Ricoh InfoPrint Pro C900AFP InfoPrint Manager - Page 237
Working with fonts, Fonts for printing transformed PostScript and PDF data
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Chapter 21. Working with fonts This chapter describes the fonts required for printing different data formats. It also describes what you must do so that InfoPrint can use them. Fonts for printing transformed PostScript and PDF data The InfoPrint PostScript transform program uses Type 1 outline fonts when transforming PostScript and PDF files. InfoPrint includes the IBM Type 1 outline fonts and these fonts are installed in subdirectories of the /usr/lpp/psf/ps/fonts directory during installation. If you have other Type 1 outline fonts, you can also use them with the transform program. Note: When InfoPrint runs the PostScript transform program during job submission, it can search other directories for fonts. Font-mapping files A font-mapping file identifies the file names of the Type 1 outline fonts on the AIX system. The InfoPrint PostScript transform program requires at least one font-mapping file. InfoPrint installs the default font-mapping file, psfonts.map in the /usr/lpp/psf/ps directory during installation. If you have other Type 1 outline fonts installed on your system, you can create additional font-mapping files to define their names. PostScript font-mapping file considerations When you create your own font-mapping files, consider that: v You can create more than one font-mapping file. v At least one font-mapping file must contain the Courier font. The PostScript transform program substitutes Courier for any missing fonts. v Fonts cannot span network file systems. Creating a PostScript font-mapping file Use the InfoPrint mkfntmap command to create a font-mapping file for use with the InfoPrint PostScript transform program. You specify one or more input files containing Type 1 outline fonts and a name for the font-mapping file. For example, to use the input file FontFile and create a font-mapping file named font.map, enter: mkfntmap FontFile > font.map Using font-mapping files with the ps2afp or the pdf2afp command By default, InfoPrint uses the psfonts.map font-mapping file when you enter the ps2afp or the pdf2afp command; you do not have to specify the name of the default font-mapping file with the command. To use font-mapping files that you have created when you enter the ps2afp or the pdf2afp command, you must do one of these: v Enter the path and name of the font-mapping file as the value of the ps_font_map_files keyword in the transform daemon configuration file. For © Copyright InfoPrint Solutions Company 1998, 2010 223