Understanding Fonts

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Bitmapped fonts are available in different type styles and point sizes as downloadable fonts.

Scalable fonts (also called outline fonts) are stored as computer programs that define the outlines of the characters in the font. Each time you print characters from a scalable font, the multifunction printer creates a bitmap of the characters at the point size you choose and saves it temporarily in print memory.

These temporary bitmapped fonts are deleted when you turn off or reset the multifunction printer. Scalable fonts provide the flexibility of printing in many different point sizes.

Your multifunction printer uses different scalable font formats for downloading fonts to the multifunction printer. PCL 5/PCL 6 uses Intellifont and TrueType scalable fonts. Adobe PostScript 3 uses Type 1 and TrueType scalable fonts. There are thousands of different scalable fonts available in these different font formats from numerous font suppliers.

If you plan to use many downloadable bitmapped or scalable fonts or if you plan to use many different sizes of scalable fonts, you may need to purchase additional memory for your multifunction printer.

Resident Fonts

Your multifunction printer is equipped with resident fonts stored permanently in print memory. Different fonts are available in PCL 5/PCL 6 and Adobe PostScript 3. Some of the most popular typefaces, like Courier and TimesNew (PCL 5/PCL 6)/Times New Roman (Adobe PostScript 3), are available for all printer languages.

The following table lists all the fonts resident in your multifunction printer. See "Printing a Font Sample List" for instructions on how to print samples of the fonts. You can select the resident fonts from your software program. You can also select the fonts from the operator panel if you are using PCL 5.

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