Permanent PostScript fonts on HP 8150DN

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myomancer

Hello.

I have an HP 8150DN and I want to download a couple of PostScript
fonts to it and make them permanent. I've not managed to work out how
do do this, despite reading both the manual and a tech-ref. I would be
grateful if somebody could point me at an Idiot Guide.

If it's any use (and I genuinely don't know if it is or isn't), my
File Directory looks like this:

Device Type: FLASH
Device Location: DIMM slot 3
Device Capacity: 3555 KB
Free Space: 3507 KB
Write Protect: DISABLED

Thanks
Peter Green
 
I have an HP 8150DN and I want to download a couple of PostScript
fonts to it and make them permanent. I've not managed to work out how
do do this, despite reading both the manual and a tech-ref. I would be
grateful if somebody could point me at an Idiot Guide.
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What controls fonts is (in modern Windows installations) software,
not hardware: so we presume you need to instal these PS fonts
into the software you use to print in PS (not specified in the OP.)
 
not hardware:  so we presume you need to instal these PS fonts
into the software you use to print in PS (not specified in the OP.)
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Currently, I'm sending a single huge PostScript file containing: fonts
+ documents using those fonts. Ideally, I'd just like to send the
documents, with the fonts 'resident' on the printer. I was hoping for
something like:

1. send the fonts to the printer
2. send a special command to the printer to make the fonts permanent
3. send the documents

So that when I want to print another batch of documents, I can just
do:

3. send the documents

I knew how to do this kind of thing twenty years ago on a HP LaserJet
Series II (but obviously not with PS fonts), but I've been out of the
loop for a while and technology appears to have moved forward. It
surely must be possible - I just need to know what steps to take.

The actual application is a Perl script running in a Unix environment,
and using the 'lp' command to send the PostScript file to the 8150.

Regards
Peter
 
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