Intermec 4630 User Manual page 96

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers User's Manual
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The 4630 and 4830 printers support Bitstream's Speedo format outline fonts.
For help locating Speedo fonts, contact your Intermec representative.
You can download user-defined fonts (UDFs) to the printer and store them in
the non-volatile memory. Although the printer reserves 16 font ID numbers
(3 to 6, and 8 to 19) for UDFs, memory constraints may limit the number of
fonts you can store.
The easiest way to download fonts to the printer is with the PrintSet printer
installation software. This application is on the disk shipped with your 4630
and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers Getting Started Guide. You can use PrintSet to
select fonts and directly download them to your printer from a PC. If you do
not have your printer connected to a PC, you can use PrintSet to create a .PCF
configuration file that you can save and then download to your printer. You
also have the ability to edit .PCF files using IPL commands.
How you download UDFs depends on the font type. The next sections describe
how to download bitmap fonts and outline fonts.
Downloading Bitmap Fonts
Use PrintSet to select and download bitmap fonts.
Bitmap fonts can use a lot of memory, so you may decide not to download the
entire font to the printer. You can use PrintSet to define a subset of the font
(only the numbers, for example). Then you can download only that subset,
saving storage space on the printer.
The printer requires that bitmap fonts be in six bits per byte format and
PrintSet automatically converts all bitmap fonts into this format. To learn more
about bitmap font formats, see "Creating User-Defined Fonts" later in this
chapter.
Downloading Outline Fonts
Use PrintSet to select and download Bitstream's Speedo outline fonts to your
printer.
PrintSet automatically converts outline fonts into nibblized data that you can
download to the printer. PrintSet can also convert outline fonts into bitmap
fonts that you can download to the printer. You can then either directly
download the outline font to the printer or save the converted outline font data
to a .PCF file that you can edit and use in other applications.
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vary in size. (You can print any size character up to 2 inches.)
print smooth characters at any magnification.
image smaller font sizes slower than bitmap fonts.