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2. Memory Card / RAM Disk
2-3-4 Writing font data
Perform the following procedure when you want to write font data to a Memory Card or RAM Disk from your computer. At the same time
as the font data is written to disk, it will be sent to the printer as well.
* Verify beforehand that the Memory Card is in a write-enabled state and that the RAM Disk is turned ON.
* Only TrueType fonts can be written to the Memory Card or RAM Disk.
Procedure
1 Open an MS-DOS Prompt in Windows.
2 Type in the command to write data and then press the ENTER key.
[Example] To write the font data entitled “FONT1” to a Memory Card
C:\WINDOWS>ECHO !R! RWER S,A,0,”FONT1”,”FONT”,45040;>LPT1
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NOTES
The parameters contained within the command line are as follows:
1: “A” refers to the Memory Card and “0” refers to the RAM Disk
2: “0” refers to a TrueType font, “1” refers to a Japanese TrueType font, “2” refers to a Japanese TrueType Collection font
3: File name
4: Font name
5: Font data length (binary data bytes)
3 Send the font data from your computer.
C:\WINDOWS>COPY /b FONT1 LPT1_
4 Once the font data is sent, the next command can be sent.
C:\WINDOWS>ECHO !R! WRED; EXIT;>LPT1_
5 Print out the Partition List to verify whether or not the data was written properly.
* Refer to “2-3-7 Printing out the Partition List” for information on printing that list.
