Font Extended Response

The font extended response (inquire entity value field 4) provides a way 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 (inquire entity value field 1), in that “SELECT=,” “SYMBOLSETS=,” “LOCTYPE=,” and “LOCUNIT=” are returned in the same manner. They are not re-described here; refer to the “Font Response” section for a description of their operation. However, for a font extended request, two additional keywords, “DEFID=” and “NAME=” are returned as described below.

DEFID=” identifies the font’s internal ID number. This is the number which appears on the font printout. It is the number used to select the font as the default font from either the printer’s control panel or from PJL (refer to the Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual for information on PJL font selection). The “DEFID=” number consists of two parts, a location and an ID number, such as “I 21,” where “I” is the location and “21” is the font’s internal ID number. The possible locations are listed below:

 

Table 16-5

 

 

 

I

-

Internal

 

C

-

Cartridge - single cartridge printers

 

Cn

-

Cartridge - multiple cartridge printers where n is

 

 

 

printer specific

 

S

-

Permanent soft fonts

 

Mn

-

SIMMs where n is the number of the SIMM slot

 

 

 

for example: M2 is SIMM in #2 slot.

 

NONE

-

Temporary soft fonts

 

 

Note

The cartridge (Cn) and SIMMs (Mn) location identifiers are printer

 

specific. Refer to Chapter 1 of the PCL 5 Comparison Guide for

 

printer-specific values for “n.”

Since temporary soft fonts do not have an internal ID number (they cannot be selected as the default from the control panel or PJL), NONE is returned as their “DEFID=NONE”.

The font’s internal ID number is assigned to fonts by the printer. This number is different than the soft font download ID number assigned to a downloaded font using the Font ID (EC*c#D) command.

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