Emulations

Setting PCL 5e Parameters

The PCL 5e menu maintains PCL 5e emulation attributes such as default font, symbol set, and point size. There are ten configuration settings.

Default Font

Sets the printer’s default font.

Menu Administration/Emulations/PCL 5E/Default Font

Choices Courier12*, Courier12bold*, Courier12italic*,

Courier10*, Courier10bold*, Courier10italic*,

Lineprinter, Times*, Times*Italic, Times*Bold,

Times*BldItalic, Univ*, Univ*Italic, Univ*Bold,

Univ*BldItalic, Univcond*, Univcond*Italic,

Univcond*Bold, Univcond*BldItlc, Select By Index

Default Courier12*

Notes Fonts with an asterisk “*” in their names are scalable. Their default point size is set by the Point Size x100 option. Choosing Select By Index as the default font selects the font by the index number printed on the advanced status page and is set through the Default Font Index option.

»Note: You must use the Select By Index value to select an Intellifont.

All lineprinter fonts are bitmap fonts, so they have a fixed point size. Selecting a bound, bitmap font overrides the default settings for symbol set and point size. An unbound font uses the specified default symbol set if possible, and a scalable font uses the default font size.

Symbol Set

Selects the default symbol set for the emulation. Not all symbol sets are available with certain resident fonts. In particular, the Desktop, PS

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