Adding TTF fonts to PCL driver files

This section applies to PCL drivers except for the PCL 5 old version and PCL convert drivers.

Escape sequences

The PCL printer uses escape sequences to select fonts. Before you create font entries you must use the printer menu to print a list of all installed PCL fonts. This list includes the escape sequences for the fonts. The escape sequence for a proportional font can include the following:

<esc>(s1pv0s0b16602T

If you want to add the font as a readfont, you must replace <esc> with <1B> and divide the sequence into one SelectPrefix and one SelectPrefix section:

SelectPrefix "<1B>(s1p" SelectPostfix "v0s0b16602T"

Example 51

Readfont entry for the TTF font Century

Font "Arial" ReadFont "arial.ttf" 
SelectPrefix "<1B>(s1p" SelectPostfix "v0s0b16602T" 
Codepage "Ansi"

 

The escape sequence for a monospaced font can include the following:

<esc>(s0p16.67h15v0s0b3T

If you want to add the font as a width table font you must replace <esc> with <1B> and specify the size and CPI for each font size entry:

Size NN SelectPrefix "<1B>(s0p10h10v0s0b3T" CPI NN

Example 52

Width table font entries for the TTF font Courier

Font "Courier" WidthTable 8

Size 10 SelectPrefix "<1B>(s0p12h12v0s0b3T" CPI 12

Size 12 SelectPrefix "<1B>(s0p10h10v0s0b3T" CPI 10

 

To add font entries

1	Create the font entries in Windows Driver Tool.

2	Open the dummy *.drs file and copy the font entries.

3	Paste the entries to the font substitution table. For example:

Font "Arial" ReadFont "arial.ttf" 
SelectPrefix "Arial" Codepage "Ansi"

4	Replace the SelectPrefix entries with the modified escape sequences. For example:

Font "Arial" ReadFont "arial.ttf" 
SelectPrefix "<1B>(s1p" SelectPostfix "v0s0b16602T" 
Codepage "Ansi"

To add mapfont entries

1	Open font substitution table.

2	Add the mapfont entries. For example:

mapfont "Times_New_Roman_bold_underline" "Arial_bold"