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Download PCL fonts and macros in "Transaction Printing" mode

To download fonts and macros permanently to the PRISMAsync, you can:

  • Use the PJL command FSDOWNLOAD, or

  • Go to the Settings Editor and click [Transaction printing]  → [Resource management]. You can import fonts and macros in this dialogue.

Below you can find the start and the end of a download macro:

00000000 [Esc%-12345X]

00000009 @PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY NAME = "0:\USERMAC\RETROCU.MAC" SIZE = 97702

00000083 [CR]

00000084 [LF]

00000085 [Esc&f1137y0X]

00000095 [CR]

00000096 [LF]

Put the macro data here

00097747 [Esc*b20W]

00097773 [Esc*b0M]

00097778 [Esc*rB]

00097782 [Esc&f1X]

00097787 [Esc%-12345X]

Where:

[Esc%-12345X] = the Universal Exit Language

[CR] = Carriage Return

[LF] = Line Feed

[Esc&f1137y0X] = &f1137y sets the macro ID <1137> and 0X starts the macro definition

[Esc*b20W] = 20 Bytes Raster Data Transfer (in raster row)

[Esc*b0M] = Compression Mode, Unencoded

[Esc*rB] = End Raster Graphics

[Esc&f1X] = Stop Macro Definition

NOTE
  • Follow the syntax of the FSDOWNLOAD command precisely. Be aware of the spaces between the various words.

  • Calculate the macro size precisely. The macro size = "Universal Exit Language" - "Start Macro Definition". In the example above, the macro size is 00097787 - 00000085 = 97702 bytes.

  • The specified drive in the path between quotes is 0 (Zero).

  • It is not allowed to use a "Make macro permanent" command (<ESC>&f10X) or a "Make macro temporary" command (<ESC>&f9X) in the macro data.

  • The font is downloaded permanently when you send a font file through FSDOWNLOAD to the PRISMAsync.

  • The macro is downloaded permanently when you send a macro file and the "macro definition file" through FSDOWNLOAD to the PRISMAsync.

  • Do not use an "_" (underscore) in the file names that are handled by FSDOWNLOAD.