HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part I

16-14 Status Readback EN
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For all fonts, if the font is a secondary font, then the “(“ characters
are replaced by ”)” characters in the “SELECT=” line.
“LOCTYPE=” identifies the location type of the currently selected font.
The value returned corresponds to the value field of the Set Status
Readback Type command.
“LOCUNIT=” identifies the location unit of the currently selected font.
The value returned corresponds to the value field of the Set Status
Readback Unit command.
For example, if the printer’s currently selected font is a bold 14 point
Presentation bitmap font selected from a cartridge, and a font entity
request with the location type set to 1 is made, the response would
be returned as shown below.
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT=“<Esc>(1U<Esc>(s0p10.00h14.0v0s3b11T
LOCTYPE=5
LOCUNIT=1
For example, assume the printer’s currently selected font is unbound
scalable Dom Casual font with the following characteristics:
z downloaded (font ID of 78)
z temporary
z Roman-8 (specified for printing)
z secondary font
z 18 point
If an entity request is made with the location type set to 1 (currently
selected), the following response is returned.
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT=“<Esc>)8U<Esc>)s1p18.00v1s0b4148T<Esc>)78X”
LOCTYPE=4
LOCUNIT=1