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Article #4129Re: downloading fonts to printer?
From: Paul Verket
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:18
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:18
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In article <GUMBY.92Dec23074721@tweedledumb.cygnus.com> gumby@cygnus.com (D V Henkel-Wallace) writes: > How can I print using fonts not in my postscript printer? > > I have a QMS 810. My NeXT knows about it (it has an entry for it). > But if I try to print a document that uses a font not in the printer, > the printer uses Courier in place of the unknown font. How do I tell > the system that it needs to download certain fonts to the printer > before they can be used? In NS 2.x you need to manually download the font files using "fontloader" or Abobe's FontInstaller.app. There's a man page for fontloader and you get FontInstaller.app with adobe fonts. In NS 3.0, the fonts are downloaded automatically before your print job. Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!venice!news From: verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) Subject: Re: downloading fonts to printer? Message-ID: <1992Dec24.061856.7991@venice.sedd.trw.com> Sender: news@venice.sedd.trw.com (USENET News) Nntp-Posting-Host: slipin2.sedd.trw.com Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Carson, CA References: <GUMBY.92Dec23074721@tweedledumb.cygnus.com> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:18:56 GMT Lines: 17