Star Micronics 8 Series manual How to download fonts, Downloading a font example one

How to download fonts

To downloadfonts fromcomputerdisk you’llneed momthan a small64K microcomputer.We recommendat leasta 512Kcomputerwith a coupleof disk drives(a hard disk is better).

Many commercial font-managementprograms are now on the market, including Insight Development’sL.userControl,Blaha Software’s Hot Lead, SoftCraft’sLuserFonts,and the PCL printer driver in Microsoft’s Windows.These utility programshelp you downloadfonts, then let you accessthe fontsautomaticallyfromyourwordprocessoror otherprograms.

Most font files on disk that you buy to downloadinto your printer have Escapesequencesrightin the file, whichsimplifythe process.Usuallyall you have to do is copy the file from your computerinto your printer (in LaserJet11modeyou mustassigna fontID numberfirst). If you download fontswiththeMS-DOSCOPYutility,makesureto usetheCOPY/Boption. That willkeepyourcomputerfrom“interpreting”thedatayou send,which sometimesproducesbadlyshapedcharacters.

OK, let’s look at a coupleof examples.

Downloading a font: example one

Exampleonc is for a computerrunningjust MS-DOS.

Say you’veboughtHewlett-Packard’sCenturySchoolbookfontsandwant to downloadthe regular(upright),italicsand boldfacecharacters.The HP disk Iabels for each tile are CN1OORPN.R8P,CNIOOIPN.R8Pand CN1OOBPN.R8PIn. case you’reinterested,that’sHP’s code for CeNtury, 100dccipoints,Regular(or Italicor Bold),ProportioNal,Roman-8symbol set, Portrait.

One of the disks you get also contains a batch tile named DOWNLOAD.BAT.To load the regularupright font you make sure the printeris online,then after yourcomputer’sA> promptyou type:

DOWNLOADCN1OORPN.R8P

Whentheprogramasksforthe fontIDnumberyoukeyin a numberbetween Oand32767.ThenwhentheprogramaskswhetheryouwantLhefontstored permanently or temporarily you type either P or T (a tcmporary font disappearsif you press the printer’sRESET button).Finallythe program asks if you wantto print a sampleof the font and you reply Y or N for ycs or no.

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