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

8-6 PCL Font Selection EN
Symbol Set Command
The Symbol Set command identifies the specific set of symbols in a
font. “Symbols” are the alphanumeric, punctuation, or any other
printable characters or symbols which may be included.
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C
( ID Primary Symbol Set Command
ID = Symbol Set ID value (see Appendix C in the PCL 5
Comparison Guide)
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C
) ID Secondary Symbol Set Command
ID = Symbol Set ID value (see Appendix C in the PCL 5
Comparison Guide).
Default = 8U
Range = N/A
If the specified symbol set does not exist, Roman-8 is selected
(However, the specified symbol set is written into the font select
table.)
Notes The factory default primary and secondary symbol set is Roman-8.
However, you may select a user default symbol set from the printer
control panel (see the printer User’s Manual).
If the font is a scalable typeface, symbol set is determined from the
values contained in the printer’s font selection table. To specify a
different symbol set, send a symbol set selection command prior to
the Font Selection ID command. (Also see “Font Selection by ID
Command,” later in this chapter.)