Helvetica Font - HP Laserjet 4200dtn (PCL 6) - HP Support Community

-BL- · ‎07-20-2016

Hello -

When I print from MS Word or MS Excel using Arial, Helvetica doesn't get printed, but Arial does. I checked the following two.

1.) On my computer, I went to Printers and Faxes > Print Options > Advanced. Under TrueType, "Substitute with device fonts" is selected.

2.) On the printer itself, I went to the Information menu > PRINT PS FONT LIST and PRINT PCL FONT LIST. Both lists printed with Helvetica present in them. (And Helvetica printed as Helvetica, not as Arial 🙂

I also typed "Helvetica" in the MS Word font field and tried again, to no avail.

Question : What do I need to do to print from MS Office applications, using the printer resident Helvetica font? Note that I am in a work network environment and that this is a network printer, not directly connected to my computer.

Computer : Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)

Printer : HP Laserjet 4200dtn (PCL 6)

dansdaduk · ‎07-21-2016

Difficult to determine whether this is an Office problem, or a printer driver problem, or (less likely?) a printer problem.

On some printers, there are separate PCL and PCL6 font lists (as well as the PS one), but I don't think that this applies to your LJ 4200 model.

So the assumption has to be that the same fonts are available to both PCL5 and PCL6 (PCL XL) personalities (although they will be selected in different ways).

You could confirm that the printer itself can print the Helvetica font, using the Font Sample tool in the PCL Paraphernalia application (available via http://www.pclparaphernalia.eu), which allows you to choose either the PCL or PCL XL Page Description Language; it generates a print job without making use of any external driver.

You could use the PRN File Analyse tool in the same application to analyse the content of a 'captured ("print to file") print job, in order to determine just what is being sent to the printer; this may (but, of course, may not) yield some clues as to what is going on.

-BL- · ‎07-21-2016

Thank you for your answer, professor.

The printer itself can print Helvetica font. When I print the two lists PS and PCL from the printer display panel menu (physically on the printer), both the lists do contain Helvetica. And looking at the letter forms, I do confirm that Helvetica prints as Helvetica. So, yes, the printer itself can print Helvetica font, that is, if my understanding holds.

As for the PCL Paraphernalia application, I am in an office networked environment that doesn't allow me to use this application.

Please do let me know if I can bring any other information. Thanks again

dansdaduk · ‎07-21-2016

>> ... I do confirm that Helvetica prints as Helvetica ...

The point I was trying to make was that the PCL FONT LIST produced by printers such as this model:

Originally just showed the fonts available in the PCL5 personality.
May (but may not) also indicate the fonts available in the PCL6 (PCL XL) personality - I don't know for sure.
Using the Font Sample tool would be able to confirm this.

If you let me know which standard paper size you use (A4 or Letter), I can generate (and post here) two test print jobs to show samples of the Helvetica font available with PCL (PCL5) and with PCL XL (PCL6).

... and if you can capture (via the "print to file" option) a small sample print job from your system (using 'sanitised' data) to a .prn file, and send it to the support mailbox at pclparaphernalia.eu, I can analyse the file and tell you what your application/driver is currently sending to the printer (which may yield clues).

-BL- · ‎07-21-2016

Thanks again. I use letter size 8.5×11 and I will shortly send you a PRN file to the address you have indicated. Thanks again

dansdaduk · ‎07-21-2016

Attached are two simple test .prn files (one PCL, one PCL XL) stored within a .zip file.

Each test file shows a font 'grid' (showing the characters from symbol set 19U 'Windows ANSI') for the Helvetica font.

I'll look out for your sample .prn file (although I'm soon off to make my tea - UK timezone).

-BL- · ‎07-21-2016

a.) Attached in an email to the address you provided is test.prn -- I couldn't find what "sanitized" means and don't know if my file is sanitized.

b.) Do you require me to do a test or anything with the two files you provided? If yes, what steps do I need to carry out?

Thanks

dansdaduk · ‎07-21-2016

>> ... I couldn't find what "sanitized" means ...

I just used the term to indicate that your data should ideally not contain any personal or commercially-sensitive information that you don't want others to see.

>> ... Do you require me to do a test or anything with the two files you provided? If yes, what steps do I need to carry out?

You need to 'send' the content of each of the test files to your printer to see what it prints.

The easiest way to do this, from a Windows system to a network-connected printer, is to use the 'lpr' command in a Windows command-prompt session; for example:

lpr  -S 192.168.1.239  -P any  Helvetica_PCLXL.prn

where you need to replace the sample IP-address above with the address of your printer.

