HP 5200tn HP LaserJet 5200 Series Printer - User Guide - Page 229
Using escape characters, Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5 fonts, DOS program, Entry, What appears
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Ec&l3a1o8D Using escape characters Printer commands always begin with the escape character (Ec). The following table shows how the escape character can be inserted in various MS-DOS programs. DOS program Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony Microsoft Word for MS-DOS WordPerfect for MS-DOS MS-DOS Edit MS-DOS Edlin dBase Entry Type \027 Hold down Alt and type 027 on the numeric keypad Type Hold down Ctrl+P, and press Esc Hold down Ctrl+V, and press [ ?? CHR(27)+"command" What appears 027 ^[ ?? CHR(27)+" " Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5 fonts The printer font list provides PCL 6 and PCL 5 printer commands for selecting fonts. See Using printer information pages for information about how to print the list. A sample section is shown in the following illustration. One variable box is available for specifying symbol sets and one for specifying 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 section Common PCL 6 and PCL 5 printer commands. 12 1 Symbol set 2 Point size ENWW Understanding PCL 6 and PCL 5e printer command syntax 215