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(7) Two-byte external character font register command
This command registers 24 dot or 16 dot two-byte fonts to the external character buffer (the
volatile memory) as external fonts.
Along with sizes, 16 fonts can be registered.
Reregistering set fonts overwrites the existing ones.
Command Transfer Formats
STX 44h Font
size specification
‘,’ External
character
registration
number
‘,’ External font
data
ETX BCC
Response Transfer Formats
STX 44h Status ETX BCC
Parameter Explanation
• Font size specification data
This specifies the font size to register.
‘0’: Vertical/horizontal: 24 dot x 24 dot fonts
‘1’: Vertical/horizontal: 16 dot x 16 dot fonts
• ‘,’ (Commas)
Required to separate parameters.
• External character registration number parameter
This specifies the external character number to register. To set print data, any external print
font can be printed by specifying this external character register number.
‘0’ to ‘F’ can be specified.
• External character font data parameter
Specifies external font data in hexadecimal character strings of 144 bytes (64 bytes) because
72 byte (32 byte) font data characters disintegrate.
Specify data from the left to the right.
Each string is shown as 6 bytes (4 bytes) and the top is the LSB.
Data in parentheses is 16 dot by 16 dot fonts.
Below is shown an example of setting the user font to the external character registration
number 0.