You may need to enable certain Windows features to make the 'lpr' command available - on Windows 7 I think that the required feature is named something like 'LPR Port Monitor' (but I'm not sure).

This is a scan of what the PCL XL variant should look like when printed:

dansdaduk · ‎07-21-2016

As regards your test.prn test file, analysis is rather inconclusive:

*** Prn Analysis ***:

Date/Time:  2016-07-21 21:04:29
File:       E:\Forums\HP\2016\20160721a\test.prn
Size:       10877 bytes
Report:     78 rows (excluding header and trailer lines)

Offset: dec  Type                   Sequence          Description
-----------  ---------------------  ----------------  ----------------------------------------------------

0000000000   PCL Parameterised      <Esc>%-12345X     Universal Exit Language (UEL)
             Comment                                  Switch language to PJL
0000000009   PJL Command            @PJL COMMENT       MS PCLXL NT Driver[0a]
0000000041   PJL Command            @PJL JOB           NAME="Microsoft Word - Document1"[0a]
0000000084   PJL Command            @PJL SET           STRINGCODESET=UTF8[0a]
0000000112   PJL Command            @PJL SET           HOLD=OFF[0a]
0000000130   PJL Command            @PJL SET           RET=MEDIUM[0a]
0000000150   PJL Command            @PJL SET           ECONOMODE=OFF[0d][0a]
0000000174   PJL Command            @PJL SET           PROCESSINGTYPE="NONE"[0d][0a]
0000000206   PJL Command            @PJL SET           USERNAME="E9921"[0a]
0000000232   PJL Command            @PJL SET           JOBNAME="Microsoft Word - Document1"[0a]
0000000278   PJL Command            @PJL SET           DUPLEX=ON[0d][0a]
0000000298   PJL Command            @PJL SET           BINDING=LONGEDGE[0d][0a]
0000000325   PJL Command            @PJL SET           RESOLUTION=1200[0a]
0000000350   PJL Command            @PJL SET           BITSPERPIXEL=1[0a]
0000000374   PJL Command            @PJL ENTER         LANGUAGE=PCLXL[0a]
             Comment                                  Switch language to PCLXL
0000000400   PCLXL Stream Header    0x292048..        ") HP-PCL XL;3;0;Comment Copyright(c) 1999 Micros"
0000000448                          0x6f6674..        "oft Corporation[0d][0a]"
0000000465   PCLXL Data Type        0xd1                  uint16_xy
0000000466              Value       0xb004b004            1200 1200
0000000470   PCLXL Attribute        0xf889              UnitsPerMeasure
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0000000473              Value       0x20                  32
             *** Warning ***                              Enumerated value not recognised
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0000000476   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000000477              Value       0x03                  eBackChAndErrPage
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                            No.                       1
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             *** Warning ***                              Enumerated value not recognised
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0000000486              Value       0x01                  eBinaryLowByteFirst
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                            No.                       2
0000000490   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000000491              Value       0x20                  32
             *** Warning ***                              Enumerated value not recognised
0000000492   PCLXL Attribute        0xf828              Orientation
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0000000501              Value       0x4c4554..            "LETTER"
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                            No.                       3
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0000000511              Value       0xc820c820            8392 8392
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                            No.                       4
0000000518   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000000519              Value       0x20                  32
             *** Warning ***                              Enumerated value not recognised
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0000000523              Value       0x10201020            8208 8208
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                            No.                       5
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             *** Warning ***                          Continuation signalled, but end-of-file

*** End of Report ***

Notes:

The file appears to be incomplete (it's only 10877 bytes in length, but the content suggests that it should be rather larger.

Several enumerated values are unrecognised - I think that this is because the original values were probably (binary) zero, but something in your process of getting the file to me has replaced these <NUL> bytes with <space> bytes.

The embedded data length of 538968352 (hexadecimal 20012020) associated with the definintion of a dither matrix is enormous. I suspect that the true value was probably 256 (hexadecimal 00010000) where the <NUL> bytes have again been corrupted by being replaced by <space> (0x20) bytes.

So it seems that this file been corrupted in some way on its way to me, meaning that I can't perform a proper analysis.

I'll try to recover something from this corrupt file, but I may not be able to.

dansdaduk · ‎07-21-2016

I've managed to get something out of the corrupt file by replacing most (but not all) of the 0x20 bytes by 0x00 bytes.

This is enough to perform an initial analysis, although the modified file is probably still corrupt and wouldn't print if the content was sent to the printer port.

