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MEANING
headerlength
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font size
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baselinepositionfor characters
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cell width
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cell height
orientation
spacing
symbolset
pitch
line spacing
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style
strokeweight
typeface
3)
Positioning each character in your font
Beforeyoudownloadeachcharacteryouhaveto telltheprinterwherein its
font tableto put it. You indicatewhereby sendingthis command:
< <ESC>
*C n
E
For n youputthedecimalnumber,betweenOand255,of thepositionin the
font table whereyou want yourcharacterstored.
Yourprinter'sfonttableisjust like the ASCIItable.Beforeyou sendeach
character,sayg, youhaveto saywhereyouwantto putit. IntheASCIItable,
g is at decimalposition 103.So you send this command:
<ESC>
*C
103E
And immediatelyafter it you send the bits that make up the characterg.
4)
Describing each character
in your font
The next step is to describeeach of yourcharacters,"mapping"whereyou
wanteach dot to go. Send this commandbeforeeach character:
<ESC>
(S n
W
For n you enterthe numberof bytes you'llbe sendingafter this command,
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