PCL
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You can also select fonts using PJL commands. The selection parameter is the
number portion from the font identifier shown on the font sample pages, such as 0 or
76 from font identifiers R0 or R76. Use the PJL values shown in the tables beginning
on page 2-15 to select a symbol set. If a symbol set does not have a PJL value, use
the symbol set ID to select the symbol set. A font selection can be either temporary or
set as the default.
Use the following PJL commands to select fonts: FONTSOURCE, FONTNUMBER,
PITCH, PTSIZE, SYMSET, SET, DEFAULT. See Table 3-5: “Common Variables for
PCL Emulation” on page 3-48 for more information about these commands.
Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark X422
Your PCL emulation has forward and backward compatibility modes. The forward
compatibility mode is used to emulate the fonts in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s
LaserJet 4050. The backward compatibility mode is used for compatibility with the
Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 5 and the Lexmark family of printers.
Standard PCL Emulation Fonts, OCR and Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts
Table 2-4 on page 2-10 lists the font selection commands for forward and backward
compatibility mode for each of the 47 standard PCL emulation fonts, the OCR and
Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts. Since the font selection commands for the forward and
backward compatibility modes are identical, they are listed together in the table. Most
fonts are assigned a font group indicating which symbol sets that font supports.
To determine which symbol sets are supported by a particular font, find the font
group (A, B, or C) for the font in Table 2-4, and then see Table 2-6 on page 2-15 for
the symbol sets that belong to that group.
Table 2-4: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Standard PCL Emulation
Font Name
Forward and Backward
Compatibility Mode
Font
Group
Style Bold Typeface
Courier 0 0 4099 A
Courier Italic 1 0 4099 A
Courier Bold 0 3 4099 A
Courier Bold Italic 1 3 4099 A
1
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-7: “Non-Text PCL Emulation
Symbol Sets” on page 2-17.
