HP Pcl 5 Manual

ENInternal Fonts 7-11
Internal Fonts   
Internal fonts are those fonts that are provided with the printer. 
Both internal bitmap and scalable font formats are provided. Internal 
bitmap and scalable fonts and symbol sets for current models of 
HP LaserJet family printers are listed in Chapter 2 of the PCL 5 
Comparison Guide. Font and symbol set listings for earlier printer 
models can be found in the User’s Manual for each printer.
Special Effects    
HP PCL 5 printers allow you to create special...

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ENIntroduction  8-1
8
PCL Font Selection  
Introduction      
Several characteristics identify a font (as described in Chapter 7, 
Fonts). Font characteristic selection commands, described in 
this chapter, are used to specify the desired font characteristics 
for printing. Commands are included for the following 
characteristics: symbol set, spacing, pitch, height, style, stroke 
weight, and typeface family.  
The printer maintains a font select table in its operating code 
that contains the...

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Font Selection Priority 
The printer selects a font based on a prioritization of its design 
characteristics, then its resolution, then its physical location in the 
printer, and finally, its orientation. Font selection priority 
considerations are shown in the following list:
When selecting a font, the printer compares the highest priority 
characteristic in the font select table to the corresponding 
characteristic of the available fonts. If only one font is available that...

ENIntroduction 8-3 There are four locations where a font may be stored: printer ROM 
(Read Only Memory), SIMM module ROM, cartridge ROM, and 
printer RAM (random access memory; user memory). These font 
locations are shown below, listed from the highest to lowest priority. 
The font that matches the characteristics is selected from the highest 
priority location.
NoteIn 600 dpi mode: A 600 dpi font has priority over a 300 dpi font. For 
example, a 600 dpi bitmap soft font is highest, then a scalable soft...

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Font Select Table
The initial font specification in a job should be made using all of the 
font characteristics.
To select a Roman-8, fixed-spaced, 10 pitch, 12 point, upright, bold, 
Courier font, for the current page orientation, specify each of the 
characteristics using font selection escape sequences. Once the 
characteristics have been specified, the font select table appears as 
follows: 
To subsequently select a font with the same characteristics differing 
only in one...

ENPrimary and Secondary Fonts 8-5 At a minimum, only the characteristics of the new font that differ from 
those of the previously designated font must be sent (the short font 
selection method). However, HP recommends that all of the 
characteristics be sent to ensure that the correct font is 
selected.
NotePCL 5 printers can print any number of distinct fonts per page, limited 
only by available memory.
Primary and Secondary Fonts 
The printer maintains two independent font select tables for use 
in...

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Symbol Set Command 
The Symbol Set command identifies the specific set of symbols in a 
font. “Symbols” are the alphanumeric, punctuation, or any other 
printable characters or symbols which may be included.
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C ( ID Primary Symbol Set Command
ID = Symbol Set ID value (see Appendix C in the PCL 5 
Comparison Guide)
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C ) ID Secondary Symbol Set Command
ID = Symbol Set ID value (see Appendix C in the PCL 5 
Comparison Guide).
Default =8U
Range =N/A
If the specified symbol set...

ENSymbol Set Command 8-7 A few symbol sets are listed below. For a more complete list, refer to 
Appendix C in the PCL 5 Comparison Guide.
NoteUser-defined symbol sets are supported in some HP LaserJet 
printers. To specify a user-defined symbol set, use the symbol set ID 
value as defined by the Symbol Set ID Code Command. See 
Chapter 10 for more information.
Example
To specify ASCII as the symbol set for the primary font, send:
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C(0U
To specify Roman-8 as the symbol set for the secondary font, send:...

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7-bit ISO  Symbol Sets   
The HP LaserJet printers provide several 7-bit ISO (International 
Organization for Standardization) or “keyboard” symbol sets to 
support European languages. Each ISO symbol set is a unique 
ordering of symbols contained within the Roman-8 symbol set 
(see Appendix B in the PCL 5 Comparison Guide). The printer 
automatically generates the requested ISO font from an HP 
Roman-8 font.