Hoody - Almost, but not quite. There are three (3) _different_ ways to print TrueType (or Adobe Type 1, etc., scalable outline) fonts on an HP compatible. Or two (2) ways, if the HP or compatible is pre-LaserJet III. The first, also slowest and most memory-hungry, as you discovered, is to print the entire page as one HUGE graphic (bitmap), rendering each and every individual character and image, then sending said bitmap to the printer. Not fast, not optimal, but, unless you're short on memory, either in the computer or the printer, guaranteed to work and look exactly the same on all printers. The second method is for the printer driver software to take the scalable outline and render all the characters as a bitmap FONT, then download that font to the printer. After doing so, it can be used just like any other font - Select it, send characters to the printer, and they print, in that font, starting wherever the 'cursor' was. Only problem with this method is that you are limited to the size at which you rendered the font, say 10 points. If you need the same typeface at another size, like 17 or 24 points, you have to render _another_ version of the font, and send IT to the printer too. As you can imagine, if you use a lot of different sizes of the same font, (or a lot of different fonts at the same size) you can very quickly fill up the printer's memory with the downloaded fonts. The third method, usable on the HP LJ-3 and later, is to convert the scalable outline font to the scalable outline font format internally supported by the printer. (The name of which completely escape me at the moment.) After downloading the font outlines to the printer, the LJ-3++ can scale the font to any size you want. In your printer driver configuration you will see three selections: ( ) Print TrueType as graphics ( ) Print TrueType as bitmap font ( ) Print TrueType as outline font (If the third option is missing, either the printer doesn't support scalable outline fonts, or the driver doesn't know that the printer can do so.) Dave To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
