The original problem reported by Paul stems from the Windows "phantom phont phenomena!" Windows font enumeration, used by standard Windows applications (such as FrameMaker), allows printer drivers to insert font information to be passed back to the application even if such fonts are not actually installed on the system. PostScript printer drivers (and specifically, the standard PSCRIPT5 driver of Windows 2000, XP, and Vista) enumerates all fonts found in the PPD file - for Adobe PostScript 3 devices, this could be up to 136 fonts! PCL drivers often enumerate fonts built into the printer.
If you actually try to use a phantom phont in your document and the font is indeed printer-resident for the printer you have set as the current print device, Windows will substitute something on the screen and your output will use the printer version of that font. The workaround that I have advocated for over seven years (first documented as part of a workaround for the infamous Zapf Dingbats problem - see <http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.ef4dc7a>) is to edit all PostScript printer PPD files, either prior to doing a PostScript printer driver instance installation or afterwards (both are tricky) to eliminate ALL font references except one - you must keep the line that defines Courier. Once such an edit is made, the driver no longer enumerates printer-resident, i.e., phantom, fonts to application programs. Note that applications that bypass the OS font enumeration (such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat) aren't phooled by the phantom phont phenomena! Per Art's response, no, moving to the Adobe Acrobat (Adobe PDF) printer default won't solve the problem since Times is not a native font of the Distiller. If you really want/need Times, you have the following options: (1) Change all occurrences of "Times" in your documents and templates to "Times New Roman" remembering that "Times New Roman" is in fact a different font than "Times" although Microsoft (via Monotype) endeavored to keep the "set widths" of the characters in Times New Roman the same as those of Times to minimize the chance of line ending differences. (2) If you have a Xerox printer that uses Adobe PostScript, it came with a CD or DVD with host-based versions of the printer resident fonts. You can install the fonts you need from that CD onto your computer. (3) You can license either the Type 1 version of Times from Adobe or with changes to your document for the font name, the OpenType version, Times LT Std and install that font on your system. - Dov > -----Original Message----- > From: Art Campbell > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:11 AM > > The Xerox drive is probably PostScript compliant, the H-P, from your > description, is probably not. So far as I know. PS is still and extra > item on most H-P systems, which means that they use HPGL as the > default page description language. > > Depending on your final output, many shops and users find that the > best setup is to standardize on the Adobe Acrobat PDF logical printer > as the system (of Frame -- there's a plug in that lets it be set to > default only within FM) default printer. Moving to the Adobe Acrobat > default is likely to solve your font problem too, because it is likely > to use the same fonts as the Xeros does. > > Art > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Inbar, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Let me apologize for asking another font question. I have been looking > > at previous posts and articles on the web, but am still not sure I > > understand the issues and consequences. > > > > Basically, our frame templates use a font called Times for our regular > > Body paragraph tag. > > > > On our Xerox network printers, everything seems to be fine. However, > > they are going to be taken offline in a few weeks. > > > > Recently, a new HP network printer was installed. When I made the HP > > printer the default printer and opened up one of our documents, I got > > the "Document named aaa.fm uses unavailable fonts. To reformat using > > available fonts, click OK" message. I opened the doc. Times appeared > > checked but greyed out in the right-click context menu. I printed on the > > HP. The printout looks identical, as far as I can tell, to the same doc > > printed on the xerox. I saved and closed, when I opened again, I got the > > same unavailable fonts message. When I make the Xerox printer the > > default once again, and open the document, I don't get the unavailable > > fonts message, and Times is once again black in the right-click font > > context menu. > > > > I looked around my system, in all the folders I saw mentioned in various > > sites, but didn't find Times anywhere. In the PDD file for the Xerox > > printer there is a line that has Times on it. The printer support people > > printed out the list of fonts on the HP. It doesn't appear to have > > Times. > > > > Now, I have several questions. I realize that it may not be possible to > > know exactly from this description what is going on, but I welcome > > guesses. > > > > Does it sound like I don't really have Times on my system, but > > Framemaker acts like Times is there when the Xerox is the selected > > printer because the Xerox has it? > > > > If the HP doesn't have it, what are the consequences of that? Which font > > did it use? Does it decide itself what is most compatible? It doesn't > > seem to have changed anything in my document. When I go back to the > > Xerox, Times seems ok again. Will the unavailable fonts message > > interfere with smooth updating of the book? > > > > What is the best course of action to take: > > > > Try to buy Times somewhere? (Or rather, try to convince my organization > > to buy Times somewhere) > > Change my templates to use Times New Roman? > > Just live with the unavailable fonts message? > > > > It once seemed to me that Times New Roman was a bit more crowded than > > Times. That's why I always resisted Times New Roman. Is the difference > > just a figment of my imagination? Also, is there a difference in > > appearance between Times Roman and Times New Roman? > > > > In short, any information would be appreciated, and will help me to > > communicate to the printer support people in my organization what the > > issues are. Right now they just regard me as the troublemaker who uses > > Framemaker... > > > > Thanks, > > Paul > > -- > Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
