The process of downloading afont you’ve designed yourself is not so
straightforward.As you can only do this, creating and downloading fonts is
described further inchapter 4.
3.4.8 Hints: Managing memory.Printingfancy stuff can be quite cumbersome for your printer. You trade
offfanciness against speed: if you opt forfewer flourishes, you give your
printer breathing room in memory. And that rewards you with faster
output.Any of the following will slow down your laser printer:
-textover 20 points,
-lotsof lines or patterns,
-graphics,
-macros,
-justified text.
.Youmay choose to add an optional RAM board to your Star LaserPrinter
4111ifyou need to download many fonts.
.Alternatively, consider either asoftware or hardware print spooler if
printingholds upyour computermore than you’d like. Aspoolerprovides
aseparate temporary memory space that holds the documents to be
printed, and isparticularly handy in amulti-user system.
●Some page makeup programs automatically download each font as
needed, then flush that font from printer memory to make room for the
next font. This approach can make good sense if you’re sharing your
printer with other people in acomputer network. It keeps the printer’s
RAM from becoming overloaded. However, the downloading time can
significantly slow down your printer’s throughput.
.Moretypically, youwill downloadafont inthe morning(perhapswith the
MS-DOSCOPY command) before youprint yourfirstdocument, andthat
fontwill thenstay inthe printer’smemory. If youuse asingledownloaded
font(or macro) throughout the day, you will find it mostefficient to keep
itin thelaser printer’smemory. Youdefinitely should downloadfonts this
wayif you useaprint spooler. Ifyou’re in anetwork, however, make sure
you don’t download duplicate fonts.
.Howmany downloadable fontscan you havein onedocument?That’s not
soeasy to answer. Most ofyour laserprinter’s memoryis notavailablefor
storingfonts, because it has to store each page before printing it, as well
as any macros or overlays you are using.
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