Intermec EasyCoder C4 – Programmer’s Guide Ed. 3 44
Chapter 7 Commands
Description
This command is used to download and store soft fonts in memory.
Syntax
ES "name"p
1
p
2
p
3
a
1
b
1
c
1
"data
1
"a
2
b
2
c
2
"data
2
"...a
n
b
n
c
n
"data
n
"
Parameters "name
1-n
" Name of the soft font (one lowercase letter only in the range a–z). Lower case
named fonts minimize soft font memory usage to only store fonts downloaded
and have 256 character limit.
p
1
Number of characters to be downloaded using hexadecimal coding. Range
00–FF hex (1–256 characters per soft font set).
p
2
Character rotation using hexadecimal coding:
00 hex: 0 and 180 degrees
01 hex: 90 and 270 degrees clockwise
02 hex: All for directions (2 pairs)
p
3
Font height measured in dots and specifi ed using hexadecimal coding. Range
00–FF hex. Font height includes accentors and dissenters of character and
need to fi t in the character cell of 256 dots = 32.03 mm (1.26 inches).
a Map position of character using hexadecimal coding. Range 00–FF hex.
b Spacing to next print character in dots using hexadecimal coding. Range
00–FF hex. Must be greater than or equal to the character width specifi ed
by parameter c.
c Width of character in dots using hexadecimal coding. Range 00–FF hex.
"data" p
3
x c
1
= bit map data (in bytes). Data is received in bytes on a line by line basis.
The font character’s 0,0 cell map position is in the top left corner of the map as
viewed in the 0 degree rotation.
Repeat parameters a, b, c, and data for each character until all characters in
the set have been downloaded.
For fonts with the rotation parameter p
2
set to 02 hex (all directions), repeat
the individual font character download for each 90° rotated character from
the start of the character set until all rotated characters in the set have been
downloaded. The number of individual character maps downloaded will bve
double the characters in the font set (p
1
).
ES – Store Soft Font
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