Downloading Fonts to RAM or to Disk

NOTE: Type 1 fonts must be decoded before being downloaded to the printer.

Use the following codes to download fonts to disk:

%!PS-Adobe 2.0 DownloadFile
%%Title: DownloadFile
%%Creator: QMS Inc.
%%For: PSExecutive Utilities
%%BeginProcSet: DownloadFile 1.0
/bd {bind def} def
/es {exch store} bd
/ef{   %% Exist file.
  status
  {
    pop pop pop pop true
  }
  {
    false
  } ifelse
} bd
/df{          %% Download file to disk.
   /dest es
   dest ef not{
   /buf 512 string def
   /sourcef (%stdin) (r) file def
   /destf dest (w) file def
   {
      sourcef buf readstring
      { destf exch writestring }
      { dup length 0 gt
          {destf exch writestring} {pop} ifelse
         sourcef closefile
         destf closefile
         exit
         } ifelse
    } loop
  }if


}bd
%%EndProcSet:

(fonts/fontname) df

Replace fontname with the name of the font to be downloaded. Then send the font.


Use the following codes to download fonts to RAM:

%!PS-Adobe 2.0 FontToRAM
%%Title: FontToRAM
%%Creator: QMS Inc.
%%For: PSExecutive Utilities
%%BeginProcSet: FontToRAM 1.0
/df{
  (%stdin) (r) file cvx exec
} def
%%EndProcSet:

df

followed by the font.

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