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Section 18: IPDS Overview AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e User’s Manual
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IPDS Fonts
This section describes how IPDS fonts are handled by the AXIS
5570e/AXIS 5670e. There are two different approaches to font
handling:
• downloading fonts from the host.
• using fonts that are already resident in the printer.
Both methods are supported by the AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e.
Host Downloaded
fonts
IPDS provides functions for downloading fonts from the host
computer. The font resolutions of 240, 300 and 600 dpi are
automatically converted by AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e to the resolution
of the attached printer.
Printer Resident Fonts
The rest of this section deals with printer resident fonts. The non-
standard PostScript fonts are resident in the AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e
(OCR-B is one example), so you do not need font cards etc. to use the
listed fonts.
In IPDS mode, printer resident fonts can be selected by the system
referring to the FGID (Font Global IDentifier) and FW (Font Width).
AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e supports a large set of resident fonts.
Note:
AS/400 downloaded fonts requires [AFP = *YES] in the AS/400 device description.
(IBM Mainframe only) For PSF systems, resident fonts need to be mapped to the
host font name and code page. In PSF/MVS, this is done using the APSRMARK
utility and in PSF/VM using the APRFTBLV (RSCS) or APRFTIDB files. For more
information, refer to the PSF/MVS and PSF/VM manuals.