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Entering escape characters, Selecting pcl6 and pcl5e fonts, Selecting pcl 6 and pcl 5e fonts – HP LaserJet 4300 Printer series User Manual

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Entering escape characters

Printer commands always begin with the escape character

(?)

.

The following table shows how the escape character can be entered in various MS-DOS

®

programs.

Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5e fonts

The printer font list provides PCL 6 and PCL 5e printer commands for selecting fonts. (See

“PS

or PCL font list” on page 86

for information about how to print the list.) A sample section is shown

below.

There is one variable box for entering symbol sets and one for entering 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 beginning on the next page.

DOS program

Entry

What appears

Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony

Type

\027

027

Microsoft Word for DOS

Hold down

A

LT

and type

027

on the numeric

keypad

WordPerfect for DOS

Type

<27>

<27>

MS-DOS

Edit

Hold down

C

TRL

+

P

, and press

E

SC

MS-DOS Edlin

Hold down

C

TRL

+

V

, and press

[

^[

dBase

?? CHR(27)+"command"

?? CHR(27)+" "

1 Symbol set

2 Point size

Font list

1

2