Specifications

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Bitmap Fonts
With regard to bitmap fonts, the printer returns the "SELECT=" line. This specifies the font selection features. For
instance, the printer returns the printer's internal, bitmap, Roman-8 LetterGothic font as follows.
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT"=<Esc>(8U<Esc>(s0p16.66h8.5v0s0b130T"
Bound Scalable Fonts
With regard to bound scalable fonts, an underscore( "...s1p__v0s...,") in the "SELECT=" line means it is a bound
scalable font. Also, the related features are indicated. Either the height or pitch is indicated depending upon
whether the font is proportional or fixed spaced. The printer, for instance, returns the printer's internal scalable
Symbol font (proportionally spaced) as follows.
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT="<Esc>(19M<Esc>(s1p__v0s0b16901T"
Unbound Scalable Fonts
With regard to unbound fonts, the printer adds the "SYMBOLSETS=" keyword to specify the symbol sets which
can be used, as the symbol sets can also be used with an unbound font, and there is no symbol set sequence in the
"SELECT=" line. The printer, for instance, returns the printer's internal unbound scalable Brougham (medium,
fixed spaced) font and Pc Tennessee (bold italic, proportional spaced) fonts as follows.
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT="<Esc>(s0p__h0s0b4099T"
SYMBOLSETS="0D, 0I, 0N, 0U, 1E, 1F, 1G, ..."
SELECT="<Esc>(s1p__v1s1s3b4101T"
SYMBOLSETS="0D, 0I, 0N, 0S, 0U, 1E, 1F, 1G, ..."
Download Fonts
With regard to download fonts (bitmap, bound scalable or unbound scalable), the font ID number is included at
the end of the "SELECT=" line. For instance, the printer returns a downloaded bitmap Brougham with a font ID
of 40 and a downloaded, unbound scalable, Dom Casual typeface with a font ID of 79 as follows.
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT="<Esc>(8U<Esc>(s0p11.00h12.0v0s0b3T<Esc>(40X"
SELECT="<Esc>(s1p__v1s0b5259T<Esc>)79X"
SYMBOLSETS="0D, 0D, 0N, 0S, 0U, 1E, 1F, 1G, ..."