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Chapter 4 Fonts The following figure shows all the characters included in the most common symbol set, HP Roman-8. Figure 4. 2. Roman-8 Symbol Set In addition to a large selection of bitmap and scalable fonts, the printing system supports many symbol sets (also referred to as character sets). The variety of Kyocera supported symbol sets can be attributed to the numerous printer emulations. Most of those symbol sets are the same regarding the letters of the alphabet, digits, and basic punctuation marks, but they differ considerably in their special symbols which lie in the upper half of the character code table, consisting of character codes 128 through 254 (hex 80 through FE). Charts for the available symbol sets in each emulation appear in Chapter 7. Only the resident fonts can be assigned with a new symbol set. All downloaded fonts contain specific symbol sets. International Characters The INTL (print INTernationaL characters) command provides quick access to printing characters from a different character set, characters not found in the default symbol set (US ASCII). By simply using the INTL command with appropriate parameters for language and country code, the Kyocera user can access a wide variety of specific characters. The following sequence selects the ISO-4 U.K. symbol set for the Swiss721BM8-Roman font in the HP LaserJet emulation: !R! UNIT P; CMNT Emulation must be HPLJ; FONT 13; INTL 3, 1; CMNT ISO-4 U.K.; EXIT; The U.K. symbol set is identical to the US ASCII character set except that it has the pound currency symbol (\P) in place of the number sign (#). It should be noted that the symbol set selected by INTL is specific to the currently emulated printer (HP LaserJet in the above example). If the current emulation is changed to Diablo 630 for the example above (by a SEM command, for example), the INTL command selects the Diablo U.K. symbol set instead of HP ISO-4 U.K. symbol set. Selecting HP Symbol Sets The HP LaserJet emulation has considerably more supported symbol sets than can be accessed through the INTL command. To establish a symbol set, use one of the following commands. 4-14

Section	Page
General Infomation	3
Introduction	5
About the Technical Reference manual	6
Table of Contents	7
Introduction to PRESCRIBE	9
Format of PRESCRIBE Commands	12
Basic Concepts	12
Edge Limits	12
Margins	12
Page Orientation and Direction	13
Coordinate Systems	15
Text Positioning	15
Character Spacing	16
Paths	17
Logical Page and Physical Page	17
Command Parameters	18
Numeric Parameters	18
Character Strings	19
Upper and Lowercase Letters	20
Special Parameters	21
Graphics Tutorial	23
Drawing Lines	24
Drawing Boxes and Circles	28
Drawing Filled Shapes	31
Drawing Pie Charts	36
Path Mode Graphics	38
Path	38
Drawing Lines	40
Miter Limit	43
Dash Type	44
Drawing Arcs and Curves	46
Drawing Complex Curves	48
Closed Paths	51
Filled Areas	52
Clipping Rectangle	54
Printing with Character Paths	55
Raster Graphics	56
Raster Data Compression Formats	56
Commands for Printing Raster Data	57
Printing Raster Data	59
Changing the Printing System’s Imaging Model	59
Saving and Restoring the Graphics State	61
Macros	63
Examples of Macros	65
Fonts	69
List of Fonts	70
KPDL Fonts	72
Substituting a Bitmap Font	74
Font Selection	75
Font Selection by PRESCRIBE Commands	75
Placement of Font Commands	79
Creation of New Symbols and Characters	80
Symbol Set	81
International Characters	82
Selecting HP Symbol Sets	82
Barcodes	85
PDF417 Symbol Description	94
Printing a Two-dimensional Barcode	96
Limitations of Two-dimensional Barcode	97
Macro PDF417	98
Creating a Macro PDF 417 Representation	98
Permanent Parameters	101
Interface-dependent Parameters	102
Interface-independent Parameters	105
Emulation	113
Automatic emulation sensing	115
General Information on Emulation	115
Line Printer Emulation (Mode 0)	115
IBM Proprinter X24E Emulation (Mode 1)	116
IBM Proprinter X24E Control Codes	118
IBM Symbol Sets	121
Diablo 630 Emulation (Mode 2)	124
Diablo 630 Control Codes	126
Diablo 630 Symbol Sets	128
Epson LQ-850 Emulation (Mode 5)	133
EPSON LQ-850 Control Codes	136
LQ-850 Symbol Sets	138
HP LaserJet Emulation (Mode 6)	145
LaserJet Fonts	147
LaserJet Symbol Sets	149
Resource Protection	152
Switching the Print Resolution	154
HP LaserJet Reset State	155
LaserJet PJL	155
HP LaserJet Printer Commands - PCL	161
HP-GL/2 Context Printer Commands	176
PJL Syntax Comparison	178
LaserJet Symbol Sets	179
HP 7550A Emulation [KC-GL] (Mode 8)	208
Basic	208
KC-GL Environment Options	209
Plotter Status Information	214
Device-Control Instructions	218
Fonts and Symbol Sets in KC-GL	219
KC-GL Symbol Sets	220
KC-GL Limits	222
Summary of KC-GL Instructions	223
KPDL Operators	227
Communication with the Printing System	227
KPDL Summary	228
KPDL Error Messages	251
KPDL Printable Area	252
Index	255
Numerics	255
A	255
B	255
C	255
D	255
E	255
F	256
G	256
H	256
I	256
K	256
L	256
M	256
N	256
O	257
P	257
Q	257
R	257
S	257
T	257
U	257
W	257
X	257

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Chapter 4 Fonts

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The following figure shows all the characters included in the most common symbol set,

HP Roman-8.

Figure 4. 2.

Roman-8 Symbol Set

In addition to a large selection of bitmap and scalable fonts, the printing system supports

many symbol sets (also referred to as

character sets

). The variety of Kyocera supported

symbol sets can be attributed to the numerous printer emulations. Most of those symbol

sets are the same regarding the letters of the alphabet, digits, and basic punctuation

marks, but they differ considerably in their special symbols which lie in the upper half of

the character code table, consisting of character codes 128 through 254 (hex 80 through

FE).

Charts for the available symbol sets in each emulation appear in

Chapter 7

Only the resident fonts can be assigned with a new symbol set. All downloaded fonts

contain specific symbol sets.

International Characters

The INTL (print INTernationaL characters) command provides quick access to printing

characters from a different character set, characters not found in the default symbol set

(US ASCII). By simply using the INTL command with appropriate parameters for lan-

guage and country code, the Kyocera user can access a wide variety of specific charac-

ters.

The following sequence selects the ISO-4 U.K. symbol set for the Swiss721BM8-Roman

font in the HP LaserJet emulation:

!R! UNIT P; CMNT Emulation must be HPLJ;

FONT 13;

INTL 3, 1; CMNT ISO-4 U.K.;

EXIT;

The U.K. symbol set is identical to the US ASCII character set except that it has the

pound currency symbol (\P) in place of the number sign (#).

It should be noted that the symbol set selected by INTL is specific to the currently emu-

lated printer (HP LaserJet in the above example). If the current emulation is changed to

Diablo 630 for the example above (by a SEM command, for example), the INTL com-

mand selects the Diablo U.K. symbol set instead of HP ISO-4 U.K. symbol set.

Selecting HP Symbol Sets

The HP LaserJet emulation has considerably more supported symbol sets than can be

accessed through the INTL command. To establish a symbol set, use one of the follow-

ing commands.