1. ZPL II, ZBI 2, Set-Get-Do, Mirror, WML Programming Guide
  2. ZPL Commands
  3. ~DU
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~DU

~DU

Some international fonts, such as Asian fonts, have more than 256 printable characters. These fonts are supported as
large TrueType fonts
 and are downloaded to the printer with the
~DU
 command.

Download Unbounded TrueType Font

Use ZTools to convert the large TrueType fonts to a Zebra-downloadable format.
The Field Block (
^FB
) command cannot support the large TrueType fonts.
Format:
~DUd:o.x,s,data
Parameters
Details
d =
 font location
Values:
R:
,
E:
,
B:
, and
A:
Default:
R:
o =
 font name
Values:
 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters
Default:
 if a name is not specified, UNKNOWN is used
x =
 extension
Format:
.FNT
s
=
 font size
Values:
 the number of memory bytes required to hold the Zebra-downloadable format of the font
Default:
 if no data is entered, the command is ignored
data =
 data string
Values:
 a string of ASCII hexadecimal values (two hexadecimal digits/byte). The total number of two-digit values must match parameter
s
.
Default:
 if no data is entered, the command is ignored
Example:
 This is an example of how to download an unbounded true type font:
~DUR:KANJI,86753,60CA017B0CE7...
(86753 two-digit hexadecimal values)
For similar commands, see ~DS, ~DT, and ~DY.