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What’s a downloadable font?
A downloadable font is a TrueType or PostScript font sent to some kinds of
printers, such as most PostScript Laser printers, by your system software. The
printer then uses the font to print your document.
If a printer has sufficient memory, it can hold more than one downloaded font;
otherwise, it must request the fonts it needs as necessary. This can be a time-
consuming process.
Some printers have hard disks attached to them for holding downloaded fonts.
A printer can get the fonts from its hard disk more quickly than it can
download them from the computer’s hard disk.
Your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer cannot receive downloaded fonts. Instead,
your computer composes the entire image and then sends it to your Color
StyleWriter 6500 for printing.
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