HP LaserJet 4250 - Manual (Page 267)

Using escape characters
Printer commands always begin with the escape character (E
c
).
The following table shows how the escape character can be inserted in various MS-DOS
programs.
DOS program Entry What appears
Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony Type
\027
027
Microsoft Word for MS-DOS Hold down Alt and type
027
on
the numeric keypad
WordPerfect for MS-DOS Type
<27>
<27>
MS-DOS Edit Hold down Ctrl + P , and press
Esc
MS-DOS Edlin Hold down Ctrl + V , and press [ ^[
dBase ?? CHR(27)+"command" ?? CHR(27)+" "
Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5 fonts
The printer font list provides PCL 6 and PCL 5 printer commands for selecting fonts. See PS
or PCL font list for information about how to print the list. A sample section is shown in the
following illustration.
One variable box is available for specifying symbol sets and one for specifying 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 section
Common PCL 6 and
PCL 5 printer commands .
1 2
1 Symbol set
2 Point size
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 programs 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 programs.
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