Of font existence, we recommend that you design your program in a way that Some models allow you to add a hard disk to load the font at start-up. Power outage because RAM is not a persistent storage. Note: fonts installed in this way reside in printer's RAM area afterīeing made “ permanent”. The number of PCL fonts that can be stored in user memory is limited

Once downloaded, a PCL font occupies a portion of user memory (RAM). The first two steps must happen in one session. (2) copy the font in binary form to the printer RAM The process involves three steps: (1) assign font ID The process of transferring PCL fonts from a host computer to the The GUI interface to install/remove the fonts. Refer to the manufacturer manual for information on how to use Some high-end printers provide GUI interfaces to load/unload fonts. This article assumes that you use PCL commands to download andĪnd remove soft fonts. Most Xerox and Lexmark laser printers also fully support PCL-5.

PCL-5 is widely supported by many manufacturers. Of PCL-3, which only process raster bitmap data (PCL-3 is equipped in HP Furthermore, the printer mustīe able to process PCL-5, which supports text and vector graphics data, instead Those printers do not have theĬapability of processing PCL commands. Low-end models use host-based drivers instead (the host-based drivers convert Or printer-friendly data, is expressed in printer control language.īecause communication happens directly between a host computerĪnd a printer, the printer must have a built-in PCL interpreter. PCL stands for Printer Control Language, the language that a hostĬomputer used to communicate with the printer. A printer with a built-in PCL5 interpreterĪ host computer that the printer is connect to via Widows

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