Since its introduction, it has become an industry standard. Other manufacturers who sell HP clones have copied it. Some of these clones are very good, but there are small differences in the way they print a page compared to real HP printers. PCL helped change the appearance of low-cost printer documents from poor to exceptional quality. Fonts font are characters of a specific style and size within an overall typeface design.
Printers use resident fonts and soft fonts to print documents.
Resident fonts are built into the hardware of a printer. They are also called internal fonts or built-in fonts. All printers come with one or more resident fonts. Additional fonts can be added by inserting a font cartridge into the printer or installing soft fonts to the hard drive. Resident fonts cannot be erased unlike soft fonts.