Using The Math 8 Symbol Set Takes Longer To P

DocumentID: 651946
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:11 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer wants to know why WordPerfect takes longer to print a document on his HP LaserJet Series II when he uses fonts and the Math 8 symbol set than it takes to print the same fonts with a different symbol set (i.e., ASCII). His fonts are marked with a plus (+). Solutions: There are a few reasons why a print job would take longer: 1. Because the fonts are marked with a plus (+), if he chooses the ASCII font, WP will only need to download one font. If the Math 8 font is used, WP will have to download both the Math 8 and ASCII fonts. 2. If he is using a Math 8 font, and the font does not have a substitute or AFC font with the ASCII characters, WP will have to print out all of his characters graphically. 3. If WP is switching to another symbol set to print the ASCII characters, WP will have to send a code at the beginning of each word to switch to the ASCII font and another code at the end of each word to switch to the Math 8 font. More code is being sent down. In this customer's case, WP was creating the characters graphically. It should not have been, since one font was the Letter Gothic 16.67 ASCII and the other was the Math 8. The problem was that the customer had not updated his printer since he made a change to his AFC selection. To correct the problem, he used Update and answered "No" when WP prompted him for new AFCs. He then viewed the document with graphics set to "Do Not Print" and all of the characters viewed fine.

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