Macintosh Fonts: Phaser 300X

Phaser 300X

Macintosh fonts

Using Macintosh screen fonts

Note:If you already have these fonts installed on your computer, you don't need to install them again.

The Phaser 300X printer's CD-ROM, and the Printer Software for the Macintosh diskette, contain screen fonts for the printer's standard fonts.

You need to install the screen fonts on your computer if you want to see the printer's standard resident typefaces on the Macintosh screen. If you select a font the printer doesn't have, the Macintosh creates a representative font for printing.

Installing the fonts

Use either the Phaser 300X printer's CD-ROM or Printer Software for the Macintosh diskette. Select Easy Install to automatically install the printer's software, or select Phaser Screen Fonts in the Custom Install window on the printer's CD-ROM. Refer to "Installing the printer's software" for more information.
The fonts are automatically installed in the Fonts folder, inside the System Folder, on your hard disk.
Select the printer font you want to use within an application and see the same font on the screen.

Printing a font sampler from a Macintosh

You can print a sample of the printer's resident fonts by downloading the Fonts Sampler utility file to the printer.

Note:If you are using QuickDraw GX, you can print the fonts sampler from the Tektronix Phaser 300X GX printer driver; see "Downloading printer utilities" for instructions.

Use either the Phaser 300X printer's CD-ROM or Printer Software for the Macintosh diskette. Select Easy Install to automatically install the printer's software, or select Samplers in the Custom Install window on the printer's CD-ROM. Refer to "Installing the printer's software" for more information.
Select the appropriate printer in the Chooser.
Locate the LaserWriter Utility in the PhaserTools folder on your hard disk, and double-click its icon to start the application.
Choose Download PostScript File from the Utilities menu.
Select the Font Sampler file from the list, then click Open. (This file was installed in the Samplers folder inside the PhaserTools folder.)
At the prompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the default name given in the edit box or type a new name.
Click Save to send the file to the printer.
If no output is returned by the printer, the LaserWriter Utility displays a dialog box; click OK to continue.

Downloading fonts to the printer from a Macintosh

The fonts resident in your printer are stored as outlines and are always available for printing. The PostScript interpreter in the printer can also accept and store additional fonts known as downloadable fonts. If you want to print PostScript outline fonts that are not built into the printer, you can transfer or download outline fonts from your computer to the printer. Downloading fonts saves print time if you plan to print several documents or a large document using those fonts.

When you download a font, it is stored in the printer's memory. You can download as many outline fonts as the printer's memory allows.

Use either the Phaser 300X printer's CD-ROM or Printer Software for the Macintosh diskette. Select Easy Install to automatically install the printer's software, or select a driver options and Samplers in the Custom Install window on the printer's CD-ROM. Refer to "Installing the printer's software" for more information.
Select the appropriate printer in the Chooser.
Locate the LaserWriter Utility in the PhaserTools folder on your hard disk, and double-click its icon to start the application.
To send fonts to the printer, use the Download Fonts command in the File menu.
(To send PostScript files to the printer, refer to "Using the LaserWriter Utility to download files".)
Select the font then click Open. The font is sent to the printer. The font remains available until the printer is reset or turned off.

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