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WARNING: As a general rule, do not run more than one type manager at a time. Aldus product testing identified a number of conflicts when running Intellifont and FaceLift simultaneously. We recommend you pick a type manager and stick with that font solution for best results.
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1. USING ADOBE TYPE MANAGER (ATM) WITH PAGEMAKER 4.0
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This section explains a number of the more interesting nuances of using ATM with PCL and PostScript printers.
1.1 ATM MEMORY REQUIREMENTS
ATM uses about 400K of RAM, depending on the size of the font cache you have set up. If you have only 2 megabytes of RAM and find that PageMaker runs slowly with ATM on, try running PageMaker with ATM off. If the difference in performance is dramatic, you may feel justified in buying more memory.
1.2 THE RETAIL VERSION VERSUS THE PAGEMAKER VERSION OF ATM
If your purchase of PageMaker includes ATM, please note that this version of ATM uses different fonts from those available in the standard retail version. Specifically, the PageMaker version provides TimesNewRomanPS instead of Times, and GillSans instead of Helvetica. If you have already installed the retail version of ATM, you can still install the PageMaker version to add TimesNewRomanPS and GillSans to your "Font" submenu.
Another difference between the retail and PageMaker versions of ATM is that the ATM fonts Times and Helvetica map to (substitute for) the Windows fonts Tms Rmn and Helv respectively, but TimesNewRomanPS and GillSans do not. As a result, if you installed the PageMaker version only and want to treat these Windows fonts as ATM fonts, add these lines to the [Aliases] and [Synonyms] section of the ATM.INI file, which is located in your Windows directory:
Helv=GillSans
Tms Rmn=TimesNewRomanPS
1.3 USING THE MOST RECENT PCL PRINTER DRIVER
If you print to a PCL printer using ATM fonts and get jagged, bitmapped text, you may not be using the most recent printer driver. If a drivers disk is included in your PageMaker package, you will find the most recent driver there. If it is not, and you have selected the correct resolution (300 dpi) in the Windows "Printer Setup" dialog box, call Microsoft Corporation and ask for an updated version of the driver.
1.4 PERFORMANCE VS. OUTPUT QUALITY
ATM has a check box in its Control Panel called "Use Pre-built or Resident Bitmap Fonts." If you installed the PageMaker version of ATM, this option is unchecked (off) by default; with the retail version, it is checked (on). Unless your printer has fairly low memory (1 megabyte or less), we recommend that this option be unchecked. ATM will then create outline (scalable) fonts in all cases, with a consistent set of font metrics for each point size. If you leave this option checked, ATM uses whatever bitmapped fonts it has, creating outline fonts only when necessary. When bitmapped and outline fonts are mingled in this way, your fonts will not have a consistent appearance across all point sizes. Although using pre-built, bitmapped fonts can improve performance, it could do so at the expense of text that may be incorrectly positioned because of varying type sizes and widths.
1.5 DISPLAYING A LIST OF TRUE SIZES FOR NON-ATM FONTS
The "Size" command in the Type menu displays a submenu showing all the standard available sizes for the currently selected font. However, with ATM on, this display can be misleading when you have targeted a PCL printer: the Size submenu does not show the installed font sizes for any currently selected non-ATM font. Instead, it lists all the standard font sizes, as if the unscalable, non-ATM font was a scalable ATM font.
To find out what sizes are actually available for non-ATM fonts, do either of the following: use the Windows Control Panel Fonts display, or turn off ATM, restart Windows, and then run PageMaker again.
1.6 PRINTING REVERSED TEXT TO A PCL PRINTER
On a PCL 4 printer (such as the LaserJet series II), text in an ATM font with the "Reverse" type style applied will be printed correctly. But text in bitmapped fonts, such as FontWare or TypeDirector fonts, will not.
1.7 RESPONDING TO THE "FONT MISMATCH" ERROR MESSAGE
When the fonts installed on your PostScript printer don't match the ATM fonts, ATM will display an error message indicating this mismatch. Typically, this mismatch occurs when you install a new PostScript printer driver after installing ATM.
To correct this problem, use the ATM Control Panel to install the ATM fonts for your Windows PostScript printer driver. Then restart Windows and check to make sure there is a section in your WIN.INI referring to the printer and its port assignment. For example:
[PostScript,LPT1]
feed1=1
feed15=1
timeout=0
device=5
If you have added a PostScript printer, the WIN.INI should then have an additional PostScript printer section, for example [PostScript,LPT2]. So that ATM can find this additional printer when you target it in PageMaker, copy the information in the original PostScript printer section and paste it into the new one.
This font mismatch alert is also displayed if you open a publication created on another system and targeted to a PostScript printer not installed on your system. In this case, simply retarget the publication to an installed printer, and PageMaker will recompose the publication accordingly. For more information on this error alert, refer to the ATM documentation.
1.8 DOWNLOADING ATM FONTS AUTOMATICALLY
If you install new ATM fonts and want them to be downloaded automatically when you print to a PostScript printer, make sure that you have set up the fonts to do so. If you haven't, they will be printed in Courier even though they are displayed correctly on the screen. For information about downloading fonts automatically, refer to Appendix B on page 325 of the Aldus PageMaker 4.0 Reference Manual.
Also, if you add a new PostScript printer after you have installed ATM and some downloadable fonts, the new printer will not be able to use those fonts, and text will be sent as graphics, extending printing time. Either delete the downloadable fonts and then reinstall them, or edit the WIN.INI as described in Appendix B of the Reference Manual.
1.9 PRINTING COLORED ATM TEXT
If you print colored text with the "Color as black" option in the "Print" dialog box unchecked, the lighter colors will not be printed to PCL printers.
1.10 ATM TEXT DISPLAY
ATM text is displayed on the screen slightly narrower than it appears when printed. This effect is more noticeable, of course, at larger point sizes. To correct this text display, add the following line to the [SETTINGS] section of your ATM.INI in your Windows directory:
ScreenAdjust=OFF
Make sure there are no spaces between characters in this line. When you restart Windows, this change will take effect.
1.11 WHEN ATM CANNOT FIND ITS FONTS
If, after ATM is already installed, you install a new printer that's similar or identical to one you already assigned to a different port, ATM fonts will not be available when you target the new printer. The problem is that ATM does not automatically distinguish between similar printers on different ports.
If your ATM font names display a question mark in the "Font" submenu, reinstall your ATM fonts. In the installation process, ATM will read the WIN.INI file and thereby learn about the new port assignments.
Adobe Type Manager (R) 1.1 Release Notes
Windows Version
February 1, 1991
Adobe Type Manager is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated. Copyright 1983-1991 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
All Rights Reserved. Patents Pending. This is the Adobe portion of this ATM.TXT file.
