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How do I install new fonts?

 

Prerequisites: You must be logged in as Admin (when installing via the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager).

 

How do I proceed to add new fonts?

There are two different approaches for installing fonts on the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager:

Note: On the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager, you can only install Adobe® Type 1 and Type 3 fonts.

 

Installation via the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager

  • Copy the fonts files (normally one file each for the monitor display and for output on the printer for every font) to the FontImport directory (in the HP Designjet 50ps directory \UserDir on the server). This directory is created during installation and automatically released for sharing in the network.
  • In the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager, select the Fonts item under Settings and then click Upload new font (bottom left button).
  • The usual browse dialog appears. By default, this dialog lists the FontImport directory.
  • Select the fonts desired and click Open.

This will add the fonts to the list of fonts installed. During this process, the files are copied from the FontImport folder to the font directory of the HP Designjet 50ps server (\Interpreter\Exe\Fonts) and are then converted. The original files remain in the FontImport folder and may have to be deleted manually in the Explorer afterwards.

Note: You can also load fonts from a different directory, e.g. a central font folder on a different server in your network. However, this requires that this directory has been mounted as a drive on the HP Designjet 50ps; it must be connected as a network drive because the browse dialog only works locally.

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Installation via a font downloader (only from a Macintosh®)

Most fonts come with a utility for installing the fonts such as the Adobe® Fontdownloader 5.05.

Using this utility, you can directly install the fonts from the Macintosh by selecting the HP Designjet 50ps as the device (listed as <Server_name>_RipControl in the Chooser).

Normally, you will then select Disk0 as the target location for copying (matches the Fonts directory of the HP Designjet 50ps folder on the hard disk of the server).

The fonts are installed in the directory and are available the next time the fonts list is called up in the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager.

Note: When fonts are added to the system via a font downloader, this process is queued as a separate job bearing the direct status in the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager, i.e. a job of this type may block the RIP in the meantime.

 

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