Supplemental Information for Traditional Chinese Fonts

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1 Supplemental Information for Traditional Chinese Fonts Contents Supported Languages Communications Changing the Control Instruction Prefix Character Changing the Format Instruction Prefix Character Label Format Examples Appendix A: Downloading TrueType Fonts Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts Appendix C: Downloading fonts through ZTools

2 2005 ZIH Corp. The copyrights in this manual and the label print engine described therein are owned by Zebra Technologies Corporation. Unauthorized reproduction of this manual or the software in the label print engine may result in imprisonment of up to one year and fines of up to $10,000 (17 U.S.C.506). Copyright violators may be subject to civil liability. This product may contain ZPL, ZPL II, and ZebraLink programs; Element Energy Equalizer Circuit; E3 ; and AGFA fonts. Software ZIH Corp. All rights reserved worldwide. ZebraLink and all product names and numbers are trademarks, and Zebra, the Zebra logo, ZPL, ZPL II, Element Energy Equalizer Circuit, and E3 Circuit are registered trademarks of ZIH Corp. All rights reserved worldwide. CG Triumvirate is a trademark of AGFA Monotype Corporation. All rights reserved worldwide. CG Triumvirate(tm) font AGFA Monotype Corporation. Intellifont portion AGFA Monotype Corporation. All rights reserved worldwide. UFST is a registered trademark of AGFA Monotype Corporation. All rights reserved worldwide. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Customer Order # 44250L Manufacturer Part # 44250L Rev. A

3 Supported Languages Supplemental Information for Asian Fonts This document provides information for using Asian fonts with Zebra printers. It explains the supported languages and presents examples and commands necessary for printing Asian languages. All other printer operations are identical to those presented in the User Guide. It is assumed that the user is already familiar with general printer operation, the Zebra Programming Language (ZPL), and the ASCII-based ZPL command structure as presented in the ZPL II Programming Guide. Supported Languages The printer supports locale specific encoding for printing the following languages: Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai, and Traditional Chinese. Since True Type fonts are typically internally encoded as Unicode and the printer only supports Unicode-encoded fonts, a conversion table to Unicode is needed. The supported encoding and conversion tables are listed in Table 1. Table 1 Conversion Tables Language Encoding Conversion Table Japanese Shift JIS JIS.DAT Japanese JIS JIS.DAT Korean Johab KSCJOHAB.DAT Korean Unified Hangul UHANGUL.DAT Korean Wansung KSCWSUNG.DAT Simplified Chinese GB 2312 GB8BIT.DAT Simplified Chinese GB 2312 GB.DAT Thai TIS CP874.DAT Traditional Chinese BIG 5 BIG5.DAT The conversion table is selected with the ^SE (Select Encoding) ZPL command. In addition to selecting the conversion table, the ^CI (Change International Font) ZPL command must also be used to select the correct international character set. The combination of these two ZPL commands allows for the support of Asian languages. Both of these ZPL commands are explained later in this document. The encoding tables are provided with the font card or downloaded in flash with the font. The table will appear as XXXXXXX.DAT in a directory label printed by the ZPL commands: Example ^XA^WD*:*.*^XZ The most active encoding table is indicated by * on the directory label L Rev. A 03/21/2005 3

4 Communications Communications To print the Asian fonts when communicating with the printer via a serial cable, set the printer to 8 data bits (see the User Guide for more information). Changing the Control Instruction Prefix Character ZPL normally uses the tilde (~) character as the prefix for control instructions that cause an immediate action to be taken by the printer. The default value for the Control Prefix, the tilde character, is 7E hex or 126 decimal. Since this value (7EH/126 decimal) is also used in the printing of some Asian font characters, the Control Prefix character must be changed. We suggest that the Data Link Escape (DLE) character (10H/16 decimal) be used for the Control Prefix character. This value is not used to print Asian font characters and is always equivalent to the Control Prefix character. The change can be made from the front panel (see the printer User Guide) or with the Change Tilde, ZPL instruction (see the ZPL II Programming Guide). Changing the Format Instruction Prefix Character ZPL normally uses the carat (^) character as the prefix for format instructions that define the label format. The default value for the Format Prefix, the carat character, is 5E hex or 094 decimal. Since this value (5EH/094 decimal) is also used in the printing of some Asian font characters, the Format Prefix character must be changed. We suggest that the Record Separator (RS) character (1EH/030 decimal) be used for the Format Prefix character. This value is not used to print Asian font characters and is always equivalent to the Format Prefix character. The change can be made from the front panel (refer to the printers User Guide) or with the Change Tilde ZPL instruction (see the ZPL II Programming Guide). 4 03/21/ L Rev. A

