Selecting PCL 5e fonts

The printer font list provides PCL 5e printer commands for selecting fonts (see “PCL or PS font list” on page 156 for information how to print the list). A sample section is shown below.

There is one variable box for entering symbol sets and one for entering 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 beginning on the next page.

Font list

1 2

1 Symbol set

2 Point size

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.

 

 

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