User Guide

FontLab 4
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Basic PCLT options
The PCLT table is used when a TrueType font is printing on a PCL printer.
PCL (Printer Control Language) is a page-definition and printer-control
language developed by Hewlett Packard and is used in their printers.
This table is recommended for TrueType fonts, but only if you understand
all the options and parameters.
The first page includes only one option: Export the PCLT table, which
controls table export. Note that you can define table parameters but not
export the table – all values will be saved to your FontLab font file (VFB).
Extra information Extra information on many of PCLT fields can be found
in the HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual available
from Hewlett-Packard Boise Printer Division.
Our description of various PCLT fields is partially copied from the PCLT
table specification available online at:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/pclt.htm