PCL Menu

Table 1.9 PCL Menu functions (continued)

Menu Item and Function

 

Keystrokes

 

Display Reads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point Size

 

 

1. Press Menu Up or Menu

 

Menus

 

 

Set the point size when the font

 

Down until you see:

 

PCL Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selected is a scaleable font. Point size

 

2. Press Item Up or Item Down

 

PCL Menu

 

is measured in parts per 72 of an inch.

 

 

 

 

until you see:

 

Point Size

 

The available values are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Press Value Up or Value Down

 

Point

Size

=

4.00 - 999.75 (12.00*)

 

 

 

 

 

until you see:

 

New Value

 

The point size changes incrementally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Press Enter. You will see:

 

PCL Menu

 

by .25 each time either Value Up or

 

 

 

Value Down is pressed. Holding

 

 

 

Point Size

 

down Value Up or Value Down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Press Online. You will see:

 

Ready

 

 

causes continuous scrolling through

 

 

 

 

the point sizes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symbol Set

 

 

1. Press Menu Up or Menu

 

Menus

 

 

Set the default font symbol set used in

 

Down until you see:

 

PCL Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCL.

 

 

 

2. Press Item Up or Item Down

 

PCL Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The available values are:

 

until you see:

 

Symbol

Set

 

Desktop

ISO-69

PS Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Press Value Up or Value Down

 

Symbol

Set

=

ISO L1

Legal

Roman-8

 

 

 

until you see:

 

New Value

 

ISO L2

Math-8

Vn Int’l.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISO L5

Ms Publ.

Vn Math

 

4. Press Enter. You will see:

 

PCL Menu

 

ISO-4

PC-8*

Vn US

 

 

 

Symbol

Set

 

ISO-6

PC-8 DN

Win 3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISO-11

PC-8 Tk

Win L1

 

5. Press Online. You will see:

 

Ready

 

 

ISO-15 PC-850

Win L2

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISO-17 PC-852

Win L5

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISO-21

Pi Font

ISO Latin Cyr

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISO-60

PS Math

PC Cyrillic

 

 

 

 

 

 

The symbol set is a collection of

 

 

 

 

 

 

characters available for a font,

 

 

 

 

 

 

including uppercase and lowercase

 

 

 

 

 

 

alphabets, punctuation marks, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

special characters such as open and

 

 

 

 

 

 

close quotation marks or international

 

 

 

 

 

 

characters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NC60 specifications

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