I have an hp deskjet 960c printer and I need to get its font size larger, how do I do that?

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Originally Posted by chipeke

I have an hp deskjet 960c printer and I need to get its font size larger, how do I do that?

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I have a 960C and change the font size through Wordperfect, which is what I use.

The printer itself does not appear to have such a font size option - it's controlled by the software.

While most printers have resident fonts they are actually controlled by Printer Escape Sequences sent via the data-stream to the printer .

These Escape Sequences can be quite long depending on how much descriptive information you are passing to the printer. However, they have two identifiers. (1) and Escape Code: Hex "1B" as the first byte. (2) With a Capitol Letter as the Last byte (for example a letter "T" or Hex 78.

Font size is manipulated by "Point Size". As in Printer's point size. This is 1/72 of and Inch. If you want to make the font 2 inches high, the point size is set to 144/72.

The easiest method is to use an application such as Word or WordPerfect. From within the application, particularly Word, you just highlight the characters you want larger, right click on them and then select the font size you want to use.

With Word, you can change the default font size either by changing the default font size or using the tool bar and changing the font size or font typeface.

Because you are using Windows, you also have available to you Screen Fonts and True Type fonts. You are not just limited to the resident fonts on the printer.

I'm very sure that WordPerfect works in much the same way. This is because the writers of the application when designing Word or WordPerfect need only communicate with the Windows Application Space. From there Windows communicates with the Printer Drivers to determine what commands will manipulate the data on the printer.

With Ink Jet Drivers, these are considered to be smart drivers. They do all the data manipulation within the confines of the driver and then dump the raster (dot) pattern to the printer. All the printer does is print the dots where it is told to print them.