Instruction manual

TrueType Font Information
TrueType fonts follow the TrueType outline font standard. These fonts are smooth at any point
size. There are no jagged edges, because the font is created from an equation every time it is
used. The height and width magnification are defined in point size. 72 points = one inch.
One inch = cell size. The cell size is the built-in space around the individual characters of the
scalable font. The point size range is 4 to 255. The field width varies with each letter. The
printer can accept downloaded TrueType fonts.
Downloading TrueType Fonts
The MONARCH® MPCL™ Toolbox (Font Utility) is available on our Web site and converts
TrueType fonts to Hex or Run-Length encoding for the printer.
When downloading a TrueType font, you download the entire font, not particular characters or
one point size. You can print a variety of symbol sets with International (Turkish, Latin, Spanish,
etc.) characters. TrueType fonts are designed to be regionally specific; therefore, all symbol
sets may not be supported in a given font.
These font files are large and may image slower than bitmap fonts. The size of the font file, in
bytes, is the minimum amount of memory you must have available for fonts in the printer’s
downloadable fonts buffer.
You may need to reallocate memory to use downloaded TrueType fonts. After reallocating
memory, resend the font, format, and batch packets. See “Defining the Memory Configuration
Packet” in Chapter 2 for more information. Also, Chapter 2 lists some special considerations
when defining memory for downloaded TrueType fonts.
Using International Fonts
International fonts are available as bitmap or TrueType fonts. See "Bitmap Font Information" or
"TrueType Font Information" for more details. To use these fonts, you must purchase the
optional memory card and download the font to the memory card.
To use International fonts, consider the following information:
¨ All fonts contain an internal character mapping. The mapping is organized by one or more
standards, such as BIG5. These mapping standards can provide over 65,000 characters,
which are not represented in this manual.
The printer supports several mapping standards:
¨ Unicode (UCS-2)
¨ BIG5
¨ GB2312
¨ SJIS
¨ Specify a symbol set based on the characters to print and one that is compatible with the
font's character mapping. For example, to print Japanese characters, select symbol set 102
(Unicode) and a font compatible with that symbol set. See "Selecting a Symbol Set" for
more information.
¨ To enter batch data, use the method specified by the font's character mapping and a
compatible symbol set.
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