GCC Technologies Elite XL-20/600 User Manual page 133

There are two methods for downloading fonts: automatic and manual.
Downloading fonts automatically
If a font being used is not one of the printer's resident fonts (i.e., nonresident font), it
is automatically downloaded to the printer's RAM during each print job. After
printing is complete, the font is removed from the printer's RAM. This method of
downloading fonts is useful if you are printing a variety of fonts within several print
jobs. However, if you are printing the same font repeatedly, this method is inefficient
because the font must be downloaded for every print job.
Downloading fonts manually
If you frequently use the same nonresident fonts, manually downloading them to the
printer's RAM is faster than having them download automatically each time they are
used in a document. To manually download fonts, use the LaserWriter Utility
included with the printer software. The LaserWriter Utility is located in the GCC
printer Folder that was copied onto your startup disk during the initial installation.
When a font is downloaded to the printer's RAM, it remains in RAM until the
printer is switched off. (If other users on the network have the screen font but do not
have the outline font, the outline font can still be used as long as it remains in the
printer's RAM.) Since each manually downloaded font uses some of the printer's
RAM, you are restricted in the number of fonts that can download by the amount of
RAM available in the printer (the more RAM in the printer, the more fonts you can
download). However, using a large amount of RAM to download fonts can affect the
performance of the printer when processing large or complex print jobs. If you
frequently use many nonresident fonts in your documents you may want to attach a
dedicated font storage hard drive to the printer.
To manually download fonts using the LaserWriter Utility:
1. Make sure the printer that you want to download fonts to is selected in
the Chooser.
2. Double-click the LaserWriter Utility icon.
The introduction window appears, along with a message indicating that the Laser-
Writer Utility is checking the characteristics of the printer.
3. Choose Download Fonts from the File menu.
The font downloading dialog box appears. The top section indicates the location to
which the fonts should be downloaded. The Printer radio button is selected to
download fonts to the RAM inside the GCC printer.
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