Appendix D Printer Commands

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Selecting PCL Fonts

Print a PCL Font List to view the command for each internal font (page 232). A sample section is shown below. Notice the two variable boxes for symbol set and 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 page 327.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Selecting PCL Fonts

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