User Manual and Operating Guide

PostScript
Guide to Using Page Description Languages 1-5
Refer to the
Adobe PostScript Language Reference Manual
for
more information, and the Adobe Type 1 Font Format document
for encoding information.
According to the
Adobe Type 1 Font Format,
a conforming Type 1
font program contains the following first line:
%! FontType1 -
SpecVersion. Font Name FontVersion
•
SpecVersion
is the version of the Adobe Type 1 Font format
to which the font program conforms.
•
FontName
is the name of the font understood by the
PostScript interpreter.
•
FontVersion
is the version number of the font program.
The first line of the Type 1 font, which is available by reading the
header of the Type 1 font program, can aid in determining
differences between fonts on PostScript devices.
Using Adobe Type 1 fonts instead of graphics
One of the factors that can negatively impact performance on
DocuPrint NPS/IPS is the use of small graphic images, logos,
and signatures embedded in PostScript masters. When these
graphic items are used on each page of a document, DocuPrint
performance can be slowed down.
The Type 1 font capabilities of DocuPrint can handle commonly
referenced, small or large graphic elements such as logos and
signatures. You can install and remove any Adobe Type 1 font
from a DocuPrint system using standard administrator
commands in the DocuPrint printer controller. Fonts used only
occasionally for a single job can be included in the PostScript
master for the jobs that require them.
Using fonts for small graphic elements has the following
advantages over using referenced content files:
• You do not need to perform the NFS setup required for
referenced content files. DocuPrint can be used in a standard
configuration.
• Visual elements stored as fonts can be easily rotated and
scaled.
• Font characters are cached so that multiple uses of a visual
element in a document are rendered quicker if the elements
are taken from a font than if they are read from
supplementary files.