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S N - 13 Apr 2008 20:47 GMT

how does the number of typefaces present in a printer affect the quality of
printing. does the absence of a typeface in a laser printer or inkjet
printer mean that i will not be able to print fonts other than those present
in the printer.

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Tom Ferguson - 13 Apr 2008 21:05 GMT

The presence or absence of printer-resident fonts is no reflection of the
quality of printing possible. For example, most ink-jet printers do not have
any printer-resident fonts. Each page is sent to the printer as graphics by
the printing system of the operating system. If the printer does have
resident fonts (E.g. PostScript and PCL laser-jet printers), and if the
printer driver is set to use these fonts when possible, printing is usually
faster. It is not necessarily of higher quality.

I hope this is the information you want.

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

> how does the number of typefaces present in a printer affect the quality
> of
> printing. does the absence of a typeface in a laser printer or inkjet
> printer mean that i will not be able to print fonts other than those
> present
> in the printer.

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S N - 13 Apr 2008 21:14 GMT

Does it mean that the following specifications (of officejet pro 7580 from
hp) have no limitation on the capability of the printer towards printing any
type of document
Typefaces
2 built-in: Courier, Letter Gothic; no scalable fonts

> The presence or absence of printer-resident fonts is no reflection of the
> quality of printing possible. For example, most ink-jet printers do not
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>> present
>> in the printer.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 13 Apr 2008 22:07 GMT

If the printer is capable of printing graphics, then it is capable of
printing TrueType fonts, which most applications will download to a printer
as soft fonts (bitmaps). If this is the printer shown at
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/html/interactive/l7580/model.html?jumpid=in_r2910_3d/P
DI/l7580%7Cshowcase%7Cflash,
it will definitely print graphics and can print any TrueType font you throw
at it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

> Does it mean that the following specifications (of officejet pro 7580 from
> hp) have no limitation on the capability of the printer towards printing
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>>> present
>>> in the printer.

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Tom Ferguson - 13 Apr 2008 22:14 GMT

I scanned through the printer's specs. I don't see anything that would
prevent it from producing excellent print quality. It is capable of using
all the Open Type, TrueType, and Postscript Type 1 fonts you might have
installed on your computer. In addition, it can use its printer-resident
Courier and Line Printer. The fact that is has no scalable fonts in the
printer's memory is typical of inkjet printers and in no way diminishes its
capacity to produce quality output. In fact, most inkjet printers have no
printer-resident fonts of any kind.

Just be sure it will handle the paper sizes and weights you want to use.

If you want more printer-resident fonts because you want to print large
numbers of colour pages economically and fast, consider a colour LaserJet
model.

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Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

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