fitz@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald) (09/16/90)
[[SCSI-comp.unix.questions,comp.lang.postscript]] I would like to know if a print spooler exists that has some way of checking that the required fonts have already been downloaded to the printer. A way to do this is described in chapters 10 (Printer Queries) and 12 (Writing a Print Spooler) of Adobe's "PostScript Language Program Design" (green book). Basically, I need my spooler to do anything but print the document if the font is not in the printer. Possibilities include printing an error message on the printer, or logging an error message, or displaying an error message on the workstation console. I am wondering if - there is an upgrade or patch to the software I have that does this. - there is some other program, preferably public domain that does this. Software: pscomm.c 2.2 87/11/17 (in Transcript 2.1) Sun pcnfd.c 1.4 (c) 1986 (in Sun PCNFS 3.0) T3 word processor r2.3 Summary of responses: Sherri Nichols of Adobe (snochols@adobe.com) writes that there is currently no patch to Transcript that does this, but that she is working on a new release that will. John Gibbons (johng@uniwa.uwa.oz.au) writes that he has written a psif-like filter program that uses the timestamp method suggested in the Abobe green book to check that the fonts are loaded, and to load any fonts that are missing before printing. One person wrote who is interested in modifying the source to pscomm.c. Sherri Nichols points out that a source license is required, but that they are not all that expensive. Additional posted or e-mail comments are welcome. Thanks to all who responded. Brian Fitzgerald