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

10-4 User-Defined Symbol Sets EN

Define Symbol Set

This command defines the characters and character mapping for a

user-defined symbol set.

( f # W [symbol set definition data]

# = Number of bytes in symbol set definition

Default = n/a

Range = 0 - 32767

If a user-defined symbol set is already present in the printer and a

new, valid symbol set is downloaded with the same Symbol Set ID

Code, then the old symbol set is deleted. If an internal symbol set with

the same ID code exists, it is overridden by the new symbol set. If the

symbol set definition is invalid, the command is ignored. If there is

insufficient memory to create the symbol set, the symbol set is

discarded.

Note Send the Symbol Set ID Code command prior to the Define Symbol

Set command to assign an ID code for the user-defined symbol set. If

the Symbol Set ID Code command is not sent, the last code sent is

used. If none have been sent, then the default (0) is assigned.

The data format for the user-defined symbol set is shown in

Table 10-1.

Table 10-1 User-Defined Symbol Set Defintion Format

Byte 15 - MSB8 7LSB - 0

0 Header Size (18)

2 Encoded Symbol Set

Designator

4 Format Symbol Set Type

6First Code

8 Last Code

10 Character Requirements

Hdr

Size

Symbol Map [Last Code — First Code + 1]