Homelite HL-P2500, HL-1660E, HL-2400CE, HL-1450 Font extended response, Permanent download fonts

10/10/03

"LOCUNIT=" specifies the location unit of the font which is selected at present. The value field of the Set Status Readback Unit command is related to the value returned.

For instance, if the printer font which is selected at present is a bold 12 point Presentation bitmap font which is selected from a cartridge, and a font entity request with the location type set to 1 is produced, the response will be returned as follows.

PCL

INFO FONTS

SELECT="<Esc>(2U<Esc>(s0p10.00h12.0v0s3b11T"

LOCTYPE=5

LOCUNIT=1

For instance, suppose the printer font which is selected at present is unbound scalable Dom Casual font with the features below:

downloaded (font ID of 78) temporary Roman-8(specified for printing) secondary font

18 point

When an entity request is produced with the location type set to 1(selected at present), it returns the response below.

PCL

INFO FONTS

SELECT="<Esc>)8U<Esc>)s1p18.00v1s0b4148T<Esc>)78X"

LOCTYPE=4

LOCUNIT=1

8.5.11. Font extended response

The font extended response supplies a method to return the name and internal ID number of the font as well as the "SELECT=" line. It is the same as a font status response since "SELECT=", "SYMBOLSETS=", "LOCTYPE=", and "LOCUNIT=" are returned in the same way. With regard to a font extended request, it returns the two additional keywords, "DEFID=" and "NAME=" as follows.

"DEFID" specifies the internal ID number of the font which is shown on the test print ( font list ). This is the number which is used to select the font as the default font from the control panel of printer or from PJL. The "DEFID=" number is made of two parts, which are a location and an ID number. The locations which are likely are as follows;

I	-	Internal
C	-	Cartridge (printer with single cartridge)
Cn	-	Cartridge (printer with multiple cartridge/card when n is specified by printer.)
S	- Permanent download fonts

For temporary download fonts, it returns "DEFID=NONE" because temporary download fonts do not have an internal ID number.

The printer assigns the internal ID number of a temporary download font with the Font ID (ESC*c#D) command. This internal ID number differs from the downloaded ID number assigned to a downloaded font.

It returns "NAME=" only for font extended status requests. The name of the font is the same as shown on the font printout.

For instance, it returns the font extended response for the printer's internal bitmap LetterGothic font and a downloaded unbound Portugal temporary font as follows.

PCL

INFO FONTS EXTENDED

SELECT="<Esc>(8U<Esc>(s0p10.00h12.0v0s0b0T"

DEFID="I 45"

NAME="Line Printer"

SELECT="<Ec>(s1p__v1s3b4111T<Esc>(7X"

SymbolSETS="0D, 0I, 0N, 0S, 0U, 1E, 1F, 1G,..."

DEFID=NONE

NAME="CG Palacio BdIt"

SELECT="...

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