2.10.Operating a Memory Card
2.10.Operating a Memory Card
Hints on Writing Fonts to the Memory Card
Some memory card writer utility programs are available for writing data to the memory card. If you write fonts into a memory card, we recommend you write them as font data and not as host data. Fonts written in a memory card as font data are automatically loaded in the printer when it is switched on and are usable on all the printer interfaces simultaneously. The printer reads only the header part of these fonts into its memory and therefore these fonts do not occupy a large area in the printer's memory.
If you write the fonts in the memory card as host data, the fonts are transferred directly from the memory card into the printer's memory when the card is read. This may require extra memory to be installed in the printer as they usually occupy a great amount of the printer's memory. More- over, use of the fonts is restricted on only the interface that was active during the fonts were read from the memory card.
To properly write font data into the memory card, refer to the memory card writer manufacture's instructions.
Reading Fonts/Data from a Memory Card
If the memory card is already inserted in the slot when the printer is powered on, the fonts are automatically read into the printer. To reread the fonts from a memory card, use the function.
☛The PRESCRIBE IIe FRPO I0 command specifies the name of the partition in the memory card to be read automatically at power up. See PRESCRIBE IIe Program- ming Manual, Chapter 5.
