x-Height
22 Width
Type Style LSB
24 Stroke Weight Typeface LSB
26 Typeface MSB Serif Style
28 Quality Placement
30 Underline Distance
Underline Height
32 Text Height
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended Height Extended
42 Cap Height
44 - 47 Font Number
48 - 63 Font Name
64 Copyright (optional)
<Special Bitmap font>
Byte 15 (MSB) 8 7 (LSB) 0
0 Font Descriptor Size (68)
2 Descriptor Format (20) Font Type
4 Style MSB Reserved
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell
Width
10 Cell Height
12 Orientation Spacing
14 Symbol Set
16 Pitch
(Default HMI)
18 Height
20 x-Height
22 Width
Type Style LSB
24 Stroke Weight Typeface LSB
26 Typeface MSB Serif Style
28 Quality Placement
30 Underline Distance
Underline Height
32 Text Height
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended Height Extended
42 Cap Height
44 - 47 Font Number
48 - 63 Font Name
64 X Resolution
66 Y Resolution X=Y: 300 or 600
n Copyright (Optional)