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How To / Working with Fonts

Available Fonts

LJ4/GL2 mode
ESC/P 2 and FX modes
I239X mode
Printing font samples

The following table lists the fonts that are installed in your printer. The names of all the fonts appear in your application software's font list if you are using the driver provided with the printer. If you are using a different driver, all of these fonts may not be available.

The fonts provided with the printer are shown below, according to the emulation mode.

LJ4/GL2 mode

Font Name

Family

HP Equivalent

Courier SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

Courier

Dutch 801 SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

CG Times

Zapf Humanist 601 SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

CG Omega

Ribbon 131 SWC

-

Coronet

Clarendon Condensed SWC

-

Clarendon Condensed

Swiss 742 SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

Univers

Swiss 742 Condensed SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

Univers Condensed

Incised 901 SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic

Antique Olive

Original Garamond SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

Garamond

Audrey Two SWC

-

Marigold

Flareserif 821 SWC

Medium, Extra Bold

Albertus

Swiss 721 SWM

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

Arial

Dutch 801 SWM

Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

Times New

Swiss 721 SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

Helvetica

Swiss 721 Narrow SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

Helvetica Narrow

Zapf Calligraphic 801 SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

Palatino Roman

ITC Avant Garde SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

ITC Avant Garde Gothic

ITC Bookman SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

ITC Bookman

Century Schoolbook SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

New Century Schoolbook

Dutch 801 SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

Times

ITC Zapf Chancery SWA Italic

-

ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic

Symbol Set SWM

-

Symbol

Symbol Set SWA

-

SymbolPS

More WingBats SWM

-

Wingdings

ITC Zapf Dingbats SWA

-

ITC Zapf Dingbats

Letter Gothic SWC

Medium, Bold, Italic

Letter Gothic

Courier SWA

Medium, Bold, Italic,
Bold Italic

CourierPS

Line Printer

-

Line Printer

OCR A

-

-

OCR B

-

-

Code39

9.37 pitch, 4.68 pitch

-

EAN/UPC

Medium, Bold

-

When selecting fonts in your application software, choose the font name listed in the HP Equivalent column.

Note:
Depending on the print density, or on the quality or color of the paper, OCR A, OCR B, Code39, and EAN/UPC fonts may not be readable. Print a sample and make sure the fonts can be read before printing large quantities.


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ESC/P 2 and FX modes

Font Name

Family

Courier SWC

Medium, Bold

EPSON Prestige

-

EPSON Roman

-

EPSON Sans serif

-

Swiss 721 SWM*

Medium, Bold

Letter Gothic SWC

Medium, Bold

Dutch 801 SWM*

Medium, Bold

EPSON Script

-

OCR A

-

OCR B

-

*  Available only in ESC/P2 mode.

Note:
Depending on the print density, or on the quality or color of the paper, OCR A and OCR B fonts may not be readable. Print a sample and make sure the fonts can be read before printing large quantities.


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I239X mode

Font Name

Family

Courier SWC

Medium, Bold

EPSON Prestige

-

EPSON Gothic

-

EPSON Orator

-

EPSON Script

-

EPSON Presentor

-

EPSON Sans serif

-

OCR B

-

Note:
Depending on the print density, or on the quality or color of the paper, the OCR B font may not be readable. Print a sample and make sure the font can be read before printing large quantities.


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Printing font samples

You can print samples of the fonts available in each mode by using the control panel's Information Menu. Follow these steps to print font samples.

Make sure that paper is loaded.

Make sure the LCD panel displays Ready or Sleep, then press the Enter button two times.

Press the Down button to select the font sample for the appropriate mode.

Press the Enter button to print the selected font sample sheet.


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