HP 700, 800 manual Value, Effect, values, Font Height, Height for current font is set

HP PCL Commands

If the exact pitch is unavailable, the next larger pitch is selected. If a larger pitch is unavailable, the closest smaller pitch is selected.

Pitch is ignored when selecting proportional fonts, but saved in the font select table and avail- able when a fixed space font is selected.

For fixed space bitmap fonts, both pitch and height are used for font selection. For fixed space scalable fonts, only pitch is used. For proportional scalable fonts, only height is used. For dual- fixed space fonts, only the pitch is used.

For scalable fonts, pitch is converted to a corresponding point size (height), which is scaled by the printer. Effective pitch ranges are thus limited by height constraints.

10.11.5Font Height

TABLE 39.

Font Height (Primary) - Esc ( s # V

Font Height (Secondary) - Esc ) s # V

Value

DJ600

DJ610C

DJ660C

DJ670C

DJ680C

DJ690C

DJ695C

DJ810C

DJ830C

DJ850C

DJ870C

DJ880C

DJ890C

DJ895C

DJ970C

HP2000C

EFFECT

#

n

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Height for current font is set

Default

12

points

Range

> 0.0 - valid to 2 decimal places - Command is ignored for out of range

values.

Specifies font height in points (1/72 inch).

If the requested height is unavailable, the closest heights are chosen for the next selection cri- teria. The closest value is in terms of absolute difference: e.g., if 6, 8, and 12 point fonts are available and 10 is requested, both 8 and 12 point fonts are considered.

Fractional values may be specified when requesting height. All bitmap fonts within 0.25 points of the requested height are considered. If a 12 point font is requested, fonts between 11.75 and 12.25 are considered. Or, to put it another way, if 6, 8, and 11.75 point fonts are available and 10 is requested, both the 8 and 11.75 fonts are considered.

Height is ignored when selecting a fixed space scalable font; but the value is saved in the font select table and available when a proportional font is selected.

If no font within .25 points is available, HP DeskJet selects the next smaller height. If no smaller height is available, the next larger height is selected.

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