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- Downloading Soft Fonts To A LaserJet
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- SUMMARY
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- DOWNLOAD.EXE is an IBM PC utility program that manages the
- process of downloading soft fonts to a LaserJet printer. DOWN-
- LOAD can send a font to any MS-DOS device or to a disk file. You
- have optional control over the ID number of the font, whether it
- is permanent or temporary, and whether it is a primary or second-
- ary font.
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- FONT CHARACTERISTICS
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- All soft fonts have three characteristics associated with them.
- Each font must have a unique ID number, 0 - 15. This lets you
- select a soft font through software or the front panel of the
- printer. Each font must be defined as either temporary or perman-
- ent. Temporary fonts are deleted whenever the LaserJet is reset.
- Most software that controls the LaserJet sends a reset command
- out first, thus deleting all temporary fonts. Finally, a font
- may be defined as either primary or secondary. (Note that only
- one primary and one secondary font can exist at one time.) The
- LaserJet lets you switch between primary and secondary fonts with
- simple control characters. Control-N selects the secondary font,
- while control-O selects the primary font. Embedding these char-
- acters in you text file lets you switch between fonts.
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- RUNNING DOWNLOAD
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- First, if you forget how to run DOWNLOAD, or need help, simply
- type DOWNLOAD followed by a carriage return. The program will
- print a help list for you. To run download you must at least
- specify the name of the soft font to send to your printer. You
- can optionally specify the device to send the file to, LPT1,
- LPT2, LPT3, COM1, or COM2. In addition, you can optionally con-
- trol the three font attributes specified above. To invoke DOWN-
- LOAD type:
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- download fontname [device id perm prim]
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- where the arguments between the two braces are optional and the
- arguments are as defined below:
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- fontname = the full name of the file to download
- device = optional printer port: LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, COM2,
- or a disk file name
- id = optional unique soft font ID number (0 - 15)
- perm = optional make font Permanent or Temporary (P/T)
- prim = optional make font Primary or Secondary (P/S)
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- Downloading Soft Fonts To A LaserJet
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- The DOWNLOAD program defaults to printer port LPT1, and assigns
- the soft font ID 0, and permanent - primary status. Thus:
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- download tr100rpn.usp
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- sends the Times Roman 10 point regular font, (tr100rpn.usp), to
- the LaserJet as font id 0, and makes it permanent and the primary
- font.
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- download tr100bpn.usp lpt1 1 p s
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- sends the bold faced Times Roman font to the LaserJet via LPT1
- and assigns it font id 1, permanent and secondary status.
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- This program is provided free of charge to all who are interested
- in it. It may be freely exchanged as long as no fee is charged
- for it. Please distribute this package with BOTH this documenta-
- tion file and the executable program. This program and documen-
- tation are copyright 1987 by Gary Elfring. All rights are re-
- served. Commercial use is strictly prohibited.
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- An enhanced version of this program, which lets you use wildcards
- for the font names or supply a list of fonts to download, is
- supplied free of charge with all fonts libraries I sell. Or you
- can purchase the enhanced downloader and source code (written in
- C), for a small fee separately. I offer a number of special
- downloadable fonts including computer symbols, pi characters and
- dingbats, an LCD font, a Helvetica like font, and credit cards.
- For more information on these inexpensive downloadable soft fonts
- for you LaserJet contact:
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- Gary Elfring
- P.O. Box 61
- Wasco, Illinois 60183-0061
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- 5/15/87