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Appendix D Printer Commands 485
Selecting PCL Fonts
Selecting PCL Fonts
Print a PCL Font List to view the command for each internal font (page 318).
A sample section is shown below. Notice the two variable boxes for symbol set
and point size.
These variables must be filled in or the printer will use defaults. For example, if
you want a symbol set that contains line-draw characters, select the 10U
(PC-8) or 12U (PC-850) symbol set. Other common symbol set codes are
listed in the table on page 491
.
Note Fonts are either “fixed” or “proportional” in spacing. The printer contains
both fixed fonts (Courier, Letter Gothic, and Lineprinter) and proportional
fonts (CG Times, Arial, Times New Roman, and others).
Fixed-spaced fonts are generally used in applications such as
spreadsheets and databases, where it is important for columns to line up
vertically. Proportional-spaced fonts are generally used in text and word
processing applications.