HP 2100 manual Selecting PCL Fonts, Common PCL Printer Commands Function Options #

Selecting PCL Fonts

PCL printer commands for selecting fonts can be found on the PCL Font List. A sample section is shown below. Notice the two variable boxes for symbol set and point size:

	These variables must be filled in or the printer will use defaults. For
	example, if you want a symbol set that contains line-draw characters,
	select the 10U (PC-8) or 12U (PC-850) symbol set. Other common
	symbol set codes are listed in the table on page 161.
Note	Fonts are either “fixed” or “proportional” in spacing. The printer contains
	both fixed fonts (Courier, Letter Gothic, and Lineprinter) and
	proportional fonts (CG Times, Arial®, Times New Roman®, and others).
	Fixed-spaced fonts are generally used in applications such as
	spreadsheets and databases, where it is important for columns to line
	up vertically. Proportional-spaced fonts are generally used in text and
	word processing applications.

Common PCL Printer Commands

Function	Command	Options (#)
Job Control Commands
Reset	?E	n/a
Number of Copies	?&l #X	1 to 999

EN Appendix D Printer Commands 161