HP LaserJet 4PJ Printer

The HP LaserJet 4PJ printer is a modified version of the HP LaserJet 4P printer designed specifically for the Japanese market. The enhanced PCL 5 printer language in this printer includes all of the PCL 5 features of the HP LaserJet 4P, plus special features which specifically support the Asian printing market. These features include large font support, support for vertical printing, and the ESC/P printer language. Table 2-8 lists the PCL feature additions for this printer.

Table 2-8. PCL Feature Additions for HP LaserJet 4PJ

Feature

Status

Comments

Text Parsing Method Command

New

Provides a method for specifying character

 

 

codes to select characters in large fonts (> 256

 

 

characters).

Character Text Path Direction Command

New

Allows vertical printing for Asian markets,

 

 

which use both horizontal and vertical printing.

Font Header Format

Modified

Adds Font Format 16, a font header which

 

 

supports large TrueType fonts. Five new font

 

 

header segments are supported.

Fonts

New Additions

The resident typefaces are different than those

 

and Deletions

in the HP LaserJet 4P printer. Two large fonts

 

 

(fonts containing a large number of characters)

 

 

are included to support the Japanese market:

 

 

MS Mincho and MS Gothic. The printer also

 

 

contains some Western TrueType typefaces

 

 

(Arial and Times Roman families). The printer

 

 

does not have any Intellifont typefaces except

 

 

the Courier family.

Page Size Command

New Additions

Adds support for JIS B5 paper (?&l45A) and

 

 

two Japanese postcard sizes: Hagaki (?&l71A)

 

 

and Oufuku-Hagaki (?&l72A).

Character Enhancements

New

Allows pseudo-bold and pseudo-italic

 

 

enhancements to be applied to MS Mincho, MS

 

 

Gothic, and certain downloaded TrueType fonts.

 

 

 

2-32 Printer-Specific Differences