Xerox DP4180 - printing postscripts from DOC1

[dramirezm]

We currently use DOC1 as or billing generation software. Recently we had to make some modifications to our billing image, some of them included importing fonts (.TTF format).

We have no problems printing the new desing on HP printers; however our printing partner, using Xerox DP4180, is unable to print the poscripts due to a Font definition error.

"%%[Error:invalidfont; OffendingCommand: definefont; in/var/spool/DocuPrint/340502 near position 781355
%%
(OSTACK)
/ArialIMT-ANSI
-dict-
(ESTACK)
[???]
//stopped
-file-
//definefont
[???]
(DSTACK)
systemdict
globaldict
userdict
%%[Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored]%%
Note: job has error termination
"

At the moment we (partner, vendor and us) have no idea how to fix this error.

We have tried to load the fonts into the printer, and define the fonts in DOC1 with no succes yet (Our design was made on a windows platform).

We might be having some mistakes on where to define the Fonts in DOC1, but we´re not sure what the problem is and are running out of ideas.

I hope someone can help us with this issue.

Thanks in advance for you attentions and your help.

Regards,

Diego Ramírez

 

[tgreer]

TTF fonts cannot be used directly in PostScript. They have to be converted to either Type42 or Type1, PostScript font formats. This is usually done via the driver or application software.

I would suggest you look through your print settings, and turn on the appropriate settings that will include the fonts, converting them to Type1.

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

 

[dramirezm]

Thanks Thomas,

As far as i understood, the problem then has to be fixed from DOC1, and not from the printer side. Is this correct?

Thanks again for your help

Regards,

Diego

 

[tgreer]

Yes, that'd be my guess.

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

 

[dramirezm]

Thank again Thomas

Cheers,

Diego

 

[DivByZeroSetBBox]

You might want to check out fontforge as a way to save fonts in different formats. I've successfully used this to "repair" broken fonts.

http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/