5 Label Format Examples Supplemental Information for Asian Fonts Label Format Examples In each of the following examples, the format is saved in the corresponding encoding before being sent down to the printer and the ZPL script was made in Microsoft Notepad, a basic text editor. The characters were inserted from the character map in Windows or typed from the keyboard. The values for the hexadecimal characters were found in the corresponding code charts in Appendix D of this document. For example, in the Unicode encoding example, the format was saved as the UTF 8 encoding and in the Traditional Chinese example, the format was saved in the Big5 encoding. Asian with ASCII Transparency This is an example of using an Asian encoding, such as UHANGUL, with ASCII text. Using the CI26 command tells the printer to recognize any byte less than 7F as ASCII text and every byte above as the first byte of UHANGUAL encoding. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDK.TTF ^SEB:UHANGUL.DAT^CI26 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FDASCII 한국어 ^FS ^XZ Example Label Japanese-JIS This is an example of using the Japanese encoding, JIS, with the Zebra printers. The CI14 command should be used with the JIS.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDJ.TTF ^SEB:JIS.DAT^CI14 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 日本語 ^FS ^XZ Example Label Japanese-Shift-JIS This is an example of using the Japanese encoding, Shift JIS, with the Zebra printers. The CI15 command should be used with the JIS.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDJ.TTF ^SEB:JIS.DAT^CI15 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 日本語 ^FS ^XZ Example Label 44250L Rev. A 03/21/2005 5

6 Label Format Examples Korean-Johab This is an example of using the Korean encoding, Johab, with the Zebra printers. The CI14 command should be used with the KSCJOHAB.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDK.TTF ^SEB:KSCJOHAB.DAT^CI14 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 한국어 ^FS ^XZ Example Label Korean-UHANGUL This is an example of using the Korean encoding, Hangul, with the Zebra printers. The CI14 command should be used with the UHANGUL.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDK.TTF ^SEB:UHANGUL.DAT^CI14 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 한국어 ^FS ^XZ Example Label Korean-WANSUNG This is an example of using the Korean encoding, Wansung, with the Zebra printers. The CI14 command should be used with the KSCWANSUNG.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDK.TTF ^SEB:KSCWSUNG^CI14 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 한국어 ^FS ^XZ Example Label 6 03/21/ L Rev. A

7 Label Format Examples Simplified Chinese This is an example of using the Simplified Chinese encoding, GB, with the Zebra printers. The CI16 command should be used with the GB.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDS.TTF ^SEB:GB.DAT^CI16 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 简体中文 ^FS ^XZ Example Label Simplified Chinese This is an example of using the Simplified Chinese encoding, GB, with the Zebra printers. The CI14 command should be used with the GB8BIT.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDS.TTF ^SEB:GB8BIT.DAT^CI14 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 简体中文 ^FS ^XZ Example Label Traditional Chinese This is an example of using the Traditional Chinese encoding, BIG5, with the Zebra printers. The CI14 command should be used with the BIG5.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDT.TTF ^SEB:BIG5.DAT^CI14 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FD 繁體中文 ^FS ^XZ Example Label 44250L Rev. A 03/21/2005 7

8 Label Format Examples Thai This is an example of using the Thai encoding with the Zebra printers. The CI24 command should be used with the CP874.DAT conversion table. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDJ.TTF ^SEB:CP874.DAT^CI24 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^FDภาษาไทย^FS ^XZ Example Label Unicode-UTF-8 This is an example of using the Unicode encoding, UTF-8, with the Zebra printers. Note the use of ^F8 before each ^FD. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDJ.TTF^CI17 ^FO100,100^A1,50,50^F8 ^FDHello World!^FS ^FO100,200^A1,50,50^F8^FD ユニコード ^FS ^XZ Example Label Unicode-UTF-8 This is an example of using the Unicode encoding, UTF-8, with the Zebra printers. Multiple languages, such as Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and English, can be printed within a field. Note the use of ^F8 before each ^FD. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDJ.TTF^CI17 ^FO20,100^A1,50,50^F8 ^FD 日本語 / 한국어 / 简体中文 / 斏體中文 ^FS ^FO20,250^A1,50,50^F8 ^FD Quô c ngu ~ /English/ภาษาไทย^FS ^XZ Example Label 8 03/21/ L Rev. A

