Re: How do you install a new font?

[Karen Laret <KLaret@24HOURFIT.COM>]

Hi Scott,
Here are notes of the steps I went through to install a MICR font at a
previous client. Maybe it will help.

Setting up an HP Printer to print MICR fonts

The MICR font does not come automatically installed, so the following steps
must be taken:

Download the MICR check printing font to laser jet
1. Run Fload.exe.  The FLOAD file is in the SQRFONTS directory. It contains
its own Help text, accessed by hitting the F7 key.
2. Hit 'F1' to create new setup
3. Enter the path to the font file eg C:\HR751\sqrfonts
This will bring up and display the name and characteristics of a file called
MICR.SFP
4. Enter the name of the printer to download to (eg. LPT1)
5. Enter an id number (eg.1)
6. Hit 'F1' to select the font (entire line will be highlighted)
7. Hit 'F3' to download the font
8. Enter 'Y' or 'N' to the print listing prompt
9. Hit'F8' to quit
10. Add the Chkprint.Bat file to your bootup routine to load the font
automatically to the printer. (eg autoexec.bat)


The payroll check printing program is already coded to handle the MICR font
as follows:

!print the bank microcode
        use-column 0
        do Format-Number(&B.Check#, $CheckNum, '0999999')
        let $MicrLine =
         'C' || $CheckNum   || 'C' || ' ' ||
         'A' || $TransitNum || 'A' || ' ' || $AccountNum || 'C'
         do Declare-Printer-Microcode
         print $MicrLine               (84,21)


!***********************************************************************
begin-procedure Declare-Printer-Microcode
!***********************************************************************
declare printer
        type          = HPLASERJET
        orientation   = portrait
        top-margin    = 0.00
        left-margin   = 0.00
        symbol-set    = 0Q
        font          = 620
        font-style    = fixed
        point-size    = 8.4
        line-size     = 9.05
end-procedure


Karen


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Barnes [mailto:sbarnes@MAIL.WESLEYAN.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 8:48 AM
To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
Subject: Re: How do you install a new font?


I still need help,
The problem is not with the printer, even in the SPF file the Font is not
being used.  Can anyone list all the steps necessary to install  a new font
and have it appear in a spf file?

Thanks
scott barnes


At 07:37 PM 9/26/00, you wrote:
>Scott,
>You have to load the ORCA font onto printer before calling from the program
>to print.
>
>At 05:07 PM 9/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >        We are printing bills and have been requested to use ORCA font
> on the
> >bottom of the bill with information that will be scanned in by the
> >bank.  We are using PeopleSoft7.6, on NT with sqr4.3.4
> >
> >First we added the font to the sqrbinw directory
> >then we changed the sqr.ini file 901=ORCA,fixed
> >then we used alter-printer font = 901
> >
> >what else needs to be done
> >when we print the bills we get a font that looks like Helvetica?
> >
> >Thanks
> >scott barnes
>
>
>Benjamin Le
>ITS, System Development
>Portland Community College
>12000 SW 49th Ave. Portland, Oregon 97219
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