Character Definition Examples - HP PCL 5 Reference Manual

Character Definition Examples

Bitmap Portrait Character Example
To download a bitmap character descriptor and data for a portrait,
10 Pitch, 12 point, upright medium, Courier lower-case "p", send:
Note Notice that the 140 appearing in the Character Definition Command
accounts for 2 bytes of the Character Data Block Header, 14 bytes
of Character Descriptor, and 124 bytes of Character Data. Since the
Character Width is 26 dots, 4 bytes are needed per raster row. Also,
since the Character Height is 31 dots, 124 bytes of Character Data for
a Class 1 character is needed (4 × 31 = 124). No continuation block is
to be expected.
Table 11-52 Character Format, Continuation, and Descriptor
FIELD NAME
Format
Continuation
Descriptor Size:
Class:
Orientation:
Left Offset:
Top Offset:
Character Width:
Character Height:
Delta X:
11-70 Soft Font Creation
E
(112 is the decimal character code for an ASCII
*c112E
C
lower-case "p")
E
[character descriptor and data]
(s140W
C
VALUE DESCRIPTION
4 LaserJet Printer Family
0 Not A Continuation Record
14 Bitmap
1 Normal Raster
0 Portrait
2 dots
22 dots
26 dots
31 dots
120 Quarter Dots (30 Dots)
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