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CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 52
• 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>
Byte
15 (MSB) 8
7 (LSB) 0
0
Font Descriptor Size (64)
2
Descriptor Format (0)
Font Type
4
Style MSB
Rese
rved
6
Base Line Position
8
Cell Width
10
Cell Height
12
Orientation
Spacing
14
Symbol Set
16
Pitch (Default HMI)
18
Height
20
x
-
Height
22
Width Type
Style LSB
24
Stroke Weight
Typeface LSB
26
Typeface MSB
Serif Style
28
Quality
Placemen
t
30
Underline Distance
Underline Height
32
Text Height
34
Text Width
36
First Code
38
Last Code
40
Pitch Extended
Height Extended
42
Cap Height
44
-
47
Font Number
48
-
63
Font Name
64
Copyright (optional)
<Special Bitmap font>
Byte
15
(MSB) 8
7 (LSB) 0
0
Font Descriptor Size (68)
2
Descriptor Format (20)
Font Type
4
Style MSB
Reserved
6
Base Line Position
8
Cell Width
10
Cell Height
12
Orientation
Spacing
14
Symbol Set
16
Pitch (Default HMI)
18
Height
20
x
-
Height
22
Width Type
Style LSB
24
Stroke Weight
Typeface LSB
26
Typeface MSB
Serif Style
28
Quality
Placement
30
Underline Distance
Underline Height
32
Text Height
34
Text Width
36
First Co
de
38
Last Code
40
Pitch Extended
Height Extended
42
Cap Height
44
-
47
Font Number
48
-
63
Font Name
64
X Resolution
66
Y Resolution
X=Y: 300 or 600
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Copyright (Optional)