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Printing: Beyond the Basics
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User Manual 5-13
Downloading fonts
The fonts resident in the printer are stored in the printer and are always
available for printing. The PostScript interpreter in the printer can also
accept and store additional fonts known as downloadable fonts. If you want
to print PostScript outline fonts that are not built into the printer, you can
transfer or download them from your computer to the printer.
Downloading fonts saves print time if you plan to print several documents
or a large document using those fonts.
When you download a font, it is stored in the printerÕs memory or on a SCSI
hard disk attached to the printer. Refer to the printerÕs CD-ROM for more
information on using an external SCSI disk for font storage. You can
download as many outline fonts as the printerÕs memory or hard disk allow.
Adding more printer memory expands the number of fonts that can be
downloaded to the printer.
The printer accepts Type 1 and Type 3 downloadable fonts including those
from Adobe, Agfa, Bitstream, Microsoft, and Apple; PCL5 fonts; and a
variety of user-deÞned fonts. The printer also accepts TrueType
downloadable fonts, which can be scaled to any point size. TrueType fonts
look the same on the screen as they do when printed.
You download a font from a PC or Macintosh the same way you download
fonts to any PostScript printer. Follow the documentation that was shipped
with your fonts.