ATM and PostScript Printers: Questions and Answers (83078)

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Question:

What is the purpose of the ATM=placeholder line in the WIN.INI file? Can it be removed?

Answer:

The ATM=placeholder line tells ATM that there is a PostScript printer installed, in case ATM is installed in the future. It also lets the PostScript driver know that Windows 3.0 has been upgraded to Windows 3.1, so it will not execute its upgrade code. For these reasons, this line should NOT be removed from the WIN.INI file; even if ATM is never installed.

Question:

After installing ATM, the new soft fonts are listed by the application and appear on screen, but they all print in Courier. Why?

Answer:

By default, the ATM Setup program has manual downloading installation. The WIN.INI file's soft font lines need to be modified to enable automatic downloading. Contact Adobe for assistance.

Question:

I am getting the message, "ADOBE Type Manager ATM fonts and PostScript printer fonts don't match on TIMES." Why?

Answer:

This is a harmless ATM message. To stop the error message, contact Adobe.

Question:

I have many soft fonts installed and my WIN.INI file is very large. what should I do to avoid the 64K limit?

Answer:

The WIN.INI file must be smaller than 64K. Look for sections beginning with [PostScript,PortName] if there are soft font entries under multiple ports, delete the sections referring to ports that are no longer used. If you routinely print to multiple ports, the printers should be configured to print to FILE:, and you should transfer the soft font information to the section [PostScript,FILE:] and delete all other occurrences of soft font information. To use soft fonts, print to FILE:, then copy the file to the printer. Documents not requiring any of the soft fonts may be printed directly to the port to which the printer is attached.

Question:

I changed my printer port and now my printer no longer recognizes the ATM fonts. Why?

Answer:

When ATM fonts are installed, they are installed only on the ports that are occupied by PostScript printers at that time. To correct this problem, copy the lines in WIN.INI starting with "softfont" from the section [Postscript,OldPort] to the section [Postscript,NewPort]. To save space in the WIN.INI file, delete the old section if the old port is no longer used.

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