Microsoft KB Archive/62441

Times Roman on HP Printer Appears As Bookman in PostScript

PSS ID Number: Q62441 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

Documents that print out in the Times Roman font on a Hewlett-Packard (HP) printer will print out in Bookman if printed on a standard PostScript printer with the POSTSCRP.PRD driver.

This problem is due to a difference in the selection of “standard Roman font” between PostScript and HP printers. In HP LaserJets, the standard Roman font is Times Roman. In PostScript printers, the standard Roman font is Bookman.

This is not a problem with the software or the printer drivers. The drivers were set up to maintain compatibility with both printing languages. However, MAKEPRD can be used to make the standard Roman font Times Roman for both printers or the Format Replace Character command can be used to convert an individual existing document.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When characters are formatted for Times Roman in Word, the program does not keep track of the actual font name. Instead, it records a generic font number that is defined in the printer driver. For Times Roman on HP LaserJets, that font number is 16; the font number is 24 in the PostScript printer driver.

In the Word PostScript driver, font number 16 is assigned to Bookman, which is defined by Adobe to be the standard Roman font for PostScript printers.

The following are two possible solutions:


 * 1) Use the Format Replace Character command to substitute the PostScript Times Roman font for all occurrences of Bookman. This must be done while POSTSCRP.PRD is selected in the Print Options menu.
 * 2) Use MAKEPRD to modify the PostScript driver, and switch font number 24 (the PostScript Times Roman font) with font number 16 (the Bookman font). Generic font numbers for each font are located at the beginning of each font description block. The font descriptions must actually be moved because they must appear in numerical order in the driver. This method will provide a more permanent solution if a large number of documents are being processed.

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