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Quality (UB) - ignored by this HL Series printer. This byte specifies the fonts quality according to the
following table.
Value
Quality
0
Data processing
1
Near letter quality
2
Letter quality
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Placement (SB) - ignored by this HL Series printer. This byte specifies the placement of characters relative to
the baseline according to the following table.
Value
Placement
1
Superior
0
Normal
–1
Inferior
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Underline distance (SB) -
Bitmapped fonts - the distance in dots from the baseline to the underline. A positive value places the underline
above the baseline, a negative value places it below the baseline. A value of 0 places it on the baseline.
Scalable fonts - ignored by this printer. This value should be set to 0.
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Underline height (UB) - the height of underline itself.
Bitmapped fonts - this value is fixed at 3 dots.
Scalable fonts - ignored by this printer. This value should be set to 0.
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Text height (UI) - ignored by this HL Series printer.
This word specifies the spacing between successive lines of text in 1/4 dots for bitmapped fonts and in design
units for scalable fonts. This is normally about 1.2 times the fonts height.
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Text width (UI) - ignored by this HL Series printer.
This word specifies the average width of the fonts lowercase characters in 1/4 dots for bitmapped fonts and in
design units for scalable fonts.
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First code (UI) - ignored by this printer. This word specifies the character code of the first (lowest numbered)
printable character in the font.
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Last code (UI) - specifies the character code of the last (highest numbered) character in the font. If this value
is less than 255, it is recognized as 00FFH.
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Pitch extended (UB) - the fractional part of the character pitch. For a 17 cpi font the bytes value would be
calculated as follows:
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1200/17 = 70.588
The Pitch byte takes the value 70.
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Pitch Extended = 0.588 X 256 = 150 (rounded down).
( According to HP's manual, this should be set to 0.) This printer ignores the value for scalable fonts.
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Height extended (UB) - the fractional part of the height of the font. For a 10 point font the bytes value would be
calculated as follows:
1200 X 10/72 = 166.667, the Height byte takes the value 166
Height Extended = 0.667 X 256 = 170 (rounded down).
Point size = (character height x 256 + extended character height) x 300 / (72 x 1024)
( According to HP's manual, this should be set to 0.) This printer ignores the value for scalable fonts.
Summary of Contents for HL- SERIES
Page 13: ...Revision A 16 01 96 Chapter 1 Introduction ...
Page 16: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 2 PCL 1 Chapter 2 PCL ...
Page 123: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 2 PCL 3 W width raster area 78 Y y offset raster 79 ...
Page 124: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 3 PJL 1 Chapter 3 PJL Printer Job Language ...
Page 180: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 4 Diablo 630 1 Chapter 4 Diablo 630 ...
Page 200: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 5 EPSON FX 850 1 Chapter 5 EPSON FX 850 ...
Page 237: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 6 IBM Proprinter XL 1 Chapter 6 IBM Proprinter XL ...
Page 259: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 7 Bar Codes Control 1 Chapter 7 Bar Code Control ...
Page 267: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 8 HP GL2 1 CHAPTER 8 HP GL 2 Graphics Language ...
Page 280: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 8 HP GL2 14 220 END Sample 21 ...
Page 328: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 9 HP GL 1 CHAPTER 9 HP GL Graphics Language ...
Page 342: ...Revision C 16 01 96 Chapter 9 HP GL 15 Sample 68 ...
Page 387: ...Revision C 16 01 96 APPENDIX A COMPALISON LIST 24 RESOLUTION 300 600 300 600 300 600 ...