Imaging
User Guide 6-3
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Click Fonts to open the Font Settings dialog box. 1
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Select one of the methods for sending TrueType fonts, and then click OK to save
your selection: 2
Fonts
Option Description
Download as outlines Useful when using multiple fonts and font sizes.
For large documents. Print speeds will be faster
because of the optimization features in this setting.
The repetition of similar font data sent to the printing
system will be reduced, thereby increasing the print
speed.
Print speed will not be increased when using Asian
fonts such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean,
because of the large amount of font information
used for these particular fonts.
Allow native download Improves text quality and increases print speed by
converting TrueType fonts to Adobe Type 42 font
format. This feature is available when KPDL is
selected in the PDL Settings dialog. From the
Device Settings tab, click PDL and select KPDL.
Download as bitmaps Bitmap downloading provides more detail, however
it creates large file sizes.
Select under these circumstances:
• For print jobs with very small fonts (point size
1-4), user-defined fonts, or Asian fonts.
• For operating systems with fewer TrueType
system fonts (Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows
98 and Millennium Edition), non-TrueType fonts
can only be downloaded as bitmaps.
Substitute with device
fonts
System fonts and device fonts are automatically
matched based on typeface name. To match a
specific device font with a system font, select
Substitute with device fonts, then click Fonts to
open the Font Substitution dialog box.
Select under these circumstances:
• To increase print speed and efficiency.
• To change a font found throughout a large
document. This selection replaces the old font
with the desired font.