*** Prn Analysis ***:

Date/Time:  2016-07-21 21:38:42
File:       E:\Forums\HP\2016\20160721a\test_x01.prn
Size:       10877 bytes
Report:     466 rows (excluding header and trailer lines)

Offset: dec  Type                   Sequence          Description
-----------  ---------------------  ----------------  ----------------------------------------------------

0000000000   PCL Parameterised      <Esc>%-12345X     Universal Exit Language (UEL)
             Comment                                  Switch language to PJL
0000000009   PJL Command            @PJL COMMENT       MS PCLXL NT Driver[0a]
0000000041   PJL Command            @PJL JOB           NAME="Microsoft Word - Document1"[0a]
0000000084   PJL Command            @PJL SET           STRINGCODESET=UTF8[0a]
0000000112   PJL Command            @PJL SET           HOLD=OFF[0a]
0000000130   PJL Command            @PJL SET           RET=MEDIUM[0a]
0000000150   PJL Command            @PJL SET           ECONOMODE=OFF[0d][0a]
0000000174   PJL Command            @PJL SET           PROCESSINGTYPE="NONE"[0d][0a]
0000000206   PJL Command            @PJL SET           USERNAME="E9921"[0a]
0000000232   PJL Command            @PJL SET           JOBNAME="Microsoft Word - Document1"[0a]
0000000278   PJL Command            @PJL SET           DUPLEX=ON[0d][0a]
0000000298   PJL Command            @PJL SET           BINDING=LONGEDGE[0d][0a]
0000000325   PJL Command            @PJL SET           RESOLUTION=1200[0a]
0000000350   PJL Command            @PJL SET           BITSPERPIXEL=1[0a]
0000000374   PJL Command            @PJL ENTER         LANGUAGE=PCLXL[0a]
             Comment                                  Switch language to PCLXL
0000000400   PCLXL Stream Header    0x292048..        ") HP-PCL XL;3;0;Comment Copyright(c) 1999 Micros"
0000000448                          0x6f6674..        "oft Corporation[0d][0a]"
0000000465   PCLXL Data Type        0xd1                  uint16_xy
0000000466              Value       0xb004b004            1200 1200
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0000000473              Value       0x00                  eInch
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0000000476   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000000477              Value       0x03                  eBackChAndErrPage
0000000478   PCLXL Attribute        0xf88f              ErrorReport
0000000480   PCLXL Operator         0x41              BeginSession
                            No.                       1
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0000000485   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000000486              Value       0x01                  eBinaryLowByteFirst
0000000487   PCLXL Attribute        0xf882              DataOrg
0000000489   PCLXL Operator         0x48              OpenDataSource
                            No.                       2
0000000490   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000000491              Value       0x00                  ePortraitOrientation
0000000492   PCLXL Attribute        0xf828              Orientation
0000000494   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
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0000000501              Value       0x4c4554..            "LETTER"
0000000507   PCLXL Attribute        0xf825              MediaSize
0000000509   PCLXL Operator         0x43              BeginPage
                            No.                       3
0000000510   PCLXL Data Type        0xd3                  sint16_xy
0000000511              Value       0xc800c800            200 200
0000000515   PCLXL Attribute        0xf82a              PageOrigin
0000000517   PCLXL Operator         0x75              SetPageOrigin
                            No.                       4
0000000518   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000000519              Value       0x00                  eUByte
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0000000533   PCLXL Operator         0x6d              SetHalftoneMethod
                            No.                       5
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                            No.                       6
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                            No.                       7
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                            No.                       8
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                            No.                       9
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                            No.                       10
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                            No.                       11
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                            No.                       12
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                            No.                       13
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                            No.                       14
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                            No.                       15
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                            No.                       16
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                            No.                       17
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                            No.                       18
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                            No.                       19
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                            No.                       20
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                            No.                       21
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                            No.                       22
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                            No.                       23
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                            No.                       24
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             >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>                     >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
             Comment                                  Start analysis of embedded Font Header
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                  ---->             Identifier:       0B
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             Comment                                  End analysis of embedded Font Header
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             <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<                     <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                                                      
