PostScript Soft Fonts Download on Each Page of Document (64472)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2.03
- Microsoft Windows 2.1
- Microsoft Windows 2.11
- Microsoft Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Windows 3.0a
This article was previously published under Q64472 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).
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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.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/7/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB64472 |
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