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TECHINFO-0012016
TOPIC
Which Hewlett-Packard PCL-compatible fonts, styles, and sizes are included in Apple's PCL-compatible LaserWriter printers?
DISCUSSION
Here is a table that shows the PCL fonts available for PCL-compatible LaserWriter printers.
| Apple LaserWriter Model | PCL ROM-Resident font | PCL ver. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaserWriter IIf, LaserWriter IIg, LaserWriter Pro 600, LaserWriter Pro 630, Personal LaserWriter NTR | Courier No Line Printer font available. No other ROM-Resident fonts available in PCL mode. | 4+ | 1 |
| LaserWriter Pro 810 | 33 of the 35 Type 1 fonts are used and rasterized as PCL fonts. Only ZapfDigbats Symbol fonts cannot be used as PCL fonts. | 4+ | . |
| LW Select 360, LW 16/600 PS, LW 12/640 PS | Times Roman, Univers Medium, Courier, Line Printer | 5 | . |
NOTES:
(1) There is actually a problem with the HP emulator that inadvertently allows access to the Helvetica and Times-Roman fonts. You can access these two fonts through the same PCL escape code command to change typefaces.
PCL Escape Codes
In terms of styles and sizes, Apple supports the PCL escape codes listed below for font manipulation:
(s#T : typeface selection (#= 3-Courier,4-Helvetica, 5-Times-Roman) (s#H : pitch selection (#= usually 10 or 16.66 built-in) (s#V : character height (#= Font Size in points) (s#B : stroke weight (#= -7 to 7 for BOLD style) (s0P : proportional spacing OFF (s1P : proportional spacing ON (s0S : italic OFF (s1S : italic ON &d@ : underlining OFF &dD : underlining ON
Apple also supports a variety of symbol sets (i.e. USASCII, PC-8 US, etc.) which are different types of characters available as part of the different fonts. These characters include mathematical symbols, foreign language accented characters, etc.
(# : change Symbol Set (#= symbol set as listed below)
| Symbol | Set # |
|---|---|
| ISO-60 | Norwegian 0D |
| ISO-25 | French 0F |
| German 0G | |
| ISO-15 | Italian 0I |
| ISO-14 | JISASCII 0K |
| ECMA-94 | Latin 1 0N |
| ISO-11 | Swedish 0S |
| ISO-6 | ASCII 0U |
| ISO-61 | Norwegian 1D |
| ISO-4 | UK 1E |
| ISO-69 | French 1F |
| ISO-21 | German 1G |
| Spanish1S | |
| ISO-57 | Chinese 2K |
| ISO-17 | Spanish 2S |
| ISO-2 | IRV 2U |
| ISO-10 | Swedish 3S |
| ISO-16 | Portuguese 4S |
| ISO-84 | Portuguese 5S |
| ISO-85 | Spanish 6S |
| Roman-8 8U | |
| PC-8 US 10U |
In the PCL commands and Symbol Set list above, 0 represents the numeral zero, not the upper-case letter O. Also, represents the ESCAPE or esc character. 
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