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  Avoiding Font Substitution - Configuring Windows® XP PostScript® Printer

Configuring a PostScript Printer to Avoid Font Substitution - Windows XP

1. Start by opening your printers folder:

2. Right-click the printer you want to configure and choose "Properties" from the context menu.

3. From the "General" tab, click the "Printing Preferences" button.

4. A Layout Options dialog will open. Click the "Advanced" button.

5. In the "Graphic" section of the Advanced Options dialog there is a "TrueType Font" setting. The default setting is "Substitute with Device Font". This is the setting we want to change so the printer will use the installed TrueType fonts instead of the printer's built-in device fonts. Click the "Substitute with Device Font" hyperlinked text.

6. Clicking the "Substitute with Device Font" hyperlinked text in the Graphic section of the Advanced Options dialog will display a drop-down menu.

7. Choose "Download as Softfont" from this drop-down menu.

8. Choosing the "Download as Softfont" option will ensure that trueType fonts are sent to the printer. That's it. You're done. The printer is now configured to send TrueType fonts to the printer and bypass the printer's font substitution table.

Note: The following steps are to demonstrate how to edit the printer's font substitution table. These steps are not necessary if you have done steps 1 - 8 above, but they are shown here for instructional purposes only.

9. Click the "Device Settings" tab. Here is where you can edit the printer's font substitution table. Click the plus sign to the left of the "Font Substitution Table" section to expand it.

10. Scroll down to where you see a font that is being substituted for one of the printer's built-in device fonts. In the screen shot below, Arial is substituted with Helvetica. Click the "Helvetica" hyperlinked text to change it.

11. Clicking the "Helvetica" hyperlinked text will display a drop-down menu.

12. Choose "Don't Substitute" from the drop-down menu.

13. Setting each substituted font to "Don't Substitute" will force the printer to use the actual TrueType font instead of one of the printer's built-in device fonts. Editing the printer's font substitution table is one way to accomplish this.

 
 

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