9 Label Format Examples Hexadecimal This is an example of using the hexadecimal values for characters in the ^FD statement with the Zebra printers. ^XA^CW1,B:ANMDJ.TTF ^SEB:UNICODE.DAT^CI17 ^FO100,100^A1,100,100^FH/ ^FD/00/48/00/65/00/6C/00/6C/00/6F/00/21^FS ^XZ Example Label 44250L Rev. A 03/21/2005 9

10 Appendix A: Downloading TrueType Fonts Appendix A: Downloading TrueType Fonts To install a TrueType Font on the printer, please follow the next steps. In the following example, the printer is connected to the computer via the parallel port and Windows 2000 is assumed. 1. Open Microsoft Notepad: a. In the lower left corner of your computer screen click on the Start button. b. Click on Run. c. In the dialog box, type: notepad. d. Click OK. 2. See Figure 1. Make a header for the font. The size of the file can be found in the properties menu of the file. Search for the file named FONTNAME.TTF and right-click on the file to find the properties menu. 3. See Figure 2. The SIZE is the Size (not size on the disk) in bytes. Type the following exactly: ~DYB:FONTNAME,B,T,SIZE,, Note There are no spaces anywhere in the header. Do not put any spaces or type <return> after the header. Figure 1 Header Example Figure 2 TTF Properties Menu 4. Save the header as FONTNAME.TXT /21/ L Rev. A

11 Appendix A: Downloading TrueType Fonts 5. If ZTools is communicating with the printer via the parallel port, close ZTools. 6. Open a DOS window: a. Click on the Start button (lower left corner of your computer screen. b. Click on Run. c. In the dialog box, type: command. d. Click OK. 7. If necessary, change to the directory where the file is located. The following is an example; your file may be in a different directory. D: <return> cd projects\unicode <return> 8. Copy the header file to the printer port: copy header.txt lpt1 <return> Note After the header file is sent to the printer, the data light will remain lit until the printer receives the TrueType font file in the next steps. 9. If necessary, change to the directory where the.ttf file is located. The following is an example; depending on the Windows version the font may be in a different directory. C: <return> cd WINNT\Fonts <return> 10. Copy the TTF file to the printer port: copy FONTNAME.TTF lpt L Rev. A 03/21/

12 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts The following ZPL commands are necessary for printing Asian fonts. They have been provided here for convenience. Refer to the ZPL Programming Manual for more information. ^CC or ~CC Change Carets Description: The ^CC and ~CC commands are used to change the format command prefix. The default prefix is the caret (^). Format: ^CCx or ~CCx Parameters x = caret character change Details Accepted Values: any ASCII character Default Value: a parameter is required. If a parameter is not entered, the next character received is the new prefix character. Example ^XA ^CC/ /XZ 12 03/21/ L Rev. A

13 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts ^CI Change International Font Description: Zebra printers can print fonts using international character sets: U.S.A.1, U.S.A.2, UK, Holland, Denmark/Norway, Sweden/Finland, Germany, France 1, France 2, Italy, Spain, and several other sets. ZPL II follows the ISO standards for international characters. The ^CI command enables you to call up the international character set you want to use for printing. You can mix character sets on a label. This command allows character remapping. Any character within a font can be remapped to a different numerical position. Format: ^CIa,s1,d1,s2,d2,... Parameters a = desired character set Details Accepted Values: 0 = U.S.A. 1 1 = U.S.A. 2 2 = U.K. 3 = Holland 4 = Denmark/Norway 5 = Sweden/Finland 6 = Germany 7 = France 1 8 = France 2 9 = Italy 10 = Spain 11 = miscellaneous 12 = Japan (ASCII with Yen symbol) 13 = IBM Code Page = 16-bit (Unicode) encoded scalable fonts 15 = Shift-JIS for scalable Japanese fonts 16 = EUC-Kanji for scalable fonts 17 = Unicode (for Unicode-encoded fonts) 18 to 23 = Reserved 24 = 8-bit access to Unicode-encoded fonts 25 =Reserved 26 =Asian Fonts with ASCII Transparency Note Initial Value at power-up: L Rev. A 03/21/

14 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts ^CT or ~CT Change Tilde Description: The ^CT and ~CT commands are used to change the control command prefix. The default prefix is the tilde (~). Format: ^CTa or ~CTa Parameters a = change control command character Details Accepted Values: any ASCII character Default Value: a parameter is required. If a parameter is not entered, the next character received is the new control command character. Example ^XA ^CT+ ^XZ +DGR:GRAPHIC.GRF,04412, /21/ L Rev. A

