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Document Revision: “1.2”
Document Date: “9 Apr. 2013”
Built-In Fonts
The built-in font characters are formed according to the Font Mode:
Font
Mode
Chars/Line Character Height
Row Height
0
32
24 dots (3.00 mm)
30 dots (3.75 mm)
1
42
24 dots (3.00 mm)
30 dots (3.75 mm)
2
24
24 dots (3.00 mm)
30 dots (3.75 mm)
3
32
24 dots (3.00 mm)
24 dots (3.00 mm)
4
48
16 dots (2.00 mm)
19 dots (2.38 mm)
Font Mode 0 is the default factory setting. Character heights refer to the maximum spans of capital
letters and descenders. Row heights refer to the interval from the top of one character row to the top
of the next, including inter-row spacing. The row height may be adjusted if required.
In all of the built-in Font Modes, the character set is the standard IBM
®
character set (also known as
Code Page 437) which includes graphics box-drawing characters. These box-drawing characters are
extended to link up in both axes where appropriate. This character set has been modified to include
the Euro symbol (‘€’) at position 80H (128 Decimal), in place of the usual capital C with cedilla (‘Ç’).
Also, certain special character substitutions are possible for particular applications (e.g.:- switching
the ‘£’ and ‘#’ characters, or including the Nordic 'ø' & 'Ø' characters in place of the ‘¢' & '¥'
characters). See the section on SETTING INTERNAL CONFIGURATION INFORMATION for details.
The Font Mode is normally stored in non-volatile memory (FLASH). This means that the printer can be
pre-configured to operate in 32, 48, 42 or 24 Char/Line modes as applicable.
If required, Font Mode changes may be disabled. See the section on SETTING INTERNAL
CONFIGURATION INFORMATION for details.
User Font
This mode gives access to a single User Font programmed into the printer’s non-volatile memory
using the Flash Programming Utility. The format of the characters in the User Font is defined within
the font itself.
When a User Font is present, the Built-In Fonts, and any character substitutions, are disabled. If the
User Font is subsequently removed, then the Built-In Fonts are re-enabled automatically.
Multiple Code Page Fonts
This kind of User Font consists of multiple code pages resident at ASCII 0x80 to 0xFF. A simple
command can be issued to switch between these pages, providing access to multilingual character
sets.
Dot Addressable Graphics
Several protocols for dot-addressable graphics data are supported:
•
Eight (8) dot high graphics are aligned with the top of text characters. In these modes the dot
patterns sent by the host may be doubled-up, tripled-up or quadrupled-up, both horizontally
and vertically before printing. The dot size is nominally 0.25, 0.375 or 0.5 mm square.
•
Twenty-four (24) dot high graphics are also aligned with the top of text characters, and are
printed dot-for-bit as sent by the host. The nominal dot size is 0.125 mm square. Successive
blocks can be vertically contiguous only if Font Mode 3 is selected.
•
Single dot high graphics are also aligned with the top of text characters. Successive
horizontal dot lines can be vertically contiguous if no other printing is performed between
them.
