HP LaserJet 9000 Printer series - Manual (Page 211)

Appendix D Printer commands 211
Selecting PCL 5e fonts
Selecting PCL 5e fonts
Print a PCL font list to view the command for each internal font (See “PCL or PS font list” on page 159 ).
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 in
“Font selection” on page 215 .
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
impor tant for columns to line up vertically. Proportional-spaced fonts are generally used in text and
word processing applications.