8.5.11. Font extended response; Font extended response - Page 132

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"LOCUNIT=" specifies the location unit of the font which is selected at present. The value field of the Set 
Status Readback Unit command is related to the value returned. 

For instance, if the printer font which is selected at present is a bold 12 point Presentation bitmap font which is 
selected from a cartridge, and a font entity request with the location type set to 1 is produced, the response will 
be returned as follows. 

PCL 
INFO FONTS 
SELECT="<Esc>(2U<Esc>(s0p10.00h12.0v0s3b11T" 
LOCTYPE=5 
LOCUNIT=1 

For instance, suppose the printer font which is selected at present is unbound scalable Dom Casual font with the 
features below: 

downloaded (font ID of 78) 
temporary 
Roman-8(specified for printing) 
secondary font 
18 point 

When an entity request is produced with the location type set to 1(selected at present), it returns the response 
below. 

PCL 
INFO FONTS 
SELECT="<Esc>)8U<Esc>)s1p18.00v1s0b4148T<Esc>)78X" 
LOCTYPE=4 
LOCUNIT=1 

8.5.11.

Font extended response 

The font extended response supplies a method to return the name and internal ID number of the font as well as 
the "SELECT=" line. It is the same as a font status response since "SELECT=", "SYMBOLSETS=", 
"LOCTYPE=", and "LOCUNIT=" are returned in the same way. With regard to a font extended request, it 
returns the two additional keywords, "DEFID=" and "NAME=" as follows. 

"DEFID" specifies the internal ID number of the font which is shown on the test print        ( font list ). This is 
the number which is used to select the font as the default font from the control panel of printer or from PJL. The 
"DEFID=" number is made of two parts, which are a location and an ID number. The locations which are likely 
are as follows; 

I  

-  Internal 

C   

-  Cartridge (printer with single cartridge) 

Cn   

-  Cartridge (printer with multiple cartridge/card when n is specified by printer.) 

S   

-  Permanent download fonts 

For temporary download fonts, it returns "DEFID=NONE" because temporary download fonts do not have an 
internal ID number. 

The printer assigns the internal ID number of a temporary download font with the Font ID (ESC*c#D) 
command. This internal ID number differs from the  downloaded ID number assigned to a downloaded font. 

It returns "NAME=" only for font extended status requests. The name of the font is the same as shown on the 
font printout. 

For instance, it returns the font extended response for the printer's internal bitmap LetterGothic font and a 
downloaded unbound Portugal temporary font as follows. 

PCL 
INFO FONTS EXTENDED 
SELECT="<Esc>(8U<Esc>(s0p10.00h12.0v0s0b0T" 
DEFID="I 45" 
NAME="Line Printer" 
SELECT="<Ec>(s1p__v1s3b4111T<Esc>(7X" 
SymbolSETS="0D, 0I, 0N, 0S, 0U, 1E, 1F, 1G,..." 
DEFID=NONE 
NAME="CG Palacio  BdIt" 
SELECT="...