Marking fonts for font capture

Some printers, such as the 3130, InfoPrint 3000, and InfoPrint 4000 printers, can capture downloaded fonts. The concept is similar to "dynamic caching" in DPF. For more information about DPF dynamic caching, see Marking resources for Distributed Print Function.

Both raster fonts and outline fonts can be captured. Captured fonts automatically become new temporary printer-resident fonts. This improves performance on future jobs that use the same fonts. If the fonts are ever deleted from the printer, PSF automatically downloads the host version the next time it is needed. The printer manages the captured font library.

A font character set or code page can be captured by a printer only if it is marked PUBLIC, has a date and time stamp for resident fonts, and is loaded from a system library. If the printer you are using is attached through DPF or WPM, you can use the Printer Inventory or Exit 7 to specify that inline resources are captured. See Capture inline resources for more information. Fonts marked PRIVATE are always downloaded, never captured. You can use the APSRMARK utility to mark a resource.