Specifications

ZPL Commands

~DB

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Default Value: a value must be specified

data = structured

ASCII data that

defines each

character in the

font

The # symbol signifies character code parameters, which are

separated with periods. The character code is from 1 to 4

characters to allow for large international character sets to be

downloaded to the printer.

The data structure is:

#xxxx.h.w.x.y.i.data

#xxxx = character code

h = bitmap height (in dot rows)

w = bitmap width (in dot rows)

x = x-offset (in dots)

y = y-offset (in dots)

i = typesetting motion displacement (width, including

inter character gap of a particular character in the font)

data = hexadecimal bitmap description

Example • This is an example of how to use the ~DB command. It shows the first two

characters of a font being downloaded to DRAM.

~DBR:TIMES.FNT,N,5,24,3,10,2,ZEBRA 1992,

#0025.5.16.2.5.18.

OOFF

FFOO

FFFF

#0037.4.24.3.6.26.

OOFFOO

OFOOFO

OOFFOO

Parameters Details