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These commands are utilized to send bitmap fonts to the printer. The assigned font ID
number command must be sent to the printer before the font file. All Font Loading
Commands begin with <ESC> (ASCII control character 27 [decimal]). The downloaded
font will be stored in the default module (refer to the <STX>X command) as file type
.dbm. The commands in the table below are listed in their order of appearance, top to
bottom, during font downloading. The <SOH>D command must be sent prior to
downloading a font.
*c###D Assign Font ID Number
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)s###W Font Descriptor
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*c###E Character Code
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(s#W Character Download Data
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*c###D Assign Font ID Number
This command is the first command required for downloading a font to either RAM or
Flash Memory modules. ESC represents the ASCII control character 27.
Syntax
<ESC>*c###D
Parameters
Where:
### - Is the font ID numbers 100-999 (000 – 099 are reserved for resident fonts).
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)s###W Font Descriptor
This command (typically first data in a font file) contains all of the information about
the font contained in the file. Different font generation software will create different
length header information, but the initial 64 bytes will remain consistent with the
PCL-4 (HP LaserJet II) format.
Syntax
<ESC>)s###Wddd...d
DPL Command Reference
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