LaserWriter IINTX With Hard Drive: How Fonts Are Accessed



Can you explain how the AppleShare Print Server handles an attached hard drive
on a LaserWriter IINTX? That is, if the hard drive has many fonts installed,
does the print server know to get "downloadable" fonts from the hard drive, or
does it go back to the Macintosh?

The fonts installed on the LaserWriter IINTX hard drive appear as though they
were in the LaserWriter IINTX ROM. Adobe and Apple designed the hard drive
option so that the LaserWriter IINTX operates transparently, and the user can
access additional fonts without having to download them with utilities.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012