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Q311230: PRB: Font Height Doesn’t Change with a Printer Definition Table

Article: Q311230
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): 3.0,3.0 SP1,3.0 SP2,3.0 SP3,3.0 SP4,4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3,4.0 SP4
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Last Modified: 18-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 3.0, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP3, 3.0 SP4, 4.0, 4.0 SP1, 4.0 SP2, 4.0 SP3, 4.0 SP4 
- Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Printer Control Language (PCL) codes in a Printer Definition Table
(PDT) to change font point sizes, this may have no effect on the height of
characters in the printed output of a PCL emulation printer.

CAUSE
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When you use the Primary Height control character sequence in a PDT to set the
parameters of your printed output, this procedure will work only with certain
fonts. This is because the height or point size of characters in a PCL
environment are handled in two different manners, depending upon whether the
font is a proportional font (such as Arial) or a fixed pitch font (such as
Courier). These fonts are also referred to as scalable and bitmapped,
respectively.

RESOLUTION
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You can set the height of a proportional font by using the Primary Height
control string. You can manipulate the height of a fixed pitch font by changing
the horizontal pitch: the more characters per inch, the shorter the characters.

The following is the command sequence to configure the Primary Height setting:

  1B 28 73 # 56

The # character is a hexadecimal representation of an ASCII value, meaning that
point size 12 is represented by "31 32."

The default for fixed pitch fonts is 8.5 points; the default for proportional
fonts is 12 points.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you select fonts and point sizes, be aware that fonts have a distinct set
of parameters that must be set in a sequential or hierarchical manner. A font is
described by the Symbol Set, Spacing, Height, Pitch, Style, Stroke Weight,
Typeface, and Orientation parameters. For example, if you choose a particular
font whose characteristics do not fit in the default symbol set, the default
font or another font will be used.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q311271 Font Selection in a PDT

For more information about this issue, see the Hewlett Packard PCL5 Comparison
Guide, PCL5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual.

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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbHostIntegServ2000 kbSNAServ300 kbSNAServ400 kbSNAServ300SP3 kbSNAServ300SP1 kbSNAServ400SP1 kbSNAServ400SP2 kbSNAServ400SP3 kbSNAServ400SP4 kbSNAServ300SP2 kbSNAServ300SP4
Version           : :3.0,3.0 SP1,3.0 SP2,3.0 SP3,3.0 SP4,4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3,4.0 SP4
Issue type        : kbprb

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