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Article #1147

Re: Non-NeXT Printer

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From: jypai
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 07:16
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In article <1992Nov1.052626.27814@venice.sedd.trw.com>  
verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) writes:
> In article <Bwww4s.2A3@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> dale@hecate.phy.queensu.ca (Dale  
> Swanston) writes:
> > In article <2AF06F77.23850@news.service.uci.edu> zhonglin@next1.ss.uci.edu  
> > (Zhong-Lin Lu) writes:
> > > 
> > > Could someone tell me how to print articles with a lot of fancy fonts
> > > on a Non-NeXT postscript printer without being able to load all the
> > > fonts to the printer ? The articles are prepared on a NeXT station and
> > > can be displayed on the console of that machine. But I can not print
> > > it out on a non-NeXT printer that I have access through network.
> > 
> > What was the solution to this?  I am in the same position and would like  
> > to know if there is an easier way to include non standard than using the  
> > command fontloader.
> 
> 3.0 automatically downloads fonts that the printer needs. I just printed a  
> document with Tekton to an HP IIP with a postscript cartridge and it  
invisibly  
> downloaded Tekton with the document.
> 
> Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok)
And how about those tiff icons(graphics) grab with /NextDeveloper/Demo/Grab  
and 
pasted into WriteNow document? Can u print them out?
I tried with a Apple LaserWriter II NT (which is connected to a Sun Sparc).
But I got a gray box instead of an icon.
--

Yuan
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Subject: Re: Non-NeXT Printer
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