HP PCL Commands
64 HP DeskJet 600, 700, 800, 900 & HP 2000 Series PCL Developer’s Guide
10.11.7 Font Stroke Weight
Designates the thickness of the strokes that compose the characters of a font.
If the designated stroke weight is unavailable and 0 or greater, the closest thicker weight is
selected. If a thicker weight is unavailable, the closest thinner weight is selected.
If the designated stroke weight is unavailable and less than 0, the closest thinner weight is
selected. If a thinner weight is unavailable, the closest thicker weight is selected.
Many typefaces were designed for advertising, and a “medium” was used to describe the stan-
dard treatment. Later, additional treatments were designed for text use. Therefore, the type-
face treatment designation “medium” may not always take a HP PCL value of 0. This value
may be assigned to “book” or “text” instead.
TABLE 41. Font Stroke Weight (Primary) - Esc ( s # B
Font Stroke Weight (Secondary) - Esc ) s # B
#
Value
DJ600
DJ610C
DJ660C
DJ670C
DJ680C
DJ690C
DJ695C
DJ810C
DJ830C
DJ850C
DJ870C
DJ880C
DJ890C
DJ895C
DJ970C
HP2000C
EFFECT
-7
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Ultra thin
-6
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Extra thin
-5
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Thin
-4
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Extra light
-3
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Light
-2
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Demi-light
-1
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Semi-light
0
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
“Book” or “text” weight
1
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Semi-bold
2
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Demi-bold
3
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Bold
4
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Extra bold
5
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Black
6
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Extra black
7
44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
Ultra black
Default
0
Range
-7 to 7 (less than -7 maps to -7; greater than 7 maps to 7)
