HP Pcl 5 Manual

ENUnderline Command 8-29
Underline Command
The Underline command controls automatic text underlining.
E
C & d # D -   Enable underline 
#  =   0 - Fixed position
    3 - Floating position 
Default =0
Range =0, 3 (values outside range are ignored)
E
C & d @ -   Disable underline
Once underlining is enabled, any positive horizontal movement 
causes an underline to be drawn. Positive horizontal movement 
includes the printing of text and positive horizontal cursor motion.
When fixed position underlining is...

8-30   PCL Font SelectionEN 

ENIntroduction  9-1
9
Font Management
Introduction 
Font management provides mechanisms for manipulating soft 
fonts. It provides the means for controlling which soft fonts are 
saved in user memory (RAM) or deleted. This is accomplished by 
assigning a font as either temporary or permanent, or deleting a 
soft font. In addition, font management includes the command 
for assigning ID numbers to RAM fonts. It also provides a 
mechanism for copying ROM fonts (internal, car tridge, or SIMM) 
to RAM for the...

9-2   Font ManagementEN
Downloading Soft Fonts 
The process of transferring soft fonts from a host computer to the 
printer’s user memory (RAM) is called downloading. Designate a 
unique identification (ID) number prior to the download of a font. This 
number is then associated with the soft font. This number is assigned 
using the Font ID command, described later in this chapter. 
Subsequent manipulation of the soft font is accomplished using the 
font’s ID number. If a font is already associated with...

ENTemporary vs. Permanent Fonts 9-3
Temporary vs. Permanent Fonts 
Once downloaded, a font is automatically designated as temporary. A 
temporary soft font is deleted from user memory during a printer reset 
or when a Typeface List, a Font Printout or a self-test is performed 
from the printer’s control panel. A soft font can be designated as 
permanent to prevent the printer from deleting it during a printer reset. 
A soft font is designated as temporary or permanent by referencing its 
ID number and...

9-4   Font ManagementEN
Font ID Command 
The Font ID command is used to specify an ID number for use in 
subsequent font management commands. The ID number of a font 
can be used to select the font for printing (refer to “Font Selection by 
ID” in Chapter 8).
E
C *c#D
#  =   ID number 
Default =0
Range =0 - 32767
The font ID number is used during subsequent soft font downloads, 
selections or deletions.
The factory default font ID is 0 (if no Font ID command is sent, an ID 
of 0 is assigned).
NoteThe...

ENFont Control Command 9-5
Font Control Command 
The Font Control command provides mechanisms for manipulating 
soft fonts.
E
C * c # F
#  =  0 - Delete all soft fonts
  1 - Delete all temporary soft fonts
  2 - Delete soft font (last ID specified)
  3 - Delete Character Code (last ID and Character 
  Code specified)
  4 - Make soft font temporary (last ID specified)
  5 - Make soft font permanent (last ID specified)
  6 - Copy/Assign current invoked font as temporary 
  (last ID specified) 
Default...

9-6   Font ManagementEN
To delete the character “p” (112 decimal) in a bitmap or bound 
scalable font with an ID of 1, send:
E
C *c1d112e3F
(A space is printed in place of the deleted character. Also, the E
C*c#E 
Character Code command used in the above sequence “...112e...,” is 
described in Chapter 11.) 
To make the soft font with an ID of 2 temporary, send:
E
C *c2d4F
To make the soft font with an ID of 2 permanent, send:
E
C *c2d5F
To make a copy of the currently invoked (selected) font, with an 
ID...

ENFont Management Example 9-7
Font Management Example 
This example illustrates several typical font management operations. 
It assumes a bitmap soft font is stored and available on an MS-DOS 
based hard disk.
1Set the font ID number to 2:
E
C*c2D 
2Download a soft font file using the MS-DOS COPY command with 
the /B option:
COPY /B filename PRN
Note that the soft font is associated with font ID 2.
3Make the soft font permanent to prevent its deletion during a 
printer reset:
E
C*c5F
4Designate the...

9-8   Font ManagementEN
Unbound Scalable Fonts 
Prior to introduction of the HP LaserJet IIIP printer, a downloaded 
scalable font was restricted to a single symbol set. Now scalable fonts 
with no symbol set affiliation can be downloaded. These new fonts 
are called unbound fonts.
To download unbound fonts, the “PCL Font Header for Intellifont 
Unbound Scalable Fonts” or the “Format 15 Font Header for Scalable 
Fonts” (TrueType) must be used (see Chapter 11).
Bound and Unbound Fonts 
The terms “bound”...