Summary of Font Selection by Characteristic

The following summarizes the procedure the printer uses to select a font. Selection by characteristic is an elimination process. The nine steps are performed in the following order:

Note

When the printer is in 300 dpi mode, any 600 dpi bitmaps are

 

eliminated before the selection process begins.

 

 

1Symbol Set - if the specified symbol set exists, that symbol set is selected; otherwise, Roman-8 is selected.

2Spacing - if proportional spacing is specified and available, proportional spacing is selected. If proportional spacing is specified but is not available, fixed spacing is selected in the current pitch. (A proportionally-spaced font is always available in PCL 5 printers, but it may not be available in the specified symbol set.)

3Pitch - applies only to fixed spaced fonts. If fixed spacing is specified and available, fixed spacing in the specified pitch is selected.

Bitmap Fonts: For a fixed-space bitmap font, if the specified pitch is not available, the next greater available pitch is selected. If no greater pitch is available, the closest available lesser pitch is selected. If fixed spacing is specified but is not available, a proportional-spaced font is selected and the pitch characteristic is ignored.

Scalable Fonts: For a fixed-spaced scalable font, the pitch is used to calculate the appropriate height. The Height selection command is not required. The printer calculates the appropriate height to correspond to the pitch. The user’s height request is recorded in the printer’s font select table for later font selections, but is ignored for this selection.

4Height - the closest height available from the remaining fonts is selected. The closest height is in terms of absolute difference. All bitmap fonts whose heights are within a quarter point of the specified height are considered to have the specified height.

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HP 5961-0509 manual Summary of Font Selection by Characteristic, Eliminated before the selection process begins