Description Of Font Header Segments - HP PCL 5 Comparison Manual

Table 2-9. Printer Segment Support for Font Format 16
Segment
Galley Character – GC
Vertical Substitution – VT
Typeface string – TF
Vertical Rotation – VR
Character Enhancement – CE
Bitmap Resolution – BR *
TrueType fonts
Bitmap fonts *
ns – not supported
*
Format 16 bitmap font support is described beginning on page 2-63.
Description of Font
Header Segments
LJ 4PJ LJ 4V/
4MV
ns
ns
Each font header data segment contains three parts:
Segment Identifier
Data Segment Size
Data Segment
Segment Identifier Values
The Segment Identifier Values for the Galley Character,
Vertical Substitution Character, Typeface String, Vertical
Rotation, and Character Enhancement Segments are as
shown in the following table.
Value Mnemonic*
18243 GC
22100 VT
21574 TF
22098 VR
17221 CE
* The mnemonic is obtained when the two bytes of this big-endian word are treated as
ASCII characters.
LJ 4LC LJ 4LJ DJ 1600
Pro
Data Segment
Galley Character Segment
Vertical Substitute Segment
Typeface String Segment
Vertical Rotation Segment
Character Enhancement Segment
Printer-Specific Differences 2-37
LJ 5P
ns
ns
ns