HP PCL 5 - Font Header Examples

EN Font Header Examples 11-43
Font Header Examples
Two examples for downloading a Font Header are provided below;
one for a bitmap font and one for an Intellifont scalable font.
Bitmap Example
To download a bitmap font header for a portrait HP Roman-8, 10
pitch, 12 point, upright, medium, Courier font, with an ID number of
one, send:
E
C
*c1D (set Font ID to 1)
E
C
)s#W (# = 64 bytes of font descriptor data
+ x bytes of optional data)
An example of the bitmap header is shown on the following page.
Table 11-32
FIELD NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION
Font Descriptor Size 64 Bytes
Header Format 0 Bitmap Font Format
Font Type 1 Eight Bit
Style MSB 0
Reserved 0
Baseline Position 40
Cell Width 30
Cell Height 53
Orientation 0 Portrait
Spacing 0 Fixed Pitch
Symbol Set 277 8U: Roman-8
Pitch 120 Quarter Dots (30.00 Dots)
Height 200 Quarter Dots (50.00 Dots)
x Height 88 Quarter Dots (22.00 Dots)
Appearance Width 0 Normal