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PCL Menu

This section describes the user tools in the PCL Menu under Printer Features.

Orientation

You can set the page orientation.

Default: [Portrait]

Form Lines

You can set the number of lines per page.

The number of lines can be specified from 5 to 128 by increments of one.

Default:

  • region-a(mainly Europe and Asia)

    64” lines

  • region-b(mainly North America)

    60” lines

Font Source

You can set the storage location of the default font.

Default: [Resident]

[RAM], [HDD] and [SD] can be selected only when fonts have been downloaded to the machine.

Font Number

You can set the ID of the default font you want to use.

  • When [Resident] is selected under [Font Source]:

    The font number can be specified from 0 to 63 by increments of one.

    Default: “0

  • When [RAM], [HDD], or [SD] is selected under [Font Source]:

    The font number can be specified from 1 up to number of fonts stored on the machine.

    Default: “1

Point Size

You can set the point size you want to use for the selected font.

The number of point sizes can be specified from 4.00 to 999.75 by increments of 0.25.

This setting is effective only with variable-space fonts.

Default: “12.00” points

Font Pitch

You can set the number of characters per inch for the selected font.

The number of characters per inch can be specified from 0.44 to 99.99 by increments of 0.01.

This setting is effective only with fixed-space fonts.

Default: “10.00” pitches

Symbol Set

You can specify the character set of the selected font. The available options are as follows:

  • Roman-8, Roman-9, ISO L1, ISO L2, ISO L5, ISO L6, ISO L9, PC-775, PC-8, PC-8 D/N, PC-850, PC-852, PC-858, PC8-TK, PC-1004, Win L1, Win L2, Win L5, Win Baltic, Desktop, PS Text, MS Publ, Math-8, PS Math, Pifont, Legal, ISO 4, ISO 6, ISO 11, ISO 15, ISO 17, ISO 21, ISO 60, ISO 69, Win 3.0, MC Text, UCS-2, PC-864, Arabic-8, Win Arabic, PC-866, PC-866U, ISO Cyrillic, Win Cyrillic, PC-851, Greek-8, ISO Greek, PC-8 Greek, Win Greek, PC-862, Hebrew-7, Hebrew-8, ISO-Hebrew

Default: [PC-8]

Courier Font

You can select a courier font type.

Default: [Regular]

Extend A4 Width

You can extend the printing area width (when printing on A4 sheet with PCL).

Default: [Off]

When the setting is [On], the width will be 81/2 inches.

Append CR to LF

When set to [On], a carriage return will follow each line feed: CR=CR, LF=CR-LF, FF=CR-FF.

Default: [Off]

Resolution

You can set the print resolution in dots per inch.

Default: [600 dpi (Fast)]

Note

  • To change default settings, see "Accessing User Tools".