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                            No.                       25
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                            No.                       26
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                            No.                       28
0000007551   PCLXL Data Type        0xc8c11000            ubyte_array
0000007555              Value       0x4d5300..            "MS[00]PCLXLFont[00]001"
0000007571   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a8              FontName
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0000007574              Value       0x00003743            183.000000
0000007578   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a6              CharSize
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0000007581              Value       0x0200                2
             *** Warning ***                              Enumerated value not recognised
0000007583   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8aa              SymbolSet
0000007585   PCLXL Operator         0x6f              SetFont
                            No.                       29
0000007586   PCLXL Data Type        0xd5                  real32_xy
0000007587              Value       0x000080..            1.000000 1.000000
0000007595   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a4              CharScale
0000007597   PCLXL Operator         0x65              SetCharScale
                            No.                       30
0000007598   PCLXL Data Type        0xc8c11000            ubyte_array
0000007602              Value       0x4d5300..            "MS[00]PCLXLFont[00]001"
0000007618   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a8              FontName
0000007620   PCLXL Operator         0x52              BeginChar
                            No.                       31
0000007621   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000007622              Value       0x0100                1
0000007624   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a2              CharCode
0000007626   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000007627              Value       0xdc02                732
0000007629   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a3              CharDataSize
0000007631   PCLXL Operator         0x53              ReadChar
                            No.                       32
0000007632   PCLXL Data Type        0xfa                  embedded_data
0000007633   PCLXL Embedded Len.    0xdc020000            732
0000007637                  Data    [ 555 bytes ]     
0000008192                  Data    [ 177 bytes ]     
0000008369   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000008370              Value       0x0200                2
0000008372   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a2              CharCode
0000008374   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000008375              Value       0xe801                488
0000008377   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a3              CharDataSize
0000008379   PCLXL Operator         0x53              ReadChar
                            No.                       33
0000008380   PCLXL Data Type        0xfa                  embedded_data
0000008381   PCLXL Embedded Len.    0xe8010000            488
0000008385                  Data    [ 488 bytes ]     
0000008873   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000008874              Value       0x0300                3
0000008876   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a2              CharCode
0000008878   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000008879              Value       0xbe01                446
0000008881   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a3              CharDataSize
0000008883   PCLXL Operator         0x53              ReadChar
                            No.                       34
0000008884   PCLXL Data Type        0xfa                  embedded_data
0000008885   PCLXL Embedded Len.    0xbe010000            446
0000008889                  Data    [ 446 bytes ]     
0000009335   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000009336              Value       0x0400                4
0000009338   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a2              CharCode
0000009340   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000009341              Value       0xe600                230
0000009343   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a3              CharDataSize
0000009345   PCLXL Operator         0x53              ReadChar
                            No.                       35
0000009346   PCLXL Data Type        0xfb                  embedded_data_byte
0000009347   PCLXL Embedded Len.    0xe6                  230
0000009348                  Data    [ 230 bytes ]     
0000009578   PCLXL Operator         0x54              EndChar
                            No.                       36
0000009579   PCLXL Data Type        0xd3                  sint16_xy
0000009580              Value       0xc0049204            1216 1170
0000009584   PCLXL Attribute        0xf84c              Point
0000009586   PCLXL Operator         0x6b              SetCursor
                            No.                       37
0000009587   PCLXL Data Type        0xc9c10400            uint16_array
0000009591              Value (U+)  0x010002..            "[01][02][03][04]"
0000009599   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8ab              TextData
0000009601   PCLXL Data Type        0xc8c10400            ubyte_array
0000009605              Value       0x66665c00            ( 102 102 92 0 )
0000009609   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8af              XSpacingData
0000009611   PCLXL Operator         0xa8              Text
                            No.                       38
0000009612   PCLXL Operator         0x85              NewPath
                            No.                       39
0000009613   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000009614              Value       0x00                  0
0000009615   PCLXL Attribute        0xf809              GrayLevel
0000009617   PCLXL Operator         0x63              SetBrushSource
                            No.                       40
0000009618   PCLXL Data Type        0xc8c11000            ubyte_array
0000009622              Value       0x4d5300..            "MS[00]PCLXLFont[00]001"
0000009638   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a8              FontName
0000009640   PCLXL Operator         0x52              BeginChar
                            No.                       41
0000009641   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000009642              Value       0x0500                5
