How to change font type in PCL

[Priya11]

Hi,

Can anyone help me to change the font Type setting in PCL.As i have got PCL font setting document

http://www.pclviewer.com/resources/font_selection.html

and i tried given example and also tried  different symbole set and different typeface but did not get any difference.

Plz help me to change font type?

[Jim_Asman]

<esc>s1p12v0s0b16602T will give you Arial 12pt medium.

Your pcl viewer quite likely only "knows" about the printer internal fonts; otherwise, you would have to download a soft font for anything else.

This all assumes PCL5. 

[Priya11]

Hi Jim,
thanks for ur quick reply.I just want to know that in this command

<esc>s1p12v0s0b16602T 

which sysmbol set is selected?

Regards,

Priya

[Jim_Asman]

No symbol set has been selected. You would be using the one previously selected. If you want PC8 symbols, then <esc>(10U would be appropriate for the primary font. Did you have a particular symbol set in mind?

If you are interested in pursuing this, get a copy of the PCL5 Technical Reference which should be widely available as a PDF. It is orders of magnitude superior to any other publication on the subject. After all, HP created PCL.

[Priya11]

Hi,

I am not able to change font size while i change font to arial.I used command

<Esc>(s#H for changing font size.

I change command <esc>s1p12v0s0b16602T this to <esc>s1p8h12v0s0b16602T for changing pitch to 8 for increase font size but didnot work and print in default font.

Any suggestion for change font and size both.

Regards,

Priya

[dansdaduk]

A couple of points:

• Probably just a 'typo', but the sample sequences shown are invalid in that the character following the <esc> character should be "(" (to select the primary font) or ")" (to select the secondary font). 

• Pitch values (the "h" value)  in a font selection are only relevant for fixed-pitch fonts; they have no effect on proportionally-spaced fonts such as Arial - you need to change the height value (the "v" value) to change the size of this font.

Here is a brief analysis of your two sequences (after inserting the missing "(" characters):

<Esc>(s1p         Primary Font: Spacing: Proportional
       12v        Primary Font: Height (12 points)
       0s         Primary Font: Style (Upright, solid)
       0b         Primary Font: Stroke Weight: Medium
       16602T     Primary Font: Typeface (16602 = Arial)
<Esc>(s1p         Primary Font: Spacing: Proportional
       8h         Primary Font: Pitch (8 characters per inch)
       12v        Primary Font: Height (12 points)
       0s         Primary Font: Style (Upright, solid)
       0b         Primary Font: Stroke Weight: Medium
       16602T     Primary Font: Typeface (16602 = Arial)

As @Jim_Asman advised you, the PCL5 Technical Reference manual (ref. bpl13210) provides a detailed description of PCL font selection.

[Priya11]

Hi,

Thanks  you for solving my doubt.

Regards

Priya