15 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts ~DY Download Files Description: ~DY downloads to the printer graphic objects in any supported format. This command can be used in place of ~DG for more saving and loading options. Format: ~DYd:f,b,x,t,w,data Parameters Details d = file location Accepted Values: r:, e:, b:, and a: Default Value: r: f = file name b = format downloaded in data field (f) x = extension of stored graphic t = total number of bytes in graphic w = total number of bytes per row data = data Accepted Values: 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters Default Value: if a name is not specified, UNKNOWN is used Accepted Values: A = uncompressed bitmap (.GRF, ASCII) B = uncompressed bitmap (.GRF, binary) Required if x =.TTF. C = AR-compressed bitmap (.GRF, compressed binary used only by Zebra s BAR-ONE software) P = PNG image (.PNG) Default Value: a value must be specified Accepted Values: G = raw bitmap (.GRF) P = store as compressed (.PNG) T = (.TTF) Default Value:.GRF, unless parameter b is set to P (.PNG).GRF images: the size after decompression into memory.png images: the size of the.png file Note Ignored when x =.TTF.GRF images: number of bytes per row.png images: value ignored data is encoded directly into.png data ASCII hexadecimal encoding, ZB64, or binary data, depending on b a, p = ASCII hexadecimal or ZB64 b, c = binary When binary data is sent, all control prefixes and flow control characters are ignored until the total number of bytes needed for the graphic format is received. Caution Data immediately after comma, is interpreted as binary data an must be alpha or numeric 44250L Rev. A 03/21/

16 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts ^FH Field Hexadecimal Indicator Description: The ^FH command allows you to enter the hexadecimal value for any character directly into the ^FD statement. The ^FH command must precede each ^FD command it which it will used. Format: ^FHa Parameters a = hexadecimal indicator Details Accepted Values: any character except current format and control prefix (^ and ~ by default) Default Value: _ (underscore) ^F8 Field Unicode UTF-8 Description: Allows you to enter Unicode characters directly into the ^FD statement. Must be used before each ^FD command in which UTF-8 formatted data will be used. Format: ^F8 Parameter: none 16 03/21/ L Rev. A

17 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts ^FP Field Parameter Description: The ^FP command allows vertical formatting of the font field, commonly used for printing Asian fonts. Format: ^FPd,g Parameters d = direction g = additional inter-character gap (in dots) Details Accepted Values: H = horizontal printing (left to right) V = vertical printing (top to bottom) R = reverse printing (right to left) Default Value: H Accepted Values: 0 to 9999 Default Value: 0 if no value is entered 44250L Rev. A 03/21/

18 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts ^FB Field Block Description: The ^FB command allows you to print text into a defined block type format. This command formats an ^FD or ^SN string into a block of text using the origin, font, and rotation specified for the text string. The ^FB command also contains an automatic word-wrap function. Format: ^FBa,b,c,d,e Parameters a = width of text block line (in dots) b = maximum number of lines in text block c = add or delete space between lines (in dots) d = text justification e = hanging indent (in dots) of the second and remaining lines Details Accepted Values: 0 to the width of the label (or 9999) Default Value: 0 If the value is less than font width or not specified, text does not print. Accepted Values: 1 to 9999 Default Value: 1 Text exceeding the maximum number of lines overwrites the last line. Changing the font size automatically increases or decreases the size of the block. Accepted Values: to 9999 Default Value: 0 Numbers are considered to be positive unless preceded by a minus sign. Positive values add space; negative values delete space. Accepted Values: L (left), C (center), R (right), J (justified) Default Value: L Last line is left-justified if J is used. Accepted Values: 0 to 9999 Default Value: /21/ L Rev. A

19 Appendix B: ZPL Instructions for Using Asian Fonts ^SE Select Encoding Description The ^SE command was created to select the desired encoding table. Format ^SEa Parameter: a = name of the encoding table 44250L Rev. A 03/21/

20 Appendix C: Downloading fonts through ZTools Appendix C: Downloading fonts through ZTools Use this procedure to download a converted TrueType or bitmap font to the printer. In the following example, the printer is connected to the computer via the parallel port and the computer is running Windows Open the ZTools program. 2. From the File menu select Add. 3. In the dialog box, select the font to be downloaded from the left column (.ZSU extension). Note The only fonts that appear in the ZTools folder are those that have been converted by ZTools. If the desired font does not appear, please convert the font. 4. Click OK. 5. From the Download menu, select View. a. In the dialog box, click the icon located to the left of the font file. b. When the icon changes to a check-mark, click the icon located on the navigation bar at the top of the ZTools program. The font will begin downloading to the printer /21/ L Rev. A

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