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At one time, computers used bitmapped fonts only. One set of
bitmapped fonts was needed to display characters on a
terminal screen, and another set was needed for printing.
These were called
screen fonts
and
printer fonts
,
respectively.
Today, software applications use many scalable fonts because
they can be used for both screen and printer.
Screen fonts
are always stored on the host computer, not the
printer.
Printer fonts
may reside in three places:
•
Printer ROM
holds
resident
fonts, installed at the factory
on memory chips on the printer controller board. See
“Fonts Resident on the Printer” (page 4-5)
for a complete
list.
•
A
font card
inserted into the printer holds additional PCL
fonts. The 4505/4505ps and 4510/4510ps printers provide
two slots for font cards. See
Chapter 1: Introduction
(page 1-3) for font card location.
•
Software applications
contain additional fonts that may
be
downloaded
to printer memory, in some cases, for the
entire time the printer is turned on. See
“Downloading
Fonts” (page 4-13)
for more information.
Where Fonts
Reside
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