User manual EPSON ACULASER M2000DN FONT GUIDE

[. . . ] EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and EPSON AcuLaser and EPSON ESC/P 2 are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Marigold is a trademark of Arthur Baker and may be registered in some jurisdictions. CG Times and CG Omega are trademarks of Agfa Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Arial, Times New Roman and Albertus are trademarks of The Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. [. . . ] Supplementary codes are not supported. Character type Number of characters Font size Numbers (0 to 9) 11 characters 60 pt to 150 pt (up to 96 pt in Windows Vista/XP/2000/Server 2008/Server 2003). Recommended sizes are 60 pt, 75 pt (standard), 112. 5 pt and 150 pt. The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand: Left/Right margin Left/Right guard bar Center bar Check digit OCR-B Print sample Working with Fonts 12 Epson Font Guide EPSON UPC-A EPSON UPC-E UPC-E is the UPC-A zero-suppression (deletes extra zeros) bar code specified by the American Universal Product Code (UPC Symbol Specification Manual). Character type Number of characters Font size Numbers (0 to 9) 6 characters 60 pt to 150 pt (up to 96 pt in Windows Vista/XP/2000/Server 2008/Server 2003). Recommended sizes are 60 pt, 75 pt (standard), 112. 5 pt, and 150 pt. The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand: Left/Right margin Left/Right guard bar Check digit OCR-B The numeral "0" Print sample EPSON UPC-E Working with Fonts 13 Epson Font Guide EPSON Code39 Four Code39 fonts are available, allowing you to enable and disable the automatic insertion of check digits and OCR-B. The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 15% or more of its total length, in conformance to the Code39 standard. For this reason, it is important to keep at least one space between the bar code and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping. Spaces in Code39 bar codes should be input as "_" underbars. When printing two or more bar codes on one line, separate the bar codes with a tab, or select a font other than a BarCode Font and input the space. If a space is input while a Code39 font is selected, the bar code will not be correct. Character type Number of characters Font size Alphanumeric characters (A to Z, 0 to 9) Symbols (- . space $ / + %) No limit When OCR-B is not used: 26 pt or more (up to 96 pt in Windows Vista/XP/2000/Server 2008/Server 2003). When OCR-B is used: 36 pt or more (up to 96 pt in Windows Vista/XP/2000/Server 2008/ Server 2003). Recommended sizes are 36 pt, 72 pt, 108 pt, and 144 pt. The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand: Left/Right quiet zone Check digit Start/Stop character Print sample EPSON Code39 EPSON Code39 CD Working with Fonts 14 Epson Font Guide EPSON Code39 Num EPSON Code39 CD Num EPSON Code128 Code128 fonts support code sets A, B, and C. When the code set of a line of characters is changed in the middle of the line, a conversion code is automatically inserted. The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 15% or more of its total length, in conformance to the Code128 standard. For this reason, it is important to keep at least one space between the bar code and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping. Some applications automatically delete the spaces at the end of lines or change multiple spaces into tabs. Bar codes containing spaces may not be correctly printed from applications that automatically delete spaces from the ends of lines or change multiple spaces into tabs. When printing two or more bar codes on one line, separate the bar codes with a tab, or select a font other than a BarCode Font and input the space. If a space is input while Code128 is selected, the bar code will not be correct. Character type Number of characters Font size All ASCII characters (95 in total) No limit 26 pt to 104 pt (up to 96 pt in Windows Vista/XP/2000/Server 2008/Server 2003). Recommended sizes are 26 pt, 52 pt, 78 pt, and 104 pt. The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand: Left/Right quiet zone Start/Stop character Check digit Change code set character Print sample Working with Fonts 15 Epson Font Guide EPSON Code128 EPSON ITF The EPSON ITF fonts conform to the USS Interleaved 2-of-5 standard (American). Four EPSON ITF fonts are available, allowing you to enable and disable the automatic insertion of check digits and OCR-B. The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 15% or more of its total length, in conformance to the Interleaved 2-of-5 standard. For this reason, it is important to keep at least one space between the bar code and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping. [. . . ] Most font packages make it easy to manage fonts by providing their own installer. The installer gives you the option of having the fonts automatically downloaded whenever you start your computer or having fonts downloaded only when you need to print a particular font. Working with Fonts 28 Epson Font Guide Chapter 2 Symbol Sets Introduction to symbol sets Your printer can access a variety of symbol sets. Many of these symbol sets differ only in the international characters specific to each language. Note: Since most software handles fonts and symbols automatically, you will probably never need to adjust the printer's settings. [. . . ]