Laser Printer Applications Manual
How to download fonts
To downloadfontsfromcomputerdiskyou’llneedmomthana small64K
microcomputer.Werecommendat leasta 512Kcomputerwithacoupleof
diskdrives(a hard diskis better).
Many commercialfont-managementprograms are now on the market,
including Insight Development’sL.userControl,Blaha Software’s Hot
Lead, SoftCraft’sLuserFonts,and the PCL printerdriver in Microsoft’s
Windows.These utilityprogramshelp you downloadfonts, then let you
accessthefontsautomaticallyfromyourwordprocessororotherprograms.
Most font files on disk that you buy to downloadinto your printerhave
Escapesequencesrightin the file, whichsimplifytheprocess.Usuallyall
you haveto do is copy the file from yourcomputerinto yourprinter (in
LaserJet11modeyoumustassigna fontIDnumberfirst).If youdownload
fontswiththeMS-DOSCOPYutility,makesuretousetheCOPY/Boption.
Thatwillkeepyourcomputerfrom“interpreting”thedatayousend,which
sometimesproducesbadlyshapedcharacters.
OK,let’slookat a coupleof examples.
Downloading a font: example one
Exampleoncis fora computerrunningjust MS-DOS.
Sayyou’veboughtHewlett-Packard’sCenturySchoolbookfontsandwant
to downloadtheregular(upright),italicsandboldfacecharacters.The HP
disk Iabels for each tile are CN1OORPN.R8P,CNIOOIPN.R8Pand
CN1OOBPN.R8P.In caseyou’reinterested,that’sHP’scodefor CeNtury,
100dccipoints,Regular(orItalicor Bold),ProportioNal,Roman-8symbol
set, Portrait.
One of the disks you get also contains a batch tile named
DOWNLOAD.BAT.To load the regularuprightfont you make sure the
printeris online,thenafteryourcomputer’sA>promptyou type:
DOWNLOADCN1OORPN.R8P
WhentheprogramasksforthefontIDnumberyoukeyinanumberbetween
Oand32767.ThenwhentheprogramaskswhetheryouwantLhefontstored
permanentlyor temporarily you type either P or T (a tcmporary font
disappearsif youpress the printer’sRESET button).Finallythe program
asksif youwantto printa sampleof thefontandyoureplyY or N forycs
or no.
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