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From: dougs@tvnews.tv.tek.com (Doug Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows not auto-downloading softfonts
Keywords: Deskjet, Laserjet, soft fonts, symbol, frustration
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.181205.5440@tvnews.tv.tek.com>
Date: 4 Jun 91 18:12:05 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.210027.118@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton, OR
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I have had EXTREME frustration with this same problem, in trying to
get the symbol soft font to download to an HP Laserjet II. I found this
paragraph in PRINTERS.TXT:

	Printing with Symbol Fonts and Microsoft Word for Windows
	---------------------------------------------------------
	Before you can print Symbol fonts with your HP PCL printer,
	you must install special printer information files. You can 
	find installation instructions under "Symbol Soft Fonts HP PCL 
	Printers" in the "Information About New Features" section of 
	the README.DOC file for Microsoft Word for Windows version 1.00. 
	
Unfortunately, README.DOC does not contain that information. I've also
found references to the problem on Compuserve, with instructions to
download a DS0226.ZIP, which references some of the following magic
Microsoft names:

	DW0226
	Q66835
	S12895
	"Correcting HP Laserjet III Alignment & Adding
		Font/Symbol Set Support"

Unfortunately, none of these are found or even referenced in the Compuserve
Microsoft library.

If anyone from Microsoft is reading, can you help us?