Specifications

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~DB
Download Bitmap Font
Description: The ~DB command sets the printer to receive a downloaded bitmap
font, defines native cell size, baseline, space size, and copyright.
This command consists of two portions, a ZPL II command which defines the font
and a structured data segment which defines each character of the font.
Format: ~DBd:o.x,a,h,w,base,space,#char,©,data
Parameters:
d = destination drive to store font
o = name of font
Accepted Values: 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters
Default Value: UNKNOWN.FNT
x = extension
Fixed: .FNT
a = orientation of native font
Fixed: Normal
h = maximum height of cell (in dots)
w = maximum width of cell (in dots)
base = dots from top of cell to character baseline
space = width of space or non-existent characters
#char = number of characters in font
Maximum characters allowed is 256. This must match the number of
characters being downloaded.
© = copyright holder
Maximum length of text string is 63 characters.
\ 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.
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