PostScript Soft Fonts Download on Each Page of Document

• Microsoft Windows versions 2.x, 3.0, 3.0a

SUMMARY

By design, the Microsoft Windows PostScript printer driver downloads soft fonts once for each page of the document. To speed printing, soft font developers, such as Adobe and Bitstream, provide utilities that download soft fonts prior to printing (that is, in the AUTOEXEC.BAT).

MORE INFORMATION

Soft fonts are downloaded on a per page basis, mainly because the PostScript language does not allow memory to be reclaimed once it has been used. There are PostScript commands to "save" and "restore" the state of the printer (the memory that has been allocated). It is necessary to issue a save/restore pair around every page so that the printer does not run out of memory (due to the regular process of printing, or to downloading soft fonts).

The result is that the fonts have to be downloaded on a per page basis because fonts that are downloaded inside a save/restore pair are lost.

Download the fonts before the print job and treat them as if they are permanently installed.

Additional query words: 3.0 3.0a 3.00 3.00a WIN286 WIN386

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Version : WINDOWS:2.x,3.0,3.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
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