Laser Printer User Manual

3.2.3 Cartridgeand downloadedfonts

YourStarLaserPrinter4 canusetwootherkindsof fonts,alongwiththose

builtintothe printer.

Curtridgefonts,like the internalones, are permanentlystored on ROM

chips.ThedifferenceisthatthoseROMsarein removablecartridges.Your

StarLaserPrinter4 has a slotfor one fontcartridge.

A cartridgemay hold anywherefromhalf a dozento two dozenfonts,all

differingfmm theinternalfontsin size,style,strokeweightor symbolset.

You’llfindthatcartridgefontsopenup awiderrangeoftypefacestoo,such

as TmsRomn,PrestigeElite,HelvetandLetterGothic.Generally,cartridge

andinternalfonttypefacesm suitablefor bothtext andheadlines.

The third kind of font is neitherbuilt into your Star LaserPrinter4 nor

availablejust by slippingin a cartridge.You dowrdoudthis kind of font,

which means you use a computerprogram to send charactemfrom a

computerdiskto yourprinter’smemory.Anydownloadedfont(sometimes

called a “soft” or “installed”font) that you put into the printer’sRAM

disappearswhenyouturnoff theprinter,so youhaveto downloadthatfont

againnexttime youwantit.

Downloadablefontsrun the gamut from Egyptianhieroglyphicsto those

eye-catchingdecorativefontsknownasdispkzyfonts.Theyalsoincludethe

more exoticforeign-languagecharacters,such as Arabicor Cynllic,and

symbolandmathematicalfonts(sometimeswithfractions).

Howcan you comparecartridgeand downloadablefonts?Whenyou use

cartridgefontsyoudon’thaveto taketimeto downloadthem.They don’t

takeanyof yourStarLaserPrinter4’sRAMmemoryeither.Butdownload-

ablefontsoffermanymorechoices.Downloadablefontsusuallycostless

too.

Theprinteralwaysknowswhereits internalfontsare.For eachemulation

program,it alsokeepstrackof cartridgeanddownloadedfontsin a partof

its memorycalledthefont tuble.

SowiththeStarLaserPrinter4youcanhavemanyfontsavailableatanyone

time—theinternalfonts,thefontson anycassettesyou’vepluggedin, and

any fonts you have downloaded.You can change fonts in mid-line to

emphasizea word or two wheneveryou want. You can mix internal,

cartridgeanddownloadedfontsin the samedocument.