HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part I

11-52 Soft Font Creation EN
Format (UB)
This is the first byte of every character data block header. It specifies
the format of the character descriptor and data. The format number
used for bitmap fonts is 4. This format must match that of the Font
Header.
If the format number is different from that expected by the device, the
character is discarded.
6 Left Offset
8 Top Offset
10 Character Width
12 Character Height
14 Delta X
16 Raster Character Data: (in bytes)
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Table 11-36 PCL Bitmap Continuation Character Descriptor and
Data Format
Byte 15 (MSB) 8 7 (LSB) 0
0 Format (4) Continuation (non-zero)
2 Raster Character Data: (in bytes)
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Table 11-37
Value Format
4 LaserJet Family (Raster)
10* Intellifont Scalable
15* TrueType Scalable
* These are described later in this chapter.
Table 11-35 PCL Bitmap Character Descriptor
and Data Format (continued)