Kyocera TASKalfa3550ci, TASKalfa6550ci manual Selecting Font Settings, Font Substitution

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System fonts are the primary fonts used by the operating system. They are typically accessed through an application interface or through a common font dialog box.

Device fonts are stored either permanently or temporarily in the printing system memory.

Font Settings

The Font Settings dialog box lets you specify how TrueType fonts are sent to the printing system. The chosen method affects the speed and quality of the print job:

Download as outlines

This method is best suited for large documents or print jobs using multiple fonts and font sizes. Print speeds are faster because of the optimization features in this setting. The repetition of similar font data sent to the printing system is reduced, thereby increasing the print speed. Print speed is not increased when using Asian fonts such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, because of the large amount of font information used for these particular fonts.

Allow native download

This method improves text quality and increases print speed by converting TrueType fonts to Adobe Type 42 font format. This feature is available when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box.

Download as bitmaps

Downloading fonts as bitmaps provides more detail, however it creates large file sizes. This is best suited for print jobs with custom fonts, very small fonts (point size 1-4), or Asian fonts.

Substitute with device fonts

System fonts and device fonts are automatically matched based on typeface name. This function increases print speed and efficiency. It is useful for changing a font used throughout a large document, by replacing the old font with the desired font.

Note: GDI compatible mode does not support Substitute with device fonts.

Selecting Font Settings

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You can specify how TrueType fonts are sent to the printing system.

In Imaging > Font Settings, select one of the methods for sending TrueType fonts.

Click OK to return to the Print dialog box.

Click OK to start printing.

Font Substitution

Font substitution is the process of using one font in place of another when the intended font is not available to a printing system. Font substitution may be critical for output of documents to printing systems that are not well supported by a large font inventory.

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