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From: fitz@mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald)
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Subject: Intelligent PostScript print spooler needed
Keywords: Software
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Date: 6 Aug 90 03:03:31 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 289, message 18

I would like to know if a print spooler exists that has some way of
checking that the required fonts have already been downloaded to the
printer. A way to do this is described in chapters 10 (Printer Queries)
and 12 (Writing a Print Spooler) of Adobe's "PostScript Language Program
Design" (green book).  Basically, I need my spooler to do anything but
print the document if the font is not in the printer. Possibilities
include printing an error message on the printer, or logging an error
message, or displaying an error message on the workstation console.

I am wondering if
- there is an upgrade or patch to the software I have that does this.
- there is some other program, preferably public domain that does this.

Software:	pscomm.c 2.2 87/11/17 (in Transcript 2.1)
		Sun pcnfd.c 1.4 (c) 1986 (in Sun PCNFS 3.0)
		T3 word processor r2.3

Post the answer or send me e-mail (and all flames and inquiries) by 8/19/90
and I'll summarize. My initial posting of this question resulted in one
inquiry, but no information about existing software that solves the problem.

Brian Fitzgerald