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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	Bold, Medium	-

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 Standby, then press the Enter button.

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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