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User’s Guide 21
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Fonts
Your printer supports both bitmapped and scalable fonts in a
wide range of character sets for use in a number of European
languages.
You can see a list and printed examples of all the fonts resident
in the printer by printing a font list.
To print the font list:
1. Press the ON LINE key to take the printer OFF line.
2. Press and hold the Print Fonts key for more than 2 seconds,
then release. Press the
←←
←←
← or
→ →
→ →
→ key to select PCL5c or Adobe
Postscript fonts and then press the ENTER key. After a
short delay a list of all the selected fonts, together with
examples of what they look like, will emerge.
Bit Mapped Fonts
These are character shapes stored as a collection of dots (bits).
They are stored in a fixed size. If you print enlarged versions
you will see jagged edges around the characters, due to the
enlarged dots.
Examples of resident bit mapped fonts are LinePrinter, OCR-
A, OCR-B and UPSZIP (bar codes).
Scalable Fonts
These are stored as outline curves represented by mathematical
formulae, and may be scaled larger without loss of print
resolution.
When scalable fonts are used in a document a temporary bit
map of each character is created in a special part of the printer’s
memory called the font cache. This bit map is produced at the
full operating resolution of the printer, either 300 or 600dpi,
depending on which is currently selected, so no jagged edges
are apparent.
Examples of resident scalable fonts are Courier, CG Times and
Univers. There are many other resident fonts stored in your
printer, as you will see when you print the font list.
Using Fonts in Windows Applications
If you run Windows on your computer you will be familiar with
the selection of different fonts within your documents.
Most Windows applications use TrueType fonts, a scalable font
technology pioneered by Apple Computer Corp. Most TrueType
fonts in Windows documents will download to the printer
automatically as they are required. However, if you choose the
printer’s resident fonts, your documents will generally print
faster and use less printer memory.