Technical information

Downloading a Type 1 font to a PostScript printer usually takes from 15 to 20
seconds. When a program prints a document containing a font that is not
resident in your printer, Windows automatically downloads the font with the
document. However, after the document prints, any fonts that have been
downloaded with the document are cleared from the printer’s memory. This
means that each time you print a document that contains fonts not resident in
the printer, the fonts must be downloaded.
By contrast, when you manually download a Type 1 font with the Font
Downloader, the font remains in printer memory (RAM) until you switch off
or restart the printer or when memory limitations are exceeded. Manually
downloading frequently used fonts therefore reduces printing time because
the fonts do not have to be sent to the printer each time they are used. Keep in
mind, however, that fonts manually downloaded to RAM reduce the overall
amount of memory available for printing and so may affect the printing of
documents that do not contain the downloaded fonts.
In addition to downloading fonts, you can also use the Font Downloader
to perform various printer management tasks, such as adding a hard disk (or
other font storage device), listing and removing downloaded fonts, manually
downloading PostScript language files, clearing the printer font cache, and
resynchronizing your printer with the Windows driver.
See your network administrator for more information about performing these
tasks on your network, or choose the Help button in the Font Downloader
dialog box to see instructions for these tasks.
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