Fonts
Your printer supports both bitmapped and scalable fonts in a wide range of character sets for use in a number of European languages.
You can see a list and printed examples of all the fonts resident in the printer by printing a font list.
To print the font list:
1.Press the ON LINE key to take the printer OFF line.
2.Press and hold the Print Fonts key for more than 2 seconds, then release. Press the ← or → key to select PCL5c or Adobe Postscript fonts and then press the ENTER key. After a short delay a list of all the selected fonts, together with examples of what they look like, will emerge.
Bit Mapped Fonts
These are character shapes stored as a collection of dots (bits). They are stored in a fixed size. If you print enlarged versions you will see jagged edges around the characters, due to the enlarged dots.
Examples of resident bit mapped fonts are LinePrinter, OCR- A,
Scalable Fonts | English |
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These are stored as outline curves represented by mathematical |
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formulae, and may be scaled larger without loss of print |
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resolution. |
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When scalable fonts are used in a document a temporary bit |
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map of each character is created in a special part of the printer’s |
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memory called the font cache. This bit map is produced at the |
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full operating resolution of the printer, either 300 or 600dpi, |
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depending on which is currently selected, so no jagged edges |
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are apparent. |
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Examples of resident scalable fonts are Courier, CG Times and |
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Univers. There are many other resident fonts stored in your |
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printer, as you will see when you print the font list. |
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Using Fonts in Windows Applications |
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If you run Windows on your computer you will be familiar with |
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the selection of different fonts within your documents. |
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Most Windows applications use TrueType fonts, a scalable font |
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technology pioneered by Apple Computer Corp. Most TrueType |
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fonts in Windows documents will download to the printer |
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automatically as they are required. However, if you choose the |
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printer’s resident fonts, your documents will generally print |
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faster and use less printer memory. |
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