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While considering the <RTF> and <TTF> examples below let’s pretend the user has already downloaded three
TTF files into the printer in the following order:
1. Times New Roman
2. Arial
3. Century
FGL COMMANDS
DESCRIPTION
<RC100,100><TTF1,25>Boca Systems<p>
At row 100, column 100 print “Boca Systems” on a ticket
with “Times New Roman” using point size 25.
<RC100,100><RTF4,15>Boca Systems<p>
At row 100, column 100 print “Boca Systems” on a ticket
with “Verdana Bold” using point size 15.
<RC200,100><TTF2,12>Text in a
Box<RC75,60><LT5><BX300,400><p>
At position 200,100 print “Text in a Box” wit
h “Arial”
using point size 12 and on the same ticket at position 75,
60 print a box 300 by 400 dots.
<RC100,100><RR><RTF1,20>Boca Systems<p>
At row 100, column 100 print “Boca Systems” rotated
right on a ticket with “Comic Sans MS” using point size
20.
<RC100,100><TTF3,35>Boca Systems<p>
At row 100, column 100 print “Boca Systems” on a ticket
with “Century” using point size 35.
TrueType Font Character Sets - <TTCP#> and <ttcp#>
The TrueType fonts, unlike bitmap fonts, are designed to support multiple character sets using a single
font file. This support is provide through the use of codepages which are basically mapping tables used to select
a related groups of characters from a much larger master set. The characters are selected and arranged in the
extended character region of a single byte font to support the various international writing systems and
alphabets. These character sets conform to international standards and allow the printer to be used with
operating systems that have been deployed around the world. Currently the printer offers support for a number
of Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS character sets. The printer’s TrueType character set can be easily changed
either permanently or temporarily through the use of FGL commands.
The codepages supported by the printer are listed below. However, it must be noted that not all
TrueType fonts support the entire list of codepages; it is the user’s responsibility to make sure the TrueType font
file contains the characters necessary to support the selected codepage. This restriction applies to resident
fonts as well as fonts downloaded to the printer by the end user.
The TrueType codepages can be selected using the following FGL commands - <TTCP#> and <ttcp#>.
The upper case command temporarily selects the codepage and the lower case command is used to
permanently change the printer’s power on default value.
ID Character Set Description
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• 1 1250 Windows Central European
• 2 1251 Windows Cyrillic
• 3 1252 Windows Latin I *
• 4 1253 Windows Greek
• 5 1254 Windows Turkish
• 6 1255 Windows Hebrew
• 7 1256 Windows Arabic
• 8 1257 Windows Baltic
• 9 437 OEM US (MS-DOS)
• 10 858 OEM Multilingual Latin + Euro (MS-DOS)
* Indicates the printer’s default character set.
Supported codepages for the resident TrueType fonts:
• Comic Sans 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1257
• Verdana 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1257