Chapter 4 — ESim Commands
ESim for the PC4 and PF8 Printers Programmer’s Reference Manual 67
EK“a”
EK“*”
ES - Store Soft Font
Purpose: Use this command 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
n
b
n
c
n
“data
n
”
.
ES Command Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Description
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°
01 hex = 90° and 270° clockwise
02 hex = All four directions (2 pairs)
p
3
Font height measured in dots and specified
using hexadecimal coding. Range 00-FF hex.
Font height includes ascenders and
descenders of character and need to fit in the
character cell of 256 dots = 32.03 mm (1.26
in).
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
specified by parameter c.
c Width of character in dots using hexadecimal
coding. Range 00-FF hex.