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DEC's ScriptPrinter s/w and TRN$ANSI_FONT_n fonts

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From: Bob Tinkelman
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1989 21:27
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I've noticed some ``strange fonts'' appearing in our Digital LN03R
(ScriptPrinter).  We are using it on a VAX under VMS V5.2 and the VAX
ScriptPrinter Software, V2.1.  The strange fonts have names like
TRN$ANSI_FONT_0, TRN$ANSI_FONT_1, etc.  These fonts aren't in the printer
when it's first turned on.  If the first job is a PostScript program
to print all know fonts, they don't show up.  However, after a normal
mix of other jobs (most of which have been translated from ANSI by
DEC's ScriptPrinter software), these new fonts are there.  

So it appears that DEC is downloading them outside the server loop.
Does anyone know if this is true?  Does anyone know what else DEC does
outside the server loop?  [I guess I'm assuming that they send the LN03R
and end-of-job at the end of each ``VMS print queue job''.]  

Does anyone even know exactly what these TRN$ANSI_FONT_n fonts are?  

If you reply by mail to me, I'll summarize to the net.

BTW, I've searched SYS$LIBRARY:CPS$DEVCTL.TLB and found no sign of these
fonts.  Does this mean that they're buried in the code?  Or is there some
other source of interesting PostScript code?
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From: TINKELMAN@ccavax.camb.com (Bob Tinkelman)
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Subject: DEC's ScriptPrinter s/w and TRN$ANSI_FONT_n fonts
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Date: 26 Oct 89 21:27:52 GMT
Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.
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