Zebra Technologies 14245L-003 manual Store Soft Font, Hex

EPL Commands

ES

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ES

Store Soft Font

Description This command is used to download and store soft fonts in memory.

Note • Soft fonts can be downloaded to and deleted from the printer using the Soft Font Downloader Utility or Zebra Designer.

Syntax ES”FONTNAME”p1p2p3a1b1c1”DATA”a2b2c2”DATA2”anbncn”DATAn”

Parameters This table identifies the parameters for this format:

Parameters	Details
FONTNAME = One letter	Accepted Values: a–z, lower case
font name	Lower Case named fonts minimize soft font memory usage to
	only store fonts downloaded and have 256 character limit.

The following use hexadecimal coding for parameter values.

p1 =	Number of characters	Accepted Values: 00–FF hex (0–255 decimal) for 1 to 256
	to be downloaded	fonts per soft font set.
p2 =	Character rotation	Accepted Values:
		00	hex	=	0 and 180 degrees
		01	hex	=	90 and 270 degrees

02hex = Both 0 and 180 degree rotation pair and the

90and 270 degree rotation pair

p3 = Font height		Accepted Values: 00–FF hex
		Measured in dots and expressed as a hexadecimal number, i.e.
		1B hex. = 27 dots.
		Font height includes accentors and dissenters of characters
		and need to fit in the character cell.
		• 203 dpi printers = 256 dots = 1.26 in. = 32.03 mm
		• 300 dpi printers = 00–FF hex.
		256 dots = 0.85 in. = 21.67 mm
a1	= (1st) Download	Accepted Values: 00–FF hex
	character map
	position
b1	= (1st) Spacing to next	Accepted Values: 00–FF hex
	print character	Downloaded character’s next printed character position in
		dots, i.e. Character tracking - the space between characters.
		Must be greater than or equal to the character width, see
		parameter c1. Dots in a decimal number converted to a
		hexadecimal number.
c1	= (1st) Downloaded	Accepted Values: 00–FF hex
	characters width	Dots in a decimal number converted to a hexadecimal
		number.

12/16/13 EPL Programming Guide 14245L-003 Rev. A