Printers, Fonts, Networks

[Charissa McSwain <fcn9532 -at- PRDC -dot- PRDC -dot- DUKEPOWER -dot- COM>]

 Charissa N. McSwain
 Sr. Technical Communications Specialist
 (704) 382-7399/PB2MC/FAX: 382-3300/fcn9532 -at- dukepower -dot- com
 Subject: Printers, Fonts, Networks
 <Ex>:TECHWR-L -at- VM1 -dot- ucc -dot- okstate -dot- edu

 Our Technical Communications group is faced with a quandary. Our company is
 going to a Windows NT network environment. According to our information
 technology people, we can only use TrueType fonts in this environment.
 Our company's Graphics Department, which we use to get our finished
 publications printed, has an Imagesetter and a Xerox Docutech. According to
 them, the Imagesetter will only accept Adobe Type I fonts. But if we use Adobe
 fonts, we are told that we can't print drafts to our networked printers.
 Additionally, the Docutech that we lease is missing the piece that will take a
 computer file directly to print. (I think the Graphics people are using the
 Docutech as some sort of high-end copier.)

 We are a bit uneducated about network, font, printer compatibility issues; are
 we being given the run around or are these real problems? If they are real,
 does anyone out there have suggestions for how to handle them? Our group
 writes mostly internal publications, so we think the Docutech with the piece
 that takes our computer files directly to print could meet most of our needs.
 Should we be concerned about being limited to TrueType fonts only??? Again,
 any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. -- Charissa McSwain
 (fcn9532 -at- dukepower -dot- com)

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