Lexmark Optra S 1250 Manual
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Verifying the Installation of Options Chapter Verifying the Installation of Options325 Installing Options Verifying the Installation of Options 18 Once an option is installed, verify that it is installed properly by printing a menu settings page. A menu settings page lists: all the printer settings contained in the operator panel menus and their default values all installed features and options, such as, internal network adapter (INA) cards, drawers, output expanders, duplex, flash, and hard disk other printer settings To print a menu settings page: 1Make sure the printer power is On (|) and theReady status message appears on the display. 2PressMenu>oruntil you see TESTS MENU. 4PressSelectto show the list of menu items for theTESTS MENU. Continue to press and releaseMenu>until you seePrint Menuson the second line. 5PressSelectto selectPrint Menus.The messagePrinting Menu Settingsis displayed. The menu settings page prints.
Verifying the Installation of Options326 Verifying the Installation of Options Installing Options Look for the option name on the printed page. If the option does not appear on the page, it is not installed securely in place or aligned properly. Remove the option and install it again. Print the menu settings page again.
Understanding Fonts Appendix Understanding Fonts329 Appendixes Understanding Fonts A This appendix contains basic information about fonts, their charac- teristics, and the specific fonts available in PCL emulation, and PostScript Level 2 emulation. Note:PCL emulation refers to printer emulation when it is responding to either PCL 5 or PCL 6 data stream com- mands. Differences in the way fonts are handled when in PCL 5 emulation or PCL 6 emulation are noted in this appendix. Typefaces and Fonts Afontis a set of characters and symbols created with a distinct design. The distinct design is called atypeface.The typefaces you select add personality to a document. Well chosen typefaces make a document easier to read. The printer has numerous resident fonts in PCL emulation and PostScript Level 2 emulation. See “Resident Fonts” on page 334 for a listing of all resident fonts.
Understanding Fonts330 Understanding Fonts Appendixes Weight and Style Typefaces are often available in different weights and styles. These variationsmodifytheoriginaltypefacesoyoucan,forexample, emphasize important words in text or highlight book titles. The different weights and styles are designed to complement the origi- nal typeface. Weightrefers to the thickness of the lines that form the characters. Thicker lines result in darker characters. Some words commonly used to describe the weight of a typeface are bold, medium, light, black, and heavy. Stylerefers to other typeface modifications, such as tilt or character width. Italic and oblique are styles where the characters are tilted. Narrow, condensed, and extended are three common styles that modify the character widths. Some fonts combine several weight and style modifications; for example Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic. A group of several weight and style variations of a single typeface is called atypeface family. Most typeface families have four variations: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. Some families have more variations, as the follow- ing illustration for the Helvetica typeface family shows: Helvetica ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Helvetica Italic ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Helvetica-Bold ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Helvetica-BoldItalic ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Helvetica-Narrow ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUWXTYZ Helvetica-Narrow Italic ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Helvetica-Narrow Bold ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Helvetica-Narrow-BoldItalic ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
331Understanding Fonts Understanding Fonts Appendixes Pitch and Point Size The size of a font is specified as either a pitch or point size, depending on whether the font is fixed space or proportional. Infixed spacefonts, each character has the same width.Pitchis used to specify the size of fixed space fonts. It is a measure of the num- ber of characters that will print in one horizontal inch of type. For example, all 10-pitch fonts print 10 characters per inch (cpi) and all 12-pitch fonts print 12 cpi: Inproportional(ortypographic) fonts, every character can have a dif- ferent width. Since proportional fonts have characters with differ- ent widths, the font size is specified in point size, not pitch.Point sizerefers to the height of the characters in the font. Apointis defined as 1/72 inch. The characters in a font printed at 24 point will be twice as large as the characters in the same font printed at 12 point. The following illustration shows samples of a font printed in different point sizes: Courier 10 Pitch 1234567890 Courier-Bold 10 Pitch 1234567890 Courier 12 Pitch 123456789012 Courier-Bold 12 Pitch 123456789012 1inch 48 point36 point 24 point18 point12 point10 point
Understanding Fonts332 Understanding Fonts Appendixes The point size of a font is defined as the distance from the top of the tallest character in the font to the bottom of the lowest charac- ter in the font. Due to the definition of point size, different fonts printed at the same point size may appear quite different in size. This is because there are other font parameters that affect how the font looks. However, the point size of a font is an excellent specifi- cation of the relative size of a font. The following examples illus- trate two very different proportional fonts at 18 point: ITC Avant Garde abcdefghABCDEFGH ITC Zapf Chancery abcdefghABCDEFGH Symbol Sets Asymbol setis the collection of alphabetic and numeric characters, punctuation, and special characters available in the font you select. Symbol sets support the requirements for different languages or specific applications, such as math symbols used for scientific text. In PCL emulation, a symbol set also defines which character will print for each key on the keyboard (or more specifically, for each code point). Some applications require different characters at some code points. To support multiple applications and languages, all printer models have 78 symbol sets in PCL emulation.
333Understanding Fonts Understanding Fonts Appendixes Bitmapped and Scalable Fonts The printer uses both bitmapped and scalable fonts. Bitmapped fonts are stored in printer memory as predefined patterns of bits that represent a typeface at a specific size, style and resolution. An example of a character from a bitmapped font is shown below: Bitmapped fonts are available in different type styles and point sizes as downloadable fonts. Contact the place where you bought your printer for more information about downloadable fonts. Scalablefonts (also calledoutlinefonts) are stored as computer pro- grams that define the outlines of the characters in the font. Each time you print characters from a scalable font, the printer creates a bitmap of the characters at the point size you choose and saves it
Understanding Fonts334 Understanding Fonts Appendixes temporarily in printer memory. These temporary bitmapped fonts are deleted when you turn off or reset the printer. Scalable fonts provide the flexibility of printing in many different point sizes. Your printer uses different scalable font formats for downloading fonts to the printer. PCL 5 emulation usesIntellifontandTrueType scalable fonts. PCL 6 emulation usesTrueTypescalable fonts only. PostScript Level 2 emulation usesType 1andTrueTypescalable fonts. There are thousands of different scalable fonts available in these different font formats from numerous font suppliers. If you plan to use many downloadable bitmapped or scalable fonts or if you plan to use many different sizes of scalable fonts, you may need to purchase additional memory for your printer. See “Printer Memory Option” on page 299 for more information. Resident Fonts Your printer comes equipped with resident fonts stored perma- nently in printer memory. There are 75 scalable fonts in PCL 5, PCL 6 and PostScript Level 2 emulation. In addition, PCL 5 has two bitmapped fonts.