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Mark Fonts With Asterisk, Plus, Or Both |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Solutions: Fonts Marked With Asterisk (*) Only Any font or group which is marked with an asterisk is assumed to be initially present. In other words, WordPerfect expects the fonts to be in the printer memory when the print job is sent. The only time WordPerfect will send the font or group load strings for these fonts is when the Initialize Printer option is chosen, (Shift-F7, 7). These fonts are then loaded into the printer memory, so they do not need to be loaded during a regular print job. This saves printing time. Note: When the printer has been initialized, the fonts are available for use. If the printer is turned off or reset, the soft fonts are erased from memory and need to be downloaded (initialized) again. When a font is marked with an asterisk but has not be downloaded to the printer, WordPerfect has no way of knowing that it is not really available. WordPerfect only knows that the user told it that the font is already in the printer. It will assume that the fonts are there and send the appropriate font selection strings and space accordingly, but end up printing the wrong font. Plus (+) Only WordPerfect assumes that fonts and groups marked with a plus need to be loaded during a print job, and will send the appropriate load strings during each print job. While this is usually much slower than using fonts already in the printer, it has several advantages. Marking fonts with a plus allows network users to use their own custom list of fonts. They do not need to limit the fonts they wish to use to those that everyone else uses. Each user can freely choose any font available to them for downloading because WordPerfect will load them during the print job when the codes request them. Also, you don't need to worry about whether or not the printer has been initialized. Mixing Asterisk (*) or Plus (+) Marking some fonts with an asterisk and some with a plus has some additional advantages. Commonly used fonts (those marked with an asterisk) will be loaded into the printer when the Initialize Printer option is selected and will reside in the printer until it is turned off. The fonts which are used less frequently (fonts marked with plus) will be downloaded only as needed. Another advantage is that fonts marked with an asterisk can be in one directory, while fonts marked with a plus can be in another. The Download Path under the Printer Edit screen will need to be changed after the printer has been initialized and before a print job is sent that needs the fonts marked with a plus (+). Both Asterisk (*) and Plus (+) Fonts which are marked with both an asterisk and a plus will only be downloaded when the Initialize Printer option is selected, not during the print job. Fonts can be unloaded during a print job to make room for fonts marked only with a plus. Any asterisk and plus font which WordPerfect unloads during a print job will be reloaded at the end of the print job. |
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