Table of Contents
Advertisement
05-fonts Page 10 Thursday, April 1, 1999 11:08 AM
Setting TrueType Processing Options Using the
PostScript Printer Driver
The following settings are on the Fonts property sheet of
the NEC Silentwriter 1700 PS2 printer driver. They
allow you to specify how TrueType fonts are processed
during a print job. See Chapter 2 for instructions on
using that printer driver.
Send to Printer as Adobe Type 1
If you select this, TrueType fonts used in your document
are downloaded to the printer as outline fonts. This
provides better formatting, but may take longer to print.
Send to Printer as Bitmap Type 3
Bitmapped characters are downloaded to the printer
and processed there. This can speed printing of multiple
copies, since the printer only processes the first copy
and then reissues it. However, resolution may be
affected
Use Printer Fonts for all TrueType Fonts
Instead of downloading fonts with the print job, the
printer substitutes its closest matching ROM-resident
fonts. Fonts downloaded to RAM or the optional hard
disk drive are not used. This speeds printing, but the
document may not print out exactly as it appears on the
screen.
Use Substitution Table
The Fonts property sheet provides a substitution utility
that allows you to specify which fonts in the printer
should be substituted for the TrueType fonts in your
document. Using resident printer fonts speeds printing.
5–10
User's Guide
Select the Use Substitution Table checkbox and edit the
substitution table this way.
For each font in the System Font list on the left,
select a printer font in the Use Device Font list on
the right.
note:
Substituted printer fonts use the character
spacing of the original system font. If the character
spacing of the substituted font is very different from
that of the original, printed letters may overlap or be too
widely spaced. Be sure to pick a font that has spacing
similar to the original font.
To download a system font with a job, select it in the
System Font list and select <Download as Soft
Font> at the top of the Use Device Font list.
Click the Default Substitution button to return to
the recommended defaults when using the font
substitution table.
The Fonts Property Sheet in the PostScript Printer Drive
Advertisement
Table of Contents
