mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) (03/14/91)
A friend of mine is interested in placing Adobe fonts for his LaserWriter printers on a file server so that everyone would have access to them. (They only have 2 LaserWriters on a self-contained LocalTalk network and they have purchased a license for each of these printers.) I know that people usually have to place these fonts in their system folder, but the users bring their own floppies to start up the Macs and there is not enough room for the system folder the way it is. There supposedly exists something called "Set Path" or a variation which automatically opens the font file(s) so that a resource search will find the fonts. (I could be dreaming.) Does anyone use this or have any more information about such a utility? Thanks. -- Russell Mosemann Internet: mosemann@unl.edu Network Analyst Bitnet: mosemann@unlvax1 Computing Resource Center UUCP: ..!uunet!hoss.unl.edu!mosemann University of Nebraska - Lincoln Voice: (402) 472-5930 Fax: 472-5280
david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com (03/17/91)
This is a very simple operation, but there is a copyright violation question. Do you have a site license for the fonts? Procedure: Use suitcase or Master juggler Put fonts and SCREEN FONT SUITCASES into same folder (no subfolders) PUBLISH that folder (tops, et al) or make it a READ ONLY folder (Make sure suitcase or juggler is on each computer (sorry) Each computer then accesses the font suitcase . . VOILA!\ Hafa Adai from Saipan (no snappy sign-off file because its a waste of band width B->)
oberst@rumah.UUCP (Daniel J. Oberst) (03/17/91)
In article <1991Mar13.160059.4041@hoss.unl.edu>, mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) writes: > > > A friend of mine is interested in placing Adobe fonts for his > LaserWriter printers on a file server so that everyone would have access > to them. (They only have 2 LaserWriters on a self-contained LocalTalk ... > -- > Russell Mosemann Internet: mosemann@unl.edu Suitcase (a commercial product) lets you do this quite nicely. You can set it up to automatically access the fonts each time. I do this and only have a bare-bones set of fonts in my System Folder. I use ATM and the outline and 12/12 pt bitmaps of about 40 -50 fonts are on a server I access. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Oberst Cikgu Din di rumah ku. 'Dok buat guapa, Mat Salleh?
oberst@rumah.UUCP (Daniel J. Oberst) (03/18/91)
In article <40223@cup.portal.com>, david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com writes: > > This is a very simple operation, but there is a copyright violation question. > Do you have a site license for the fonts? PostScript fonts are licensed per *printer*. The fonts are made available to a group with access to an NTX printer which has the fonts on an attached hard disk. As long as printing goes to that printer it's legit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Oberst Cikgu Din di rumah ku. 'Dok buat guapa, Mat Salleh?
jness@ub.d.umn.edu (Joel Ness) (03/22/91)
In article <01010027.aahg2a@rumah.UUCP> oberst%rumah@Princeton.EDU writes: > >In article <1991Mar13.160059.4041@hoss.unl.edu>, mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) writes: >> A friend of mine is interested in placing Adobe fonts for his >> LaserWriter printers on a file server so that everyone would have access >> to them. (They only have 2 LaserWriters on a self-contained LocalTalk > >Suitcase (a commercial product) lets you do this quite nicely. You >can set it up to automatically access the fonts each time. I do this >and only have a bare-bones set of fonts in my System Folder. I use >ATM and the outline and 12/12 pt bitmaps of about 40 -50 fonts are >on a server I access. > One problem with doing this is that, should the network server not be available at startup Suitcase will no longer remember to mount the fonts on the server. You'd have to manually mount them again. We used to do this in one of our labs. I remember solving the problem by locking some of the resources in the SuitCase program. Joel Ness INTERNET: jness@ub.d.umn.edu Information Services BITNET: JNESS@UMNDUL University of Minnesota, Duluth Phone: (218) 726-8841 Duluth, MN 55812