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4.6 Font Types................................................................................................................................. 4-22<br />

4.6.1 Character Sets.................................................................................................................... 4-22<br />

4.6.2 Unicode .............................................................................................................................. 4-23<br />

4.6.3 Type1 Fonts........................................................................................................................ 4-24<br />

4.6.4 TrueType Fonts ................................................................................................................. 4-24<br />

4.6.5 Barcode Fonts .................................................................................................................... 4-25<br />

4.6.6 CID Fonts ........................................................................................................................... 4-25<br />

5 Printing on UNIX with <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Reports</strong><br />

5.1 UNIX Printing Overview .......................................................................................................... 5-1<br />

5.1.1 General Printing Mechanism ............................................................................................ 5-1<br />

5.1.2 <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Reports</strong> Printing Mechanism on UNIX and Windows ...................................... 5-2<br />

5.1.3 Printing Support .................................................................................................................. 5-3<br />

5.2 Setting Up a Printer on UNIX ................................................................................................... 5-3<br />

5.2.1 Installing a Printer on UNIX ............................................................................................. 5-3<br />

5.2.2 Verifying <strong>the</strong> Printer Setup for <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Reports</strong> ............................................................... 5-4<br />

5.3 Configuring <strong>the</strong> Printing Environment ................................................................................... 5-4<br />

5.3.1 Editing uiprint.txt File......................................................................................................... 5-4<br />

5.3.2 Environment Variables ....................................................................................................... 5-6<br />

5.3.3 Print Property Dialog Boxes .............................................................................................. 5-7<br />

5.4 Printer-Related Files ................................................................................................................... 5-7<br />

5.4.1 Overview of Files ................................................................................................................. 5-7<br />

5.4.2 PPD Files ............................................................................................................................... 5-8<br />

5.4.3 HPD Files .......................................................................................................................... 5-10<br />

5.4.4 Font Metrics Files.............................................................................................................. 5-10<br />

5.4.5 uifont.ali ............................................................................................................................. 5-11<br />

5.4.6 uiprint.txt ........................................................................................................................... 5-12<br />

5.4.7 Editing <strong>the</strong> Printer-Related Files ................................................................................... 5-12<br />

5.5 NLS Support ............................................................................................................................ 5-15<br />

5.5.1 Multibyte Character Set Printing.................................................................................... 5-15<br />

5.5.2 Overview of IX and PASTA ............................................................................................ 5-16<br />

5.6 Debugging Options ................................................................................................................ 5-16<br />

5.6.1 DEBUG_SLFIND .............................................................................................................. 5-16<br />

5.6.2 TK_DEBUG_POSTSCRIPT.............................................................................................. 5-17<br />

5.7 Frequently Asked Questions.................................................................................................. 5-18<br />

5.7.1 Common Printing Error Messages................................................................................. 5-18<br />

5.7.2 PCL Printing Issues .......................................................................................................... 5-21<br />

5.7.3 PostScript Printing Issues ................................................................................................ 5-21<br />

5.7.4 Font-Related Printing Issues ........................................................................................... 5-23<br />

5.7.5 Printed Output Issues ..................................................................................................... 5-24<br />

6 Using PDF in <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Reports</strong><br />

6.1 PDF Features Included in <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Reports</strong> ............................................................................... 6-1<br />

6.1.1 Compression......................................................................................................................... 6-2<br />

6.1.2 Font Related Features.......................................................................................................... 6-3<br />

6.1.3 Precedence of Execution ..................................................................................................... 6-9<br />

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