D-4 Printer Commands  
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Selecting PCL Fonts
PCL printer commands for selecting fonts can be found on the PCL 
Font List (page 103). 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 on page D-7.
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 important for columns to 
line up vertically. Proportional-spaced fonts are generally used in 
text and word processing applications.
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