0000009644   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a2              CharCode
0000009646   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000009647              Value       0x3402                564
0000009649   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a3              CharDataSize
0000009651   PCLXL Operator         0x53              ReadChar
                            No.                       42
0000009652   PCLXL Data Type        0xfa                  embedded_data
0000009653   PCLXL Embedded Len.    0x34020000            564
0000009657                  Data    [ 564 bytes ]     
0000010221   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000010222              Value       0x0600                6
0000010224   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a2              CharCode
0000010226   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000010227              Value       0xe401                484
0000010229   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a3              CharDataSize
0000010231   PCLXL Operator         0x53              ReadChar
                            No.                       43
0000010232   PCLXL Data Type        0xfa                  embedded_data
0000010233   PCLXL Embedded Len.    0xe4010000            484
0000010237                  Data    [ 3 bytes ]       
0000010240                  Data    [ 481 bytes ]     
0000010721   PCLXL Operator         0x54              EndChar
                            No.                       44
0000010722   PCLXL Data Type        0xd3                  sint16_xy
0000010723              Value       0x4e069204            1614 1170
0000010727   PCLXL Attribute        0xf84c              Point
0000010729   PCLXL Operator         0x6b              SetCursor
                            No.                       45
0000010730   PCLXL Data Type        0xc9c10200            uint16_array
0000010734              Value (U+)  0x05000600            "[05][06]"
0000010738   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8ab              TextData
0000010740   PCLXL Data Type        0xc8c10200            ubyte_array
0000010744              Value       0x6600                ( 102 0 )
0000010746   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8af              XSpacingData
0000010748   PCLXL Operator         0xa8              Text
                            No.                       46
0000010749   PCLXL Operator         0x85              NewPath
                            No.                       47
0000010750   PCLXL Data Type        0xc0                  ubyte
0000010751              Value       0x00                  0
0000010752   PCLXL Attribute        0xf809              GrayLevel
0000010754   PCLXL Operator         0x63              SetBrushSource
                            No.                       48
0000010755   PCLXL Data Type        0xc8c11000            ubyte_array
0000010759              Value       0x4d5300..            "MS[00]PCLXLFont[00]001"
0000010775   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a8              FontName
0000010777   PCLXL Operator         0x52              BeginChar
                            No.                       49
0000010778   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000010779              Value       0x0700                7
0000010781   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a2              CharCode
0000010783   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000010784              Value       0x0a00                10
0000010786   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a3              CharDataSize
0000010788   PCLXL Operator         0x53              ReadChar
                            No.                       50
0000010789   PCLXL Data Type        0xfb                  embedded_data_byte
0000010790   PCLXL Embedded Len.    0x0a                  10
0000010791                  Data    [ 10 bytes ]      
0000010801   PCLXL Operator         0x54              EndChar
                            No.                       51
0000010802   PCLXL Data Type        0xd3                  sint16_xy
0000010803              Value       0x19079204            1817 1170
0000010807   PCLXL Attribute        0xf84c              Point
0000010809   PCLXL Operator         0x6b              SetCursor
                            No.                       52
0000010810   PCLXL Data Type        0xc9c10100            uint16_array
0000010814              Value (U+)  0x0700                "[07]"
0000010816   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8ab              TextData
0000010818   PCLXL Operator         0xa8              Text
                            No.                       53
0000010819   PCLXL Data Type        0xc1                  uint16
0000010820              Value       0x0100                1
0000010822   PCLXL Attribute        0xf831              PageCopies
0000010824   PCLXL Operator         0x44              EndPage
                            No.                       54
0000010825   PCLXL Data Type        0xc8c11000            ubyte_array
0000010829              Value       0x4d5320..            "MS PCLXLFont 001"
0000010845   PCLXL Attribute        0xf8a8              FontName
0000010847   PCLXL Operator         0x55              RemoveFont
                            No.                       55
0000010848   PCLXL Operator         0x49              CloseDataSource
                            No.                       56
0000010849   PCLXL Operator         0x42              EndSession
                            No.                       57
             Comment                                  Switch language to PCL
0000010850   PCL Parameterised      <Esc>%-12345X     Universal Exit Language (UEL)
             Comment                                  Switch language to PJL
0000010859   PJL Command            @PJL EOJ          [0a]
             Comment                                  Switch language to PCL
0000010868   PCL Parameterised      <Esc>%-12345X     Universal Exit Language (UEL)
             Comment                                  Switch language to PJL

*** End of Report ***

This shows that, rather than selecting a printer-resident font, a soft font is being downloaded and used.

i.e. as if the TrueType Font advanced option was set to Download as Softfont rather than Substituite with Device Font.

The driver will probably do this if it thinks that the selected font is not a device-resident font.

i.e. the driver doesn't think that Helvetica is device-resident.

I don't know enough about the Windows driver model to know where the driver gets/stores its data regarding which fonts are resident on the target device. I'll try to do a bit of research on this over the next day or so.

Helvetica Font - HP Laserjet 4200dtn (PCL 6)

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