8.5.12. Macro response; 8.5.13. Use-defined pattern response; 8.5.14. Symbol set response- Page 133

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For instance, a font extended response with the location type set to 1( selected at present ) where the font which 
is selected at present is the internal Pc Tennessee (18 point identified for printing) bold, returns the response as 
follows. 

PCL 
INFO FONTS EXTENDED 
SELECT="<Esc>(8U<Esc>(s0p18.00h0s3b4101T" 
DEFID="<Esc>(8U<Esc>s0p18.000s3b4101T" 
DEFID="I 2" 
NAME="PcTennessee  Bd" 
LOCTYPE=1 
LOCUNIT=1 

8.5.12.

Macro response 

The status response for macros indicates all of the macro IDs ("IDLIST=") for the macros in a particular 
location. 

Status location type 1( selected at present ) is an unused location for macros and an error is returned. 

A macro status response may be shown as follows. 

PCL 
INFO MACROS 
IDLIST="1, 3, 8, 29, 32" 

8.5.13.

Use-defined pattern response 

The status response of user-defined patterns indicates all of the user-defined patterns and all of the user-defined 
pattern IDs ("IDLIST") for the patterns in a particular location. 

A user-defined pattern response may be shown as follows. 

PCL 
INFO PATTERN 
IDLIST="1, 2, 9, 13, 27, 456" 

When the location type is specified to 1 (selected at present), "LOCTYPE=" and "LOCUNIT=" lines are added.  

It returns the "LOCTYPE=" only for a status location type 1 requirement. It specifies the location type of the 
pattern which is selected at present. 

It returns the "LOCUNIT=" only for a status location type 1 requirement. It specifies the location unit of the 
pattern which is selected at present. 

A user-defined pattern response for the pattern selected at present may be shown as follows. 

PCL 
INFO PATTERN 
IDLIST="88" 
LOCTYPE=4 
LOCUNIT=2 

When the pattern selected at present is set to one of the internal HP-specified patterns, there is no number 
available and it returns the response "ERROR=NONE". 

PCL 
INFO PATTERNS 
ERROR=NONE 

8.5.14.

Symbol set response 

The symbol set response indicates all of the symbol set IDs ("IDLIST") for all of the symbol sets in the 
identified location.  There can be bound and  unbound scalable fonts in the identified location (type and unit). 

A symbol set response may be shown as follows. 

PCL 
INFO SYMBOLSETS 
IDLIST="0U, 2K, 8M, 11U"