PCL Menu

Table 1.9 PCL Menu functions

Menu Item and Function

 

Keystrokes

 

Display Reads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Font Number

 

1. Press Menu Up or Menu

 

Menus

 

Set the ID of the default font in PCL.

 

Down until you see:

 

PCL Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

The available values are:

 

2. Press Item Up or Item Down

 

PCL Menu

 

0* - 999

 

until you see:

 

Font Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

To see the assigned font numbers,

 

3. Press Value Up or Value Down

 

Font Number

=

print a PCL Font List.

 

until you see:

 

New Value

 

The font number changes

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Press Enter. You will see:

 

PCL Menu

 

incrementally to the next valid ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

Font Number

 

each time either Value Up or Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Down is pressed. Holding down

 

5. Press Online. You will see:

 

Ready

 

Value Up or Value Down causes

 

 

 

 

 

continuous scrolling through the font

 

 

 

 

 

numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch

 

1. Press Menu Up or Menu

 

Menus

 

Set the pitch when the font selected is

 

Down until you see:

 

PCL Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

a scaleable fixed pitch font. Pitch is

 

2. Press Item Up or Item Down

 

PCL Menu

 

measured in characters per inch or

 

 

 

 

until you see:

 

Pitch

 

c.p.i.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The available values are:

 

3. Press Value Up or Value Down

 

Pitch

=

.44 - 99.99 (10.00*)

 

until you see:

 

New Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pitch changes incrementally by

 

4. Press Enter. You will see:

 

PCL Menu

 

.01 each time either Value Up or

 

 

 

Pitch

 

Value Down is pressed. Holding

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Press Online. You will see:

 

Ready

 

down Value Up or Value Down

 

 

 

causes continuous scrolling through

 

 

 

 

 

the Pitch values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NC60 specifications

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