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2006/05/31
CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 41
5.1.8. Card/cartridge fonts
You can buy cartridge/card -based bitmap fonts and scalable typefaces. Plug the cartridge/card into one of the
printer’s cartridge/card slots and then select any font from them as if it were in the printer’s ROM. Depending
on your model, you can also save bitmap fonts and scalable typeface in the flash ROM memory, installed
optional storage device and you can use any of these as if they were a font card.
5.1.9. Downloadable fonts
You can buy diskettes containing fonts which can be copied directly to the printer using the DOS COPY
command. You can also design your own fonts and download them to the printer.
One disadvantage of downloaded fonts is that they reside in the printer’s RAM memory. The printer also uses
this memory for composing the text and graphic output that it prints on the page. If the memory contains too
many fonts the printer may run out of memory. Since downloaded fonts are stored in the printer’s RAM they are
lost when the printer is switched off, and you must download them again before you can use them.
5.1.10. Primary and secondary fonts
The printer maintains two sets of font characteristics which define its primary and secondary fonts. The primary
font is the one it will use by default, the secondary font can be selected instead. This facility enables you to have
two parallel font definitions that you can switch between easily without invoking long escape sequences. You
can select the primary and secondary fonts using PCL commands.
Depending on your model, you can also set any available fonts to be the printer’s user default primary and
secondary fonts using the printer’s control panel. Refer to the User Guide for instructions on how to do this.
The factory default settings for both primary and secondary fonts are Brougham 12 point, 10 cpi Roman 8.
5.1.11. Specifying the primary font
When you specify primary font characteristics you send escape codes with ‘(’ as the second character of the
sequence. This tells the printer that the font characteristic you are specifying applies to the primary font.
5.1.12. Specifying the secondary font
When you specify secondary font characteristics you send escape codes with ‘)’ as the second character of the
sequence. This tells the printer that the font characteristic you are specifying applies to the secondary font.
5.1.13. Selecting the default fonts
To set the primary font settings to those of the printers default font and discard all the software settings you have
made in the meantime, send the printer the following escape sequence:
Esc(3@ (27)(40)(51)(64) <1Bh><28h><33h><40h>
To set the secondary font settings to those of the printers default font send:
Esc)3@ (27)(41)(51)(64) <1Bh><29h><33h><40h>
5.1.14. Switching between the primary and secondary fonts
To select the primary font as the font for printing send the printer the SI control code:
SI (15) (0F)
To select the secondary font as the font for printing send the printer the SO control code:
SO (14) (0E)