Specifications

Revision C 16/01/96
Chapter 2 "PCL" - 49
• The Font descriptor has information for the whole character set. When this font descriptor is sent to the
printer with a font header to identify the font ID, the descriptor parameters become the basis of the downloaded
fonts.
• The data format for each type of font descriptor block is shown below.
< Bitmapped font > ··· This type of font descriptor is not recommended for HL-10h,1260 and 660.
B
y
te 15
(
MSB
)
8 7
(
LSB
)
0
0 Font Descri
p
tor Size
(
64
)
2 Descri
p
tor Format
(
0
)
Font T
yp
e
4St
y
le MSB Reserved
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Hei
g
ht
12 Orientation S
p
acin
g
14 S
y
mbol Set
16 Pitch
(
Default HMI
)
18 Hei
g
ht
20 x-Hei
g
ht
22 Width T
yp
eSt
y
le LSB
24 Stroke Wei
g
ht T
yp
eface LSB
26 T
yp
eface MSB Serif St
y
le
28
Q
ualit
y
Placement
30 Underline Distance Underline Hei
g
ht
32 Text Hei
g
ht
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended Hei
g
ht Extended
42 Ca
p
Hei
g
ht
44 - 47 Font Number
48 - 63 Font Name
64 Co
py
ri
g
ht
(
o
p
tional
)
< Special Bitmapped font >
B
y
te 15
(
MSB
)
8 7
(
LSB
)
0
0 Font Descri
p
tor Size
(
68
)
2 Descri
p
tor Format
(
20
)
Font T
yp
e
4St
y
le MSB Reserved
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Hei
g
ht
12 Orientation S
p
acin
g
14 S
y
mbol Set
16 Pitch
(
Default HMI
)
18 Hei
g
ht
20 x-Hei
g
ht
22 Width T
yp
eSt
y
le LSB
24 Stroke Wei
g
ht T
yp
eface LSB
26 T
yp
eface MSB Serif St
y
le
28
Q
ualit
y
Placement
30 Underline Distance Underline Hei
g
ht
32 Text Hei
g
ht
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended Hei
g
ht Extended
42 Ca
p
Hei
g
ht
44 - 47 Font Number
48 - 63 Font Name
64 X Resolution
66 Y Resolution
nCo
py
ri
g
ht
(
O
p
tional
)