Have you read the Hewlett-Packard Programmer's Guide to its
laserprinter?  I think that book is extremely useful when it comes to
understanding fonts.  OTOH, the years I have been messing with WP 5.1
have not been that helpful...   How does WP 5.1 keep track of the
fonts?  If you assign an ID to a particular font before transferring it
from the hard drive to the laserprinter (it being a softfont), how will
WP 5.1 be able to keep track of it?  The only HP Programmer's Guide
that I have is the one from the early days of the HP+ ---- back when
the printer had a much more limited series of escape sequences.
 
I've gone through some three or four HP compatible laserprinters.  My
most recent one is an HP 4P.
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