Chapter 2 Using the APD
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Character Printing (Device Font)
DeviceFontisthefontsetbuiltintotheTMprinter.
YoucanobtaintextqualityinlinewiththeperformanceoftheTMprinter.
YoucanprinttextatahigherspeedthanTrueTypefont.
ToprintDeviceFontina.NETenvironment,youmustreplacethefont.
SeeʺDeviceFont
Printingina.NETEnvironmentʺonpage24fordetails.
Setting Device Font
WhenprintingwithDeviceFont,settheDeviceFonttype.
Device Font Type
Thexxafterthefontnamespecifiestwodigits,expressingthecharactersize.
Fontwith[254/255]afterthefontnameisuser‐definedpages.SeetheTechnicalReferenceGuide
fortheTMprinteryouareusingforadescriptionofthissetting.
Alsoseethemanualregardingthenumberof
dotsforeachfont.SeeʺPrinterSpecificationʺfor
details.
•FontAxx
•FontBxx
Device Font Size
DeviceFontpreparesfontsforeachcharactersize.AswithTrueTypefonts,pointsizeisnot
specifiedseparatelyfromthefont;rather,charactersizeisspecifiedbyselectingafont.
ThefollowingsizesareavailablewithDeviceFont.
Height \ Width Standard Double Fourfold Eightfold
Standard FontA11 FontA12
Double FontA21 FontA22 FontA24
Fourfold FontA42 FontA44 FontA48
Eightfold FontA84 FontA88
FontA22
FontA11
Double height
Standard
Double width
Double height / width
FontA12
FontA21
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