Pgl Emulation; Adding A Header/Manual Two-Key Download - Printronix T8000 Administrator's Manual

Once a TrueType font is downloaded, it is stored in the Main File System or SD File System as a resident
font. Regardless of printer power cycles, the downloaded font will stay in the printer until the user deletes it.
The user can find a list of all printer resident fonts within the submenus System > Flash File View or
System > SD File View. User downloaded fonts can be deleted from these same submenus. If within the
Main File System, the user is recommended to perform a System > Flash File Edit > Optimize & Reboot
function.

PGL Emulation

A TrueType font can be loaded by creating a file that appends a PGL command to the font and then
sending that file to the printer. Use the PGL FONTLOAD command:
~FONTLOAD;FontName;FontSize;Location
where
FontName TrueType font name, e.g. arial.ttf
FontSize TrueType font size, e.g. file size for arial.ttf
Location The download location. By default, "DISK" represents the Main File System (Flash), while
"EMC" designates the SD card. The PGL menu "Storage Select" can be changed to force
"DISK" to store fonts and other PGL elements to the SD card.
Example:
~FONTLOAD;arial.ttf;60548;DISK
(Insert binary data of arial.ttf here.)
END
After the file is created, it can be copied to the appropriate printer I/O port
while the printer is ONLINE, similar to other print files.
Example:
copy/b filename.ext lpt1 or LPT1

Adding a Header/Manual Two-Key Download

To download a TrueType font to the printer through the manual two-key download mode, first add a header
to the font, then place the printer in Download mode and download the font. A TrueType font can be
converted to a downloadable format by appending a header to the font file using the cnvt2fls.exe utility
found on the http://PrintronixAutoID.com/support/drivers/
section.
Header for Main File System
1. Start a Command prompt window.
2. Copy (or unzip) cnvt2fls.exe and addtthdr.bat from the
website to your working directory (e.g., c:\download).
3. Copy the target TrueType font (.ttf) file to your working directory.
4. Start a Windows Command Prompt session.
5. Convert the TrueType font file .ttf (e.g., arial.ttf) to a downloadable format dwn with the following
command:
addtthdr filename <Enter>
where filename is the font name without an extension
(e.g., addtthdr arial).
This creates the file arial.dwn.
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website and a batch file as described in this
http://PrintronixAutoID.com/support/drivers/