Datamax A-4310 Programmer's Manual page 277

ILPC-CHINESE Option
The Chinese Option is a double byte scalable font supporting Simplified GB Chinese. In the double byte
format the printer recalls one character printed from every two 8-bit bytes sent from the host. Double byte
scalable fonts are selected using a print format record (see Generating Label Formats and Appendix H for
details).
DPL Big 5 Encoding Support: With the ILPC Chinese option, the printer firmware supports font files
that are encoded for the GB Character Map and the Big 5 Character Map. The resident Asian font in the
printer is encoded in the GB Character Map. To utilize the Big 5 Character Map, the user must download
a font file that is Big 5 encoded. The font file downloaded must be of a size compatible with the internal
module size available or of a size compatible with an external (plug in) module where applicable. Printing
characters from the Big 5 encoded font file is accomplished by:
1. Setting the character mapping with a System Command or Label Format Command (<STX>yUB5 or
yUB5, respectively).
2. Setting the 'b' field = '9' and 'eee' field = 'Unn', where 'nn' is equal to the Font ID number selected
for the Big 5 encoded font file downloaded.
3. Selecting string data corresponding to the Big 5 Character Map.
eee
(Font Code)
Scalable Resident
UC0
Scalable Resident
uc0
Scalable Non-Resident (download) Big 5
U50 -
U5z...
U90 - U9z
Scalable Non-Resident (download) Big 5
u50 - u5z...
u90 - u9z
Scalable Non-Resident (download) User defined
U50 -
U5z...
U90 - U9z
Scalable Non-Resident (download) User defined
u50 - u5z...
u90 - u9z
Sample Simplified GB Chinese DPL file (binary addressing) and resulting label:
<02>L<CR>
D11<CR>
ySPM<CR>
1911S0003100010P020P015Scalable Chinese Available in GB Character Set<CR>
1B110000020017001234567890<CR>
yUGB<CR>
1X1100001900010b0392011000020002<CR>
112200002800030GB CHARACTER'S IN ALL 4 ROTATION'S<CR>
112200002600030Rotation 1<CR>
1911UC002650150P012P012<BD><D0>A1><A1><A1><A1><BD><D1><A1><A1><A1><A1><BD><D2><A1><A1>
<A1><A1><BD><D3><00><00><CR>
112200002400030Rotation 2<CR>
Class Series Programmer's Manual
Appendix Q – ILPC Programming Examples
Scalable Double-Byte Font Map - CHINESE
Scalable
Font Type
Font Binary
Name Addressing
√
Simplified
GB Chinese
Simplified
GB Chinese
√
√
Hex ASCII Code
Addressing Pages
GB
√
GB
B5
√
B5
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