- Hewlett-Packard Printer User Manual

Appendix D Printer Commands 411

Selecting PCL Fonts

Print a PCL Font List to view the command for each internal font (page 282). A

sample section is shown below. Notice the two variable boxes for symbol set

and point size.

These variables must be filled in or the printer will use defaults. For example, if

you want a symbol set that contains line-draw characters, select the 10U

(PC-8) or 12U (PC-850) symbol set. Other common symbol set codes are

listed in the table on page 418

Note Fonts are either “fixed” or “proportional” in spacing. The printer contains

both fixed fonts (Courier, Letter Gothic, and Lineprinter) and proportional

fonts (CG Times, Arial, Times New Roman, and others).

Fixed-spaced fonts are generally used in applications such as

spreadsheets and databases, where it is important for columns to line up

vertically. Proportional-spaced fonts are generally used in text and word

processing applications.