In article <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >We are looking for a way to load soft fonts from Mpe/iX 5.0 to a network >laser printer. >Presently we download the soft font from a pc. However if the font is lost >due to a power off or other error the printing goes on until the loss is >noticed. >This problem has become more apparent due to an increased use of newer lasers >that don't have flash simms or hard discs for loading soft fonts. >We would like to send the soft fonts before each file that will need them. HP >Response Center was contacted with the question "How to load soft fonts from >Mpe/iX to a network laser?" and their response is -they don't have a way to >do it. We wrote a small SPL program which read the soft font file and wrote it to a spoolfile with carriage control %320 (no spacing). There may be other, simpler ways to go it. If you want the short program, I'll e-mail it to you. It compiles both with SPL and with Splash!. It has hard-coded names for the font file and for the printer device class, however, a file equation will override it nicely. It also takes a parm which delays the requested number of seconds before creating the spoolfile, allowing time for the printer to warm-up and go on-line if you have it load it once in the morning. I can also e-mail you an attachment with the executable, however, you will have to use file equations, instead of modifying the code and re-compiling it. -- Rick Gilligan Senior Software Specialist Computer And Software Enterprises, Inc. E-mail: [log in to unmask]