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Intermec Fingerprint 6.13 – Programmer's Guide
6. FILE SYSTEM, cont'd.
5. Image Files
Image files in .PCX format can be downloaded to the printer's RAM
memory and at the same time be converted to images in Finger-
print's internal bitmap format by means of the statement IMAGE
LOAD.
Image files in .PCX format that have been downloaded to the
printer's RAM memory using Kermit file transfer protocol (see
chapter 6.8) or stored in a DOS-formatted memory card cannot be
used to produce a printable image before they have been converted
to Fingerprint's internal bitmap format by means of the following
instruction:
RUN "pcx2bmp <name of .PCX file> <name of image>"
Image files in Intelhex format, or the formats UBI00, UBI01,
UBI02, UBI03 or UBI10, can be downloaded and converted to
images using the STORE IMAGE and STORE INPUT statements.
Images files can be listed by means of a FILES statements.
Outline font files are files in Speedo (*.SPD) or TrueType (*.TTF)
format containing scalable outline fonts. Such files can be down-
loaded to the printer's RAM memory using Kermit file transfer
protocol (see chapter 6.8) or the FILE& LOAD instruction, or be
stored in a DOS-formatted memory card.
They can be used in some printer models (e.g. EasyCoder 401/501/
601) to produce customized bitmap fonts. This requires special
software (“Scalable Fonts Kit”) and a CPU board with 6 EPROM
sockets.
The Scalable Fonts Kit also allows fonts in *.ATF format to be
downloaded using the FONT LOAD statement.
The Configuration program in the Toolbox allows outline font files
to be transferred to EPROM:s or non DOS-formatted memory
cards.
Outline font files can be listed by means of a FILES statements.
Text files, e.g. program files and data files in ASCII format, can be
downloaded via a communication program in the host, e.g. Win-
dows Terminal (“Transfers; Send Text File”).
Text files can be transferred back to the host, e.g. for backup
purposes, by LOADing the file and LISTing it to a communication
program in the host.
6. Outline Font Files
7. Transferring Text Files
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Images
Also see:
• Chapter 14
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Fonts and Font Conversion
Also see:
• Chapter 12