SATO D512 PCL User Manual
Unit 1: PCL Emulation
Page 1-4
SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual
FONT AND SYMBOL SET SUPPORT
Your printer has 10 resident scalable PCL fonts.
Several parameters are used to select a font from the data stream. These include symbol set,
spacing, point, or pitch, style, weight, and typeface number. For scalable fonts, you can vary the
size of a font by specifying pitch or point size (point size for proportional fonts, pitch for fixed
space fonts.
spacing, point, or pitch, style, weight, and typeface number. For scalable fonts, you can vary the
size of a font by specifying pitch or point size (point size for proportional fonts, pitch for fixed
space fonts.
A symbol set defines which characters are available for a font and the code point for each of
these characters. Your printer supports 16 resident symbol sets. The table beginning on page
1-5 shows the symbol sets available for each font in PCL emulation. Not all fonts support all
symbol sets.
these characters. Your printer supports 16 resident symbol sets. The table beginning on page
1-5 shows the symbol sets available for each font in PCL emulation. Not all fonts support all
symbol sets.
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PCL E
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The following table lists the parameters to be used in the font selection commands for each of
the10 standard PCL emulation fonts.
the10 standard PCL emulation fonts.
Table 1-1: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Standard PCL Emulation Font Name
Forward and Backward Compatibility Mode
Spacing
Style
Weight
Typeface
Courier Regular
0
0
0
4099
Univers Medium
1
0
0
4148
Univers Bold
1
0
3
4148
CG Triumvirate Condensed Bold
1
4
3
4100
Roman Pillar Regular
0
0
0
30211
Roman Pillar Italic
0
1
0
30211
Roman Pillar Bold
0
0
3
30211
Roman Pillar Bold Italic
0
1
3
30211
OCR-A
0
0
0
23584
OCR-B
0
0
0
23590