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pfsetup(8) System Manager's Manual pfsetup(8) NAME pfsetup - Manages I18N fonts for PostScript printers SYNOPSIS /usr/sbin/pfsetup [printer_queue]... /usr/sbin/pfsetup -s [printer_queue]... /usr/sbin/pfsetup -d [printer_queue]... FLAGS Configures one or more fonts to be downloaded to specified or default printer queues. Downloads fonts to the printers connected to the spec- ified or default printer queues. PARAMETERS Specifies a printer queue to be affected by the font configuration or downloading operation. When printer_queue is not specified for a font configuration operation, the operation applies to all queues for sup- ported printers. When printer_queue is not specified for a font down- loading operation, the operation applies to all queues for which fonts have been configured. DESCRIPTION The pfsetup utility handles font configuration and downloading for PostScript printer queues and therefore allows users to print files by using fonts not resident in the printer. If you do not specify a printer queue, the command processes all printer queues connected to supported PostScript printers. When entered without any flags, the pfsetup command shows the fonts currently configured for the specified or default PostScript printer queues. Subsequent sections discuss the following topics in more detail: Font configuration Font downloading Supported printers Font selection Down- loading frequency Font Configuration Specify the -s flag in the pfsetup command to run the utility in font configuration mode. In this mode, you select the fonts to be sent to the specified or supported printers during a font downloading opera- tion. The configuration information is stored and later used whenever the printer queue restarts. Therefore, font configuration needs to be done only once per printer queue, unless you decide to change the font configuration for that queue. In font configuration mode, pfsetup lists all the fonts available on the system and allows you to choose from this list. Refer to the Font Selection section for font selection criteria. Font Downloading Specify the -d flag in the pfsetup command to manually download fonts to one or more printers. In font downloading mode, the utility first gives you the option of loading all or only some of the configured fonts to printers associated with the specified or default printer queues. Depending on your response, pfsetup can merge all fonts from different queues connected to the same printer and then download them to that printer. See the Downloading Frequency section to find out how often this operation should be done. When run in font downloading mode, the pfsetup command prompts for printer passwords. For PostScript printers, the default password is usually 0 (zero). Refer to your printer manual or system manager for more information about entering printer passwords. Downloading fonts alters printer status. Therefore, before invoking pfsetup with the -d flag, make sure that no one is using the printers to which you intend to download fonts. Supported Printers You can use the pfsetup utility with the printers in the following ta- ble: tab(@); lfHB lfHB l l . _ Printer Name@Print Filter _ DEClaser 1152@dl1152 DEClaser 5100(LN09X-HD)@dl5100 PrintServer 17@lps17 _ See the Font Selection section for printer-specific information needed when running pfsetup in font configuration mode. See the Downloading Frequency section for printer-specific information needed when running pfsetup in font downloading mode. See the i18n_printing(5) reference page for general setup information that applies to these printers. Font Selection Use the following criteria to select fonts according to capabilities of the supported printers and the languages required by print jobs: DE- Claser 1152 and PrintServer 17 For the DEClaser 1152 and PrintServer 17 printers, only one font needs to be configured for automatic downloading in order for all fonts to be available. The fonts that are not specified for configuration are loaded on demand at print time rather than at printer startup time. Print jobs that use the font or fonts that you choose to explicitly configure for the printer will print more quickly than those that require the fonts that are loaded on demand at print time. On the other hand, downloading too many fonts can cause printer memory problems. Many Asian languages require multibyte-character fonts. If you plan to use multibyte-character fonts more than infrequently, it is best to select these fonts at configuration time. Multibyte- character fonts require a few minutes for initialization after being loaded. This initialization time is overhead for each Asian language print job if not absorbed at printer startup time. The font-faulting mechanism is used to download multi- byte-character fonts, so these fonts consume relatively small amounts of memory, even when specified for printer configura- tion. Refer to the i18n_printing(5) reference page for a more detailed description of font faulting. Printer operation is more efficient if you also configure the printer to use the font specified in the font option of the ya field in the /etc/printcap file. Refer to printcap(4) for more details on the ya entry. You should also consider downloading all other frequently used fonts. Doing this minimizes overhead for loading the fonts, but reduces useful memory in the printer. Loading single-byte char- acter fonts on demand has little overhead cost, so it is not a must to download them all. The optimal subset of fonts to down- load really depends on the printing environment. Printer memory problems may result if you configure the printer to download too many fonts at startup time. If you encounter printer memory problems, try removing some fonts from the con- figuration list, restarting the printer, and (for the DEClaser 1152) downloading the fonts again. DEClaser 5100 The DEClaser 5100 printer includes an internal font disk. At configuration time, you must specify all the fonts you want the printer to use. These fonts are automatically downloaded to the internal font disk at printer startup time. Fonts that are not specified for configuration are not available on demand. Be- cause this printer uses an internal font disk, loading a large number of fonts does not consume printer memory. Fonts for dif- ferent languages In its font selection display, the pfsetup utility does not group fonts according to language, but simply shows you all the PostScript fonts available on the system. To determine font availability for a particular language, refer to the codeset reference page associated with the locale settings in use in your environment. For example, to print Traditional Chinese characters generated in the zh_TW.dechanyu locale, refer to the dechanyu(5) reference page to find which fonts are available for the language. Downloading Frequency The times at which you use the pfsetup command with the -d flag to download fonts depends on the following printer-specific requirements: For the DEClaser 1152 printer, you use the pfsetup command to download fonts after setting up or changing the font configuration in order to enable the configuration. For this printer, font information is cached both in the printer and on a font-faulting server system. Therefore, if either the printer or the font-faulting server is restarted, you must again use the pfsetup command with the -d flag to download config- ured fonts to the printer queue. This operation restores consistency between the printer font cache and the associated font cache on the font-faulting server. For the DEClaser 5100 printer, font information is stored on a printer-resident disk. Therefore, you need to manually download fonts only after setting up or changing the font configura- tion. A font-faulting server is not used with this printer, so there is no need to manually download fonts just because the printer has been restarted. For the PrintServer 17 printer, font information is down- loaded only automatically and only at printer startup time. For this printer, you use the pfsetup command to configure fonts, not to down- load them. If you want an initial or revised font configuration to take effect immediately, you can power down and power up the printer. Otherwise, the new font configuration takes effect the next time the printer restarts. FILES Files that contain configuration information for different printer queues The printer description file Non-ASCII font files available for downloading RELATED INFORMATION Commands: lpr(1), ffd(8), lpc(8), lprsetup(8), Files: printcap(4) Others: i18n_printing(5) delim off pfsetup(8)