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Using the Font Installer in the PCL Printer Driver
You use the Font Installer of the NEC Silentwriter 1700
PCL printer driver to install and download soft fonts to
your Silentwriter 1700 Series printer. Soft fonts are
bitmapped fonts or scalable fonts that you download to
your printer random access memory (RAM).
Downloading fonts to the RAM allows faster printing or
printing with fonts that are not resident in the printer's
read only memory (ROM). You can download
compatible fonts from a floppy disk or computer drive.
Fonts you use with the Font Installer must be in one of
the following formats
•
Bitmapped fonts in PCL format.
•
Scalable font products in Agfa Compugraphic's
FAIS format.
The Font Installer in the PCL Printer Driver
Accessing the Font Installer
In Windows 3.1x, the Font Installer is located on the
Fonts property sheet of the printer driver. In Windows
95, display the Font Installer by pressing the Font
Installer button on the Fonts property sheet of the
printer driver.
Installing Fonts
Before you install soft fonts using the Font Installer, be
sure to set the Silentwriter printer port using the
Windows Print Manager or Control Panel.
Bitmapped fonts can be installed from a floppy disk or
from any computer drive. For scalable fonts, first install
the AutoFont Support files to your computer hard drive
and make scalable printer fonts according to the
instructions that are provided by your font vendor.
Then follow these steps:
1. In the Font Installer, click the Add Fonts button.
2. In the Add Fonts dialog box, type the drive and
directory where your fonts are located and click
OK. The printer driver reads the directory and
displays available fonts in the list on the right.
3. In the list on the right, select the font(s) you want to
install and then click the Add button between the
two lists.
4. In the Copy Fonts to Directory dialog box, type the
destination drive and directory where you want to
place your printer fonts (the default is
C:\PCLFONTS) and then click OK. Once installed,
the selected font(s) appear in the list on the left.
note:
If the Font Name is not recognized by the
printer driver, the Edit dialog box appears. Enter a
name in the Name text entry field and click OK.
Managing Fonts on Your Computer and Printer
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