HP Web Jetadmin - Storage Features

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Before fonts and macros can be installed on devices, they must be imported into the storage
repository (see Figure 8). Upon import, the files are converted into fonts or macros that the printer will
understand and accept. This step calls into the FontConversion.dll and ImageMagick.dll files that
were inherited from Web Jetadmin 8.1. They can ensure that page commands are stripped out and
macro definition files are added. A pclResourceFile for each font/macro is also generated that acts
as an index to inform the printer of which fonts and macros exist on the disk. The output from the .dll
files is stored in a temp folder on the client.
Fonts must be recognized as well known font types or they will fail to be imported into the repository.
File extensions are irrelevant. The header of the font file is parsed for valid font definitions. The
examples below are known file types that can be imported but the extensions are not restricted to
these:
Fonts:
PostScript Type 1 - *.sfp
Binary - *.pfb
Open Type Font - *.otf
TrueType Font - *.ttf
PCL Font - *.anp
Figure 7 – Fonts and Macros
Figure 8 – Storage Repository