HP Pcl 5 Manual

ENCharacter Descriptor Formats 11-69
Character Data Size (UI)   
The value of the Character Data Size should equal the sum of the 
sizes of the Character Data Size, Glyph ID, and TrueType Glyph Data 
fields. This value alerts the PCL interpreter when a continuation block 
is needed. The minimum possible value is 4. The value of Character 
Data Size plus Descriptor Size plus 4 (for the Format, Continuation, 
Reserved and Checksum bytes) will never be less than the value # 
given in the character download...

11-70   Soft Font CreationEN
Character Definition Examples 
Bitmap Portrait Character Example   
To download a bitmap character descriptor and data for a portrait, 
10 Pitch, 12 point, upright medium, Courier lower-case “p”, send:
E
C*c112E  (112 is the decimal character code for an ASCII 
lower-case “p”)
E
C(s140W  [character descriptor and data]
NoteNotice that the 140 appearing in the Character Definition Command 
accounts for 2 bytes of the Character Data Block Header, 14 bytes 
of Character...

ENCharacter Definition Examples 11-71 Table 11-53 Portrait Character Data Example
Dot 
Row Bit Map Decimal Equivalent
01 00000000 00001111 11000000 00000000  0  15 192  0
02 11111100 01111111 11111000 00000000  252 127 249  0
03 11111100 11111111 11111100 00000000  252 255 252  0
04 11111101 11110000 00111110 00000000  253 240  62  0
05 00011111 11000000 00001111 00000000  31 192  15  0
06 00011111 10000000 00000111 00000000  31 128  7  0
07 00011111 00000000 00000111 10000000  31  0  7 128
08 00011110...

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Bitmap Landscape Character Example  
To download the character descriptor and data for a landscape, 
10 pitch, 12 point, upright, medium, Courier lower-case “p”, send:
E
C*c112E  (112 is the decimal character code for an ASCII 
lower-case “p”)
E
C(s120W  [character descriptor and data] 25 00011100 00000000 00000000 00000000  28  0  0  0
26 00011100 00000000 00000000 00000000  28  0  0  0
27 00011100 00000000 00000000 00000000  28  0  0  0
28 00011100 00000000 00000000...

ENCharacter Definition Examples 11-73 Table 11-55 Landscape Character Data Example
Dot 
Row Bit Map Decimal Equivalent
01 00000000 01111110 00000000 00000000  0 126  0  0
02 00000011 11111111 11000000 00000000  3 255 192  0
03 00001111 11111111 11110000 00000000  15 255 240  0
04 00011111 10000001 11111000 00000000  31 129 248  0
05 00111110 00000000 01111100 00000000  62  0 124  0
06 00111000 00000000 00111100 00000000  56  0 124  0
07 01111000 00000000 00011110 00000000  120  0  30  0
08 01110000...

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25 01110000 00000000 00000000 00001110  112  0  0  14
26 01110000 00000000 00000000 00001110  112  0  0  14 Table 11-55 Landscape Character Data Example (continued) 

ENIntroduction  12-1
12
Macros
Introduction 
A Macro is a group of PCL and H”P-GL/2 commands and/or data 
created by the user that is downloaded and stored in the printer. 
Once stored in the printer, a macro can be invoked upon request 
(using the assigned macro ID number), using a single command. 
When printing letters, for example, which include a company 
letterhead, the letterhead is repeated for each letter. This 
letterhead can be created as a macro and stored in the printer. 
Thus, whenever the...

12-2   MacrosEN
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ENMacro Creation 12-3
Macro Creation 
Designate a unique identification (ID) number prior to the definition 
of a macro using the Macro ID command. This number is assigned to 
the macro. If a macro is already associated with this ID number, the 
previously existing macro is deleted from user memory during the 
definition of the new macro. Subsequent macro operations are 
accomplished using the macro ID number.
A macro is created in the printer in several steps. First, the start 
macro command is sent to...

12-4   MacrosEN
Macros occupy a portion of user memory. The number of macros that 
can be stored simultaneously in user memory is limited only by the 
amount of available user memory.
Macro Invocation 
There are three ways to invoke a macro: execute, call, and overlay, 
using the Macro Control command.
When a macro is executed, it begins performing its commands using 
the current modified print environment. Changes made to feature 
settings during macro execution are recorded in the modified print...