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Font Substitution List is Not Loaded from Vendor PPD File

Article ID: 184056

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q184056

SYMPTOMS

You install a PostScript printer with a vendor-supplied PPD file and notice there is an incomplete list of fonts available for substitution. This list appears when you select a font from the font substitution table in Device Settings under properties for a PostScript printer.

CAUSE

This problem is a result of the limited number of PostScript device fonts supported by the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driver. If the PPD file specifies a device font that is not part of the approximately 80 fonts known to the driver, the driver cannot use that font.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post additional information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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