Creating an Arabic PDT file for an Arabic printer

If none of the predefined PDTs are acceptable, you can create a new one. To create a PDT, you must create a printer definition file (PDF) and then compile it to create a PDT.

You should understand a PDF's structure and the types of statements. See Building a Printer Definition Table (PDT) for PC400 for information about building a PDT.

To customize an existing PDF file for Arabic, do the following:
  1. In the macro definition dialog, define a macro containing a printer command that selects the Arabic printer font.
    Define the escape sequences of the fonts that you want to use. For example, 
    /*   Naseem (  1  0  V  (  s  0  p  1  5  h  9  v  0  s  0  b  3  T     */
NSM   EQU 1B 28 31 30 56 1B 28 73 30 70 31 35 68 39 76 30 73 30 62 33 54
    Note: You can get the font escape sequences by printing out the font names from the printer menus.
  2. Add this macro to the START_JOB escape sequence in the Control Code section of the PDF. For example, 
    START_JOB=CUL CBP NSM    /* Switch to Arabic Font   */
  3. Save your new PDF file and copy it to the pdfpdt directory in the Personal Communications program directory.
  4. In the Printer Setup → Select PDT file dialog, click Convert PDF.
  5. Select the PDF file that you modified, and click Convert.
  6. In the Select PDT file dialog, select the converted PDT file
Parent topic: Using Printer Definition Table (PDT) Files