HP 4250/4350 manual Using escape characters, Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5 fonts

Using escape characters

Printer commands always begin with the escape character (Ec).

The following table shows how the escape character can be inserted in various MS-DOS programs.

DOS program	Entry	What appears
Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony	Type \027	027
Microsoft Word for MS-DOS	Hold down Alt and type 027 on
	the numeric keypad
WordPerfect for MS-DOS	Type <27>	<27>
MS-DOS Edit	Hold down Ctrl+P, and press
	Esc
MS-DOS Edlin	Hold down Ctrl+V, and press [	^[
dBase	?? CHR(27)+"command"	?? CHR(27)+" "

Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5 fonts

The printer font list provides PCL 6 and PCL 5 printer commands for selecting fonts. See PS or PCL font list for information about how to print the list. A sample section is shown in the following illustration.

One variable box is available for specifying symbol sets and one for specifying 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 section Common PCL 6 and PCL 5 printer commands.

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	1	Symbol set
	2	Point size
	Fonts are either "fixed" or "proportional" in spacing. The printer contains both fixed fonts
NOTE
	(Courier, Letter Gothic, and Lineprinter) and proportional fonts (CG Times, Arial, Times New
	Roman, and others). Fixed-spaced fonts are generally used in programs 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 programs.
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