CHAPTER 2 PCL - 63
 The Font descriptor has information for the whole character set. When this font descriptor is sent to the
printer with a font header to identify the font ID, the descriptor parameters become the basis of the
downloaded fonts.
 The data format for each type of font descriptor block is shown below.
<Bitmap font>
B
te 15
MSB
8 7
LSB
0
0 Font Descri
tor Size
64
2 Descri
tor Format
0
Font T
e
4 St
le MSB Reserved
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Hei
h
12 Orientation S
acin
14 S
mbol Se
16 Pitch
Default HMI
18 Hei
h
20 x-Hei
h
22 Width T
e St
le LSB
24 Stroke Wei
h
T
eface LSB
26 T
eface MSB Serif St
le
28
ualit
Placemen
30 Underline Distance Underline Hei
h
32 Text Hei
h
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended Hei
ht Extended
42 Ca
Hei
h
44 - 47 Font Numbe
48 - 63 Font Name
64 Co
ri
ht
o
tional
<Special Bitmap font>
B
te 15
MSB
8 7
LSB
0
0 Font Descri
tor Size
68
2 Descri
tor Format
20
Font T
e
4 St
le MSB Reserved
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Hei
h
12 Orientation S
acin
14 S
mbol Se
16 Pitch
Default HMI
18 Hei
h
20 x-Hei
h
22 Width T
e St
le LSB
24 Stroke Wei
h
T
eface LSB
26 T
eface MSB Serif St
le
28
ualit
Placemen
30 Underline Distance Underline Hei
h
32 Text Hei
h
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended Hei
ht Extended
42 Ca
Hei
h
44 - 47 Font Numbe
48 - 63 Font Name
64 X Resolution
66 Y Resolution X=Y: 300 or 600
n Co
ri
ht
O
tional