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In article <2AEF3381.12719@news.service.uci.edu> zhonglin@next1.ss.uci.edu (Zhong-Lin Lu) writes:
>What I don't understand is that, principly, the postscript files can be
>independent of any font file once it has been created in one place, so
>is there anyway that I can print those fancy fonts out on a non-NeXT  
>postscript printer without bothering with loading all these fonts into
>my printer.
>

While PostScript files are printer independent, they do depend on fonts
being loaded onto the printer (either separately or bundled in with
the PostScript file). Is there any way to print a file without downloading
the files? The simple answer is: NO.

The best thing might be to connect the Apple LaserWriter to the NeXT and
let the Suns network onto it. That way, the NeXT will automagically
download the fonts you use onto it (while the Suns don't have that
feature).

The complex answer to the above question is: YES, you could create outline
descriptions of your entire page's fonts and execute the PS output as
being one giant picture, but this would make the entire page explosively
large, larger than downloading the fonts + page description.


 - Jiro Nakamura
   Tech Editor / NeXTwatch



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