InterForm Manual - System & Method

W orking with Fonts
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InterForm400 exploits resident and down loaded PCL fonts of HP compatible printers
independent of their attachment to the System i.
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InterForm400 has a built-in conversion table between IBM font ID’s, known from the IBM 3812
page printer, and the substituted “look-alike” PCL fonts of the HP4 (PCL5e) compatible printers.
This means that the native font conversion tables of interfaces, the iSeries Access printer
sessions, or other protocol converter functions, are NOT used for selection of fonts in the forms
(overlays) or the spool entries being used for filling of the forms.
RESIDENT FONTS
Appendix F (refer to page 418) displays a list of the emulated IBM font ID’s which are selectable
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in InterForm400 as default.
Note, that font outlines might vary between the different printer models attached to your system,
depending on their HP compatibility and their PCL emulation level.
It is therefore advisable to print a font reference on all the different printers in your System i
environment, and base your corporate standard on fonts that looks the same on all of your
printers.
You can also define new font numbers based on typefaces known by the printers using option 1.
Description of additional fonts.
SOFT FONTS
Should you require to use fonts which are not currently available among the resident fonts of your
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printers, you can choose to import fonts to InterForm400 from your PC environment.
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InterForm400 supports import of True Type Font files (TTF). These can be converted to a soft
font by InterForm400 .
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You need to install/create the soft font for each kind of possible output, that you want to use i.e.
PCL, PDF and ZPL (for Zebra printers).
If you want to use barcodes for PCL output you will need to create a soft font for the barcode (in
InterForm400). Barcode soft fonts are not necessary for PDF and Zebra output.
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