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8. SUPPORTED COMMANDS
• This section describes the supported commands.
• Note that some operations with Zebra printers (Hereinafter referred to as “Zebra”) differ from those
with Oki Data printers (including TPCL, hereinafter referred to as “Oki Data”).
• The operation of the commands that are not described here is not guaranteed.
• For details of the commands, refer to the ZPL II manual.
• The font names in the text (0 to 9, A to Z) follow the default values in the font conversion table
contained in ZDEFAULT.TXT.
8.1 ^A SCALABLE/BITMAPPED FONT
Format: ^Afo,h,w
f = Font name
A to Z, 0 to 9
Non-omissible
o = Font rotation
N : 0°
R : 90°
I : 180°
B : 270°
When omitted: Value of ^FW
* The point of origin differs depending on the coordinate designated in ^FT and ^FO.
h = Character height (in dots)
Font 0:
10 to 32000 dots
* Through correction, the final size shall be in the range from 1 mm to 150 mm.
Other than font 0:
If the character height exceeds 9.5 times the font standard height, it is corrected to 9.5 times.
When omitted: Calculated from the width based on the ratio.
If both height and width are omitted, the height is calculated from the value in ^CF.
w = Character width (in dots)
Font 0:
10 to 32000 dots
* Through correction, the final size shall be in the range from 1 mm to 150 mm.
Other than font 0:
If the character width exceeds 9.5 times the font standard width, it is corrected to 9.5 times.
When omitted: Calculated from the height based on the ratio.
If both height and width are omitted, the width is calculated from the value in ^CF.
*1 While there existed a comma ‘,’ between f and o in the old ZPL specification, the comma does not
exist in the ZPL specification. This shall comply with the ZPL specification only.
*2 If the lower-case alphabet for Font B are selected, they are converted to upper-case characters
before printing.
*3 When the OKI outline font is selected, the print image collapses if there exists other print data in the
printing area.
*4 When the character type is space (abnormal value) as in "^A o,h,w," it is deemed as “^Ao,h,w" for
operation as the space is deleted during receiving operation.
*5 The character width differs depending on the character type.
*6 The character size of 300-dpi Font E or Font H is smaller compared with the Zebra print result.
In the case of LE850.
When values are equal to or higher than “height 267 x width 130” for Font E and “height 195 x
width 124” for Font H, the size remains the same and the printed font is smaller compared with
the Zebra print result.
*7 When 0 x 1D or 0 x 1E data is printed with Font E, the characters are printed with different font from
that with Zebra.
