Downloaded fonts are sent from the print server and generally disappear after the job has finished printing.

Downloaded fonts can also be “captured”by the printer. Captured fonts automatically become new

temporary resident fonts, which improves performance on future jobs that use the same fonts. The printer

manages the captured font library, not the print server.

Font Support with PSF and Infoprint Manager: Outline, raster, SBCS and DBCS fonts are supported

by Print Services Facility and Infoprint Manager on most operating systems as download, resident, or

captured fonts. Table9 list the font technologies supported by PSF.

Table9. Font Support with PSF
Operating System Download Resident Captured
PSF for OS/390 yes yes yes
PSF/MVS yes yes yes
PSF/VSE yes yes yes
PSF/VM yes
1
yes no
PSF/400 yes yes yes
Infoprint Manager for
Windows NT and Windows
2000 yes yes no
Infoprint Manager forAIX yes yes no
1. PSF/VMdoes not download outline fonts.

Font Support with IPDS Printers: The following table summarizes the font technologies supported by

Printing System IPDS printers.

Table10. Font Technologies Supported by IPDS Printers
Printer Single-Byte Raster Single-Byte Outline Double-ByteRaster Double-Byte Outline
Network Printer 12 Downloaded Downloaded
Network Printer 17 Downloaded Downloaded
Infoprint 20 printer Downloaded Downloaded
Resident Downloaded Downloaded
Resident
1
Infoprint 21 printer Downloaded Downloaded
Resident Downloaded Downloaded
Resident
1
Infoprint 32 printer
Infoprint 40 printer Downloaded Downloaded
Resident Downloaded Downloaded
Resident
1
Infoprint 60 printer Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Infoprint 62 printer Downloaded
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Infoprint 2000–DP1
printer Downloaded
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Infoprint 3000 printers Downloaded
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
Downloaded
Resident
Capture
12 Printer Information