User`s guide

56 User Manual
Appendix D: Fonts, Bar Codes and Graphics
The specifications of fonts, bar codes and graphics depend on the printer emulation. The emulation
is a printer programming language, through which the host can communicate with your printer.
Printer Programming Language A, PPLA
Specification 203dpi Printers 300dpi Printers
General fonts 7 alpha-numeric fonts, OCR A and OCR B
ASD smooth fonts 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 18 points 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 18 points
Symbol sets for smooth fonts
USASCII, UK, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and
Danish/Norwegian
Courier fonts 8 symbol sets (PC, PC-A,
PC-B, EAMA-94, Roman ,
Legal, Greek and Russian)
Soft fonts Downloadable PCL fonts
Font expandability 1x1 to 24x24
Bar code types Code 39, Code 93, Code 128/subset A,B,C, Codabar, Interleave 2
of 5, UPC A/E/2 and 5 add-on, EAN-8/13, UCC/EAN-128,
Postnet, Plessey, HBIC, Telepen and FIM.
MaxiCode PDF417 and DataMatrix (2D symbologies).
Graphics PCX, BMP, IMG and HEX formats
Stand-alone operation without host Fastkey
Notes: As the font board and flash modules use the same connector they cannot function
simultaneously.
PPLA Emulation Printer Control commands
See Programmer’s Manual for more details.
Interactive Commands
These commands expect a printer response or action
Interactive Commands
Command Description
<SOH># Resets the printer
<SOH>A Requests a printer status from printer
<SOH>B Toggles pause status
<SOH>D Disable the interaction command
<SOH>E Requests a status of how many labels are queued
<SOH>F Requests a 1 byte status report