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Understanding fonts, Weight and style, Pitch and point size

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Understanding fonts Weight and style Typefaces are often available in different weights and styles. These variations modify the original typeface so you can, for example, emphasize important words in text or highlight book titles. The different weights and styles are designed to complement the original typeface. Weight refers to the thickness of the lines that form the characters. Thicker lines result in darker characters. Some words commonly used to describe the weight of a typeface are bold, medium, light, black, and heavy. Style refers to other typeface modifications, such as tilt or character width. Italic and oblique are styles where the characters are tilted. Narrow, condensed, and extended are three common styles that modify the character widths. Some fonts combine several weight and style modifications; for example, Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic. A group of several weight and style variations of a single typeface is called a typeface family. Most typeface families have four variations: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. Some families have more variations, as the following illustration for the Helvetica typeface family shows: Pitch and point size The size of a font is specified as either a pitch or point size, depending on whether the font is fixed space or proportional. In fixed space fonts, each character has the same width. Pitch is used to specify the size of fixed space fonts. It is a measure of the number of characters that will print in one horizontal inch of type. For example, all 10-pitch fonts print 10 characters per inch (cpi) and all 12-pitch fonts print 12 cpi: In proportional (or typographic) fonts, every character can have a different width. Since proportional fonts have characters with different widths, the font size is specified in point size, not pitch. Point size refers to the height of the characters in the font. A point is defined as 1/72 inch. The characters in a font printed at 24 point will be twice as large as the characters in the same font printed at 12 point. 176

Section	Page
Contents	2
Notices	8
Trademarks	9
Licensing notice	11
Safety information	12
Cautions, warnings, and attentions	12
Electronic emission notices	12
Without a network card installed	12
With a network card installed	14
Noise emission levels	16
Energy Star	16
Laser notice	16
Statement of limited warranty	17
Overview	20
Identifying printers	20
Basic models	20
Configured models	21
Printing	22
Tips for successful printing	22
Tips on storing print media	22
Avoiding jams	22
Sending a job to print	22
Canceling a print job	23
Canceling from the printer operator panel	23
Canceling a job from a computer running Windows	24
Printing the menu settings page	25
Printing a font sample list	25
Printing a directory list	26
Printing a confidential job	26
Entering a personal identification number (PIN)	27
Printing folio and statement sizes	27
Print media handling	29
Print media guidelines	29
Paper	29
Transparencies	34
Envelopes	35
Labels	36
Card stock	37
Storing print media	37
Identifying print media sources and specifications	38
Loading print media	48
Loading print media in standard and optional trays	48
Loading print media in optional universally adjustable trays	52
Loading letterhead	53
Using and loading the multipurpose feeder	55
Capacity	55
Print media dimensions	55
Trouble-free printing	55
Loading the multipurpose feeder	57
Loading paper and transparencies	61
Loading envelopes	62
Loading letterhead	63
Closing the multipurpose feeder	67
Using and loading the optional envelope feeder	68
Using and loading the optional 2000-sheet drawer	71
Changing the print media size for the 2000-sheet drawer	74
Linking trays	76
Using the duplex function	76
Duplex printing on letterhead	76
Using Duplex Bind	77
Using the output bins	78
Using the support extension in the standard bin	80
Maintenance	81
Maintaining your printer	81
Determining the status of supplies	81
Conserving supplies	82
Ordering supplies	82
Ordering a print cartridge	82
Maintenance kit	83
Ordering a charge roll	84
Ordering a transfer roller	84
Ordering pick rollers	84
Ordering a label fuser cleaner	85
Ordering staple cartridges	85
Storing supplies	85
Storing the print cartridge	86
Replacing the print cartridge	86
Removing the used print cartridge	86
Cleaning the printer	87
Installing the new print cartridge	88
Replacing the charge roll	90
Replacing the transfer roller	94
Replacing the pick rollers	98
Replacing the label fuser cleaner	101
Replacing the staple cartridge	104
Removing a used staple cartridge	105
Installing a new staple cartridge	106
Resetting the maintenance counter	108
Printer maintenance when printing on card stock	108
Printer maintenance when printing on labels	108
Troubleshooting	109
Solving basic printer problems	109
Checking an unresponsive printer	109
Solving display problems	110
Solving printing problems	110
Solving print quality problems	113
Solving option problems	115
Solving problems with the optional 2000-sheet drawer	118
Solving network printing problems	119
Solving other problems	119
Contacting service	119
Clearing jams	120
Avoiding jams	120
Avoiding jams hints	120
Before removing jams	121
Identifying the print media path	122
Accessing jam areas	123
200 and 201 Paper Jam Remove Cartridge	125
202 Paper Jam Open Rear Door	128
Before reaching the standard output bin	129
While exiting to the standard output bin	130
23x Paper Jam	131
231 Paper Jam Check Duplex	131
232 Paper Jam Check Duplex and 233 Paper Jam Check Duplex	135
234 Paper Jam Check Duplex, 235 Paper Jam Check Duplex, and 238 Paper Jam Check Duplex	137
236 Paper Jam Check Duplex	140
237 Paper Jam Check Duplex	141
239 Paper Jam Check Duplex	145
24x Paper Jam Check Tray x	151
On the incline surface of a tray or across two trays	152
Across three trays	153
Across a tray, the duplex unit, and the standard tray	154
250 Paper Jam Check MP Feeder	157
260 Paper Jam Check Env Feeder	158
At entry into the envelope feeder	158
Between the envelope feeder and the printer	159
27x Paper Jam Check Bin x	160
In an optional output bin	161
Between output bins	163
28x Paper Jam	164
280 Paper Jam Check Finisher	164
281 Paper Jam Check Finisher	165
In the optional 2000-sheet drawer	165
Clearing stapler jams	166
282 Staple Jam Check Stapler	167
283 Staple Jam Check Stapler	171
Administration	174
Disabling operator panel menus	174
Enabling menus	174
Restoring factory default settings	175
Understanding fonts	175
Typefaces and fonts	175
Bitmapped and scalable fonts	177
Resident fonts	178
Readability disclaimer	184
Symbol sets	184
Downloadable fonts	185
Using the Local Printer Setup Utility	185
Using the Print and Hold function	187
Selecting a user name	187
Printing and deleting held jobs	187
Accessing held jobs from the operator panel	187
Recognizing when format errors occur	188
Repeat Print	188
Reserve Print	189
Verify Print	189
Confidential jobs	189
Removing optional cards	190
Removing optional printer memory and other option cards	191
Removing an optional flash memory card or optional firmware card	194
Removing an option card	195
Reattaching the shield and closing the doors	197
Removing options	199
Removing the envelope feeder	199
Removing an optional output bin	201
Removing the printer from the duplex unit, removing a duplex unit from a drawer and removing a dr...	205
Understanding the operator panel	207
Indicator light	207
Using the operator panel buttons	207
Using the operator panel to change printer settings	209
Menus Disabled	210
Using the printer menus	211
Paper Menu	213
Finishing Menu	221
Utilities Menu	226
Job Menu	230
Quality Menu	234
Setup Menu	235
PCL Emul Menu	242
PostScript Menu	246
Parallel Menu	248
Network Menu	252
USB Menu	255
Serial Menu	258
Help Menu	263
Understanding the printer messages	264

