Specifications

Chapter 2— Downloading Fonts to the Printer
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Note: When using TrueType fonts, your printer must be configured to
operate in 8 bit mode. Intermec also recommends the following printer
configuration: highest supported bits per second (Baud rate), 8 data bits,
no parity, 1 stop bit, XON/XOFF flow control.
Your TrueType fonts must be compatible with Microsoft Windows. To
generate bitmap fonts from TrueType fonts for a particular language, you
must run PrintSet under that language version of Microsoft Windows.
You can run PrintSet Version 2.0 and higher under Windows 95/98/NT
4.0/2000/XP. Earlier versions of PrintSet will run under Windows 3.11.
PrintSet 2.1 or higher is required to install a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean
TrueType font. You must locate and install the necessary code page tables
to use with these language fonts. For help, see “Installing Code Page
Tables” later in this chapter. The EasyCoder F4 does not support bitmap
or TrueType Chinese, Japanese, or Korean fonts.
Do You Need to Purchase Additional RAM?
If you wish to install a TrueType font in your printer, you must have
enough memory available to contain the entire font file. The size of the
TrueType font file, in bytes, is the minimum amount of memory you
must have available in your printer. Bitmap fonts generated from
TrueType files will vary in size, depending on the point size and number
of characters you create. The larger the point size you choose, the larger
the resulting file size.
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages contain thousands of characters.
If you wish to use these languages, you will need to purchase expanded
flash memory to store them in your printer. The amount of memory
depends on the size and number of fonts you wish to install.
Use the next table to determine the approximate size of some Asian
TrueType fonts. The approximate size is shown in dots per inch (dpi).
Approximate Sizes – Asian TrueType Fonts
TrueType Font
Point
Size
Approximate Size
(400 dpi)
Approximate Size
(200 dpi)
Korean KSC-5601 12 pt
16 pt
24 pt
1.6MB
2.7MB
5.8MB
0.5MB
0.8MB
1.5MB
Traditional Chinese
Big 5
12 pt
16 pt
3.1MB
5.25MB
0.9MB
1.6MB
Simplified Chinese GB 12 pt
16 pt
3.5MB
6.2MB
1MB
1.8MB
Japanese Shift-JIS 12 pt
16 pt
3.9MB
6.75MB
1.1MB
2MB