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ENWW 7 Using color and fonts 159
Using fonts
Installing fonts
If you are using a Windows operating system, use the printer driver to download TrueType
and PostScript fonts to the MFP RAM or hard disk.
If you are using Mac OS 8.6 to 9X, use the HP LaserJet Utility to download TrueType and
PostScript fonts to the MFP RAM or hard disk.
Using internal TrueType fonts
TrueType is a font-scaling technology. Hewlett-Packard Company has added 15 TrueType
fonts to the MFP to match Microsoft Windows TrueType fonts. When you use these
TrueType fonts in Windows programs, no bitmapped printer fonts are downloaded because
the TrueType fonts are already installed in the MFP. This, in turn, improves printing
performance.
See the Microsoft Windows documentation for specific instructions about using TrueType
fonts with Microsoft Windows. See “Using PostScript fonts” on page 160 for specific
instructions about using PostScript fonts.
Understanding the MFP font defaults
The default PCL font for this MFP is 12-point Courier in the PC-8 symbol set. This is the
font that the MFP uses unless you change the default font. Use one of these two methods
to change the default font:
● Select a default font in your program, and the program will request that font in place of
the MFP default font.
● Select a different default font at the MFP control panel.
Font selection priority
This is the order in which the MFP selects its fonts:
1 The MFP looks for a downloaded host-based font or “soft font” in MFP RAM.
2 The MFP checks for fonts on a DIMM, flash device, or hard disk.
3 The MFP checks for internal fonts (the standard HP LaserJet font set, including the
internal TrueType fonts).
When you select a font, the font must be available from one of the listed sources. If the font
you request is not available, the MFP selects the closest match based on individual font
characteristics.
If both a scalable font and a bitmapped font are available from the same source, you will
obtain better results by selecting the bitmapped font, rather than the scalable font.