User guide

Print Operations

Fonts and Your Printer

980608-001 Rev. C GK420d™ User Guide 8/4/10

Identifying Fonts in Your Printer

Fonts and memory are shared by the programming languages in the printer. Fonts can be

loaded in many memory areas in the G-Series™ printer. ZPL programming can recognize EPL

and ZPL fonts. EPL programming can only recognize EPL fonts. See the respective

programmer guides for more information on fonts and printer memory.

ZPL Fonts:

• To manage and download fonts for ZPL print operation, use the Zebra Setup utility or

ZebraNet™ Bridge.

• To display all of the fonts loaded in your G-Series printer, send the printer the ZPL

command ^WD. See the ZPL Programmers Guide for details.

• Bitmap fonts in the various printer memory areas are identified by the .FNT file

extension in ZPL.

• Scalable fonts are identified with the .TTF, .TTE or .OTF file extensions in ZPL.

EPL does not support these fonts.

EPL Fonts:

• To download fonts for EPL print operations, use the Zebra Setup Utility or ZebraNet™

Bridge to send files to the printer.

• To display Soft Fonts (ext.) available to EPL, send the printer the EPL command EI.

• Optional Asian Fonts in G-Series printers are displayed as Soft Fonts, but are still

accessible as documented in the A command in the EPL programmer’s guide.

• All EPL fonts displayed are bitmap fonts. They do not include the .FNT file extension

or the horizontal (H) or vertical (V) designators that are displayed with the ZPL

command ^WD as described above in ZPL Fonts.

• To remove non Asian EPL fonts with EPL programming, use the EK command.

• To remove EPL Asian fonts from the printer, use the ZPL ^ID command.