Character Fonts
This section describes font capabilities. For more information about font-related
commands, see:
v“Download User-Defined Characters”on page 112
v“Set Print Station”on page 128
v“Set Print Mode”on page 125
v“Set Code Page”on page 129
v“Set Inter-Character Spacing”on page 129
v“Select User-Defined or Resident Character Sets”on page 129
Thermal Printing Font
There are three font sizes for the resident character set on Models TI5, TG5, TF7,
and TM7:
vFont Ais 10 dots (wide) ×20 dots (high) with the last 2-dot row used for
descenders (1.25-mm ×2.5-mm character height including descenders, 1.25 mm
×2.25 mm excluding descenders).
vFont B is 12 dots (wide) ×24 dots (high) with the last 2-dot row used for
descenders (1.5-mm ×3.0-mm character height including descenders, 1.5 mm ×
2.75 mm excluding descenders).
vFont C is 8 dots (wide) ×16 dots (high) with the last 2-dot row used for
descenders (1.0 mm ×2.0 mm character height including descenders, 1.0 mm ×
1.75 mm excluding descenders).
There are two character sizes for a DBCS code page:
vA double-byte character is 24 dots (wide) ×24 dots (high) or 3.0-mm ×3.0-mm
character height.
vA single-byte character is 12 dots (wide) ×24 dots (high) or 1.5-mm ×3.0-mm
character height.
The number of characters printed per inch depends on the character size, the
inter-character spacing, and the chosen font. For example:
vFor SBCS resident code page:
–17 cpi ⇒10-dot wide character + 2-dot space (font A) ⇒48 characters per
line on 80-mm paper or 33 characters per line on 58-mm paper
–15 cpi ⇒10-dot wide character + 3-dot space (font A) ⇒44 characters per
line on 80-mm paper or 30 characters per line on 58-mm paper
–12 cpi ⇒12-dot wide character + 5-dot space (font B) ⇒34 characters per
line on 80-mm paper or 23 characters per line on 58-mm paper
–20 cpi ⇒8-dot wide character + 2-dot space (font C) ⇒57 characters per line
on 80-mm paper or 40 characters per line on 58-mm paper
vFor DBCS code page:
–For DBCS characters: 6.7 cpi ⇒24-dot-wide character + 6-dot space ⇒19
characters per line on 80-mm paper or 13 characters per line on 58-mm paper
–For SBCS characters: 13.5 cpi ⇒12-dot wide character + 3-dot space ⇒38
characters per line on 80-mm paper or 26 characters per line on58-mm paper
Youcan choose the character size of three user-defined character sets (code
pages) within the following parameters:
v8≤dot width ≤16
v16 ≤dot height ≤32 (must be a multiple of 2)
The parameter ranges for characters in proportional fonts are:
updated March 18, 2002
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