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Understanding fonts

Weight and style

Typefaces are often available in different weights and styles. These variations modify the original

typeface so you can, for example, emphasize important words in text or highlight book titles. The

different weights and styles are designed to complement the original typeface.

Weight

refers to the thickness of the lines that form the characters. Thicker lines result in darker

characters. Some words commonly used to describe the weight of a typeface are bold, medium,

light, black, and heavy.

Style

refers to other typeface modifications, such as tilt or character width. Italic and oblique are

styles where the characters are tilted. Narrow, condensed, and extended are three common styles

that modify the character widths.

Some fonts combine several weight and style modifications; for example, Helvetica Narrow Bold

Italic. A group of several weight and style variations of a single typeface is called a

typeface family

Most typeface families have four variations: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. Some families have

more variations, as the following illustration for the Helvetica typeface family shows:

Pitch and point size

The size of a font is specified as either a pitch or point size, depending on whether the font is fixed

space or proportional.

fixed space

fonts, each character has the same width.

Pitch

is used to specify the size of fixed

space fonts. It is a measure of the number of characters that will print in one horizontal inch of type.

For example, all 10-pitch fonts print 10 characters per inch (cpi) and all 12-pitch fonts print 12 cpi:

proportional

(or

typographic

) fonts, every character can have a different width. Since proportional

fonts have characters with different widths, the font size is specified in point size, not pitch.

Point size

refers to the height of the characters in the font. A

point

is defined as 1/72 inch. The characters in a

font printed at 24 point will be twice as large as the characters in the same font printed at 12 point.