Phaser® 8400 Color Printer

Fonts

This topic includes:

"Types of Fonts" on page 1-20

"Resident Printer Fonts" on page 1-20

"Viewing a List of Resident Fonts" on page 1-20

"Printing a List of Resident Fonts" on page 1-21

"Downloading Fonts" on page 1-22

Types of Fonts

Your printer uses the following types of fonts:

Resident fonts

Fonts downloaded into printer memory

Fonts downloaded with your print job from the application

Adobe Type Manager (ATM) software enables your computer to display these fonts on your computer screen as they will appear in your prints.

If you do not have ATM on your computer:

1.Install it from the Printer Installer and Utilities CD-ROM.

2.Install the printer’s screen fonts for your computer from the ATM folder.

Resident Printer Fonts

Printer-resident PostScript and PCL5c fonts are always available for printing. All printers are shipped with PostScript, resident, Roman fonts plus the Eastern European encoding for many fonts. Japanese fonts are provided for applicable countries per special licensing requirements. Screen versions are available for countries using these fonts.

Print a sample of the resident PostScript or PCL5c fonts at the front panel. See “Information Pages” in this section for information on how to print the sample.

Viewing a List of Resident Fonts

To view a list of resident PCL or PostScript fonts, use CentreWare IS:

1.Launch your web browser.

2.Enter your printer’s IP address in the browser’s Address field (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

3.Click the Properties tab.

4.Click the Web Server folder.

5.Select Font Files.

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Xerox 8400 manual Types of Fonts, Resident Printer Fonts, Viewing a List of Resident Fonts, Select Font Files

8400 specifications

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