Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Options for downloading fonts to a printer
Printer-residentfonts
—These fonts are stored in a printer's memory or on a hard
driveconnectedtotheprinter.Type1,TrueType,andOpenTypefontscanbestored
either on the printer or on your computer; bitmap fonts are stored only on your
computer.InDesigndownloadsfontsasneeded,providedtheyareinstalledonyour
computer's hard drive.
Choose from the following options in the Graphics area of the Print dialog box to
control how fonts are downloaded to the printer.
None
—Includes a reference to the font in the PostScript file, which tells the
RIP or a post-processor where the font should be included. This option is appro-
priate if the fonts reside in the printer. TrueType fonts are named according to
the PostScript name in the font; however, not all applications can interpret these
names. To ensure that TrueType fonts are interpreted correctly, use one of the other
font downloading options, such as Subset or Download PPD Fonts.
Complete
—Downloads all fonts required for the document at the beginning of the
print job. All glyphs and characters in the font are included even if they're not used
in the document. InDesign automatically subsets fonts that contain more than the
maximum number of glyphs (characters) specified in the Preferences dialog box.
Subset
—Downloads only the characters (glyphs) used in the document. Glyphs
are downloaded once per page. This option typically results in faster and smaller
PostScriptfileswhenusedwithsingle-pagedocumentsorshortdocumentswithout
much text.
Download PPD Fonts
—Downloads all fonts used in the document, even if those
fonts reside in the printer. Use this option to ensure that InDesign uses the font out-
lines on your computer for printing common fonts, such as Helvetica and Times.
Using this option can resolve problems with font versions, such as mismatched
character sets between your computer and printer or outline variances in trapping.
Unless you commonly use extended character sets, you don't need to use this op-
tion for desktop draft printing.
—From InDesign Help
Using the Ink Manager
The Ink Manager provides control over inks at output time. Changes you make using the
Ink Manager affect the output, not how the colors are defined in the document.
