HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part I

EN Entity Status Responses 16-11
Entity Status Responses
The status response for an Inquire Status Readback Entity command
varies depending on the type of entity requested. The status
responses for font, font extended, macro, user-defined pattern,
and symbol set are described below.
Font Response
The status response information returned for font (inquire entity value
field 0) varies. Depending on whether the printer’s font is a bitmap,
unbound scalable, or bound scalable, different keywords are returned.
The response is also somewhat different if the location type is set to 1
(currently selected, as explained in more detail later). The list of
possible keywords for a font request is shown below.
SELECT=
SYMBOLSETS=
LOCTYPE=
LOCUNIT=
An example of an inquire entity font (entity type 0) status response is
shown below. Notice the variation in the keyword lines for the three
fonts, listed in order below:
Internal, bitmap, Line Printer
Internal, unbound scalable, CG Times italic
Downloaded, bound scalable, (CG Palacio)
Font status:
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT=“<Esc>(8U<Esc>(s0p16.67h8.5v0s0b0T”
SELECT=“<Esc>(s1p__v1s0b4101T”
SYMBOLSETS=“0D,0I,0N,0S,0U,1E,1F,1G,...”
SELECT=“<Esc>(1U<Esc>(s1p__v0s0b4111T<Esc>(21X”
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In a font status response, individual fonts are identified by the
“SELECT=” keyword line, as shown in the example above. This
line identifies the font by specifying the font selection characteristics
(symbol set, spacing, pitch, height, style, stroke weight, and
typeface). The characteristics are listed as they would be sent to
the printer to select the font (in priority order, highest priority to
lowest). “SELECT=” is returned for all font types.