I work for Loftware Inc. Loftware is a labeling software company. We have created our on version of PCL5. Is there a script or font modification we can use to be able to print Asian Characters, more specifically Simplified Chinese.
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I don't think that any of the standard LaserJet devices sold in the Western world have built-in (printer-resident) fonts which include Chinese or other Asian glyphs - but I assume that the equivalent printers sold in Asian countries probably do.
So you first need to determine the capabilities of your target device(s).
If they DO include the appropriate glyphs in certain fonts, then you should be able to select the appropriate Symbol Set (as the most significant element of a font selection sequence); you may also need to select a different "Text Parsing Method" (e.g. "Asian 1/2 byte") in order to make use of the required code-points.
If the printer(s) DON'T have the appropriate fonts built-in, then you'd have to make them available, either via a hardware solution (e.g. add-on cartridge/DIMM/SIMM/etc. as appropriate), or via a soft-font download. ... and I've no idea if there are easy to obtain fonts in either of these (hardware or software) formats.
Alternatively, you could do the rendering on the PC, and convert the "text" to raster images (I can't advise how you'd do this, mind), then send the (encapsulated) images to the printer.
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