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Managing Fonts on Your Computer
and Printer
Managing fonts covers a variety of tasks, including
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Installing fonts on your computer or printer
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Specifying how fonts are processed during printing
•
Using software to download fonts from one location
to another.
Font Locations
Fonts can be stored and used in the following locations
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Resident in your printer
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On your computer system
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As permanent or temporary soft fonts in your
printer RAM
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In your optional printer hard disk drive (PostScript
only)
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On diskette or CD
These locations are described below. The next sections
describe how to work with these options to optimize
speed and quality when working with fonts.
Printer Resident Fonts
These are fonts that are permanently stored in printer
read-only memory (ROM). The advantage of using
resident fonts to print out a document is that they are
processed more quickly and reliably. Your Silentwriter
1760/65 has the following resident fonts
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35 Intellifont outline fonts for PCL
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35 Type 1 outline fonts for PostScript
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10 TrueType typefaces for PCL and PostScript
System Fonts
These are fonts located on your computer system that
you use to format your document. They can be
bitmapped, outline, or TrueType fonts. How they are
processed by the computer and printer depends on the
type of font and options you select in your printer
driver.
Soft Fonts in Printer RAM
These are fonts that your computer system downloads
to your printer's random-access memory (RAM) for use
in a document. Using soft fonts allows you to print with
a wide variety of fonts that are not resident on your
printer. The disadvantage is that it may take longer to
process the print job.
Some soft fonts are "temporary," i.e., they do not remain
in the printer RAM after the document is printed. Some
soft fonts, however, may remain "permanently" in the
printer RAM for repeated use until you turn off your
printer. This enables faster processing of subsequent
jobs that use those fonts.
Hard Disk Drive Fonts
If you purchased an optional hard disk drive, you can
download and store PostScript fonts to that location and
use them just like resident fonts.
Fonts on Diskette
Fonts are often distributed on diskette or CD. The
Silentwriter comes with two different sources of fonts
on diskette.
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TrueType screen fonts that match the printer's
resident typefaces for WYSIWYG formatting in
Windows. You install these using the Silentwriter
Installer.
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96 downloadable fonts on diskette with the NEC
Font Manager
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