7Using Fonts

Downloading fonts to the printer from a Macintosh

The fonts resident in your printer are stored as outlines and are always available for printing. The PostScript interpreter in the printer can also accept and store additional fonts known as downloadable fonts. If you want to print PostScript outline fonts that are not built into the printer, you can transfer or download outline fonts from your computer to the printer. Downloading fonts saves print time if you plan to print several documents or a large document using those fonts.

When you download a font, it is stored in the printer’s memory. You can download as many outline fonts as the printer’s memory allows.

1.Follow the instructions on page 2-13 to decompress the Phaser 240 Utilities.sea archive file on the Macintosh Driver and Printer Utilities diskette to your computer’s hard disk.

2.Select the appropriate printer in the Chooser.

3.Locate the LaserWriter Utility file in the folder on your hard disk containing decompressed utility files.

4.Double-click on the LaserWriter Utility icon to start the application.

5.To send fonts to the printer, use the Download Fonts command in the File menu.

(For instructions on sending PostScript files to the printer, refer to “Using the LaserWriter Utility to download files to the printer” on page 2-14.)

6.Select the font then click Open. The font is sent to the printer. The font remains available until the printer is reset or switched off.

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Tektronix 240 user manual Downloading fonts to the printer from a Macintosh