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Downloading Files and Fonts
Printer fonts and Mac OS screen fonts
Like all PostScript fonts, the fonts included with the Fiery ZX come in two forms:
printer fonts and screen fonts. The printer fonts are installed permanently on the
Fiery ZX hard disk. The screen fonts, which are included with the Fiery ZX user
software, should be installed on your Mac OS computer. If you are using thee fonts in
documents you print on another printer, they are probably already installed. If not,
you will need to install them yourself. For instructions, see Getting Started.
Occasionally, you may want to use Adobe Type 1 (Windows) or PostScript (Mac OS)
fonts that are not included with the Fiery ZX. If so, you will need to install both the
screen fonts and the printer fonts on your computer. To do this, follow the instructions
from the font manufacturer.
Downloading printer fonts to the Fiery ZX
In general, each time you print from within a Mac OS application, the application
automatically downloads any fonts used in your document that are not already
installed on the Fiery ZX, as long as the printer fonts are installed in your System
Folder. These fonts remain in the Fiery ZX only until your document has printed. If
you print the same document again, your application must download the fonts again.
If you regularly use one or more fonts from Windows or Mac OS applications that are
not already installed in the Fiery ZX, you can save time by downloading them to the
Fiery ZX hard disk with the Fiery Downloader. Fonts you download to the Fiery ZX
hard disk remain installed until they are removed no matter how many times the
Fiery ZX is turned off and on. You’ll probably want to download fonts you use on a
regular basis to the Fiery ZX hard disk.
Before you download PostScript or EPS files with the Fiery Downloader, make sure
that all fonts included in your file are installed in the Fiery ZX or embedded in your
file; otherwise the text in these fonts will not print correctly and may not print at all.
For PDF files, font substitution occurs automatically for fonts not installed on the
Fiery ZX. Two multiple master fonts (a serif font and a sans serif font) stored on the
Fiery ZX are used exclusively for substitution with PDF files.