Default Printer Font

[mcp6453]

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For years, I used Windows 2000 to print to my old reliable HP LaserJet 5. A
report I print is sent from Notepad as a text document, so there are no printer
properties or commands sent with the document to the printer.

The font used on the printer when I print from that computer is Courier. Now
that I have moved that report generator to an XP computer, the report prints in
Letter Gothic. The printer's default font is Courier. So, something from XP is
overriding the default font on the printer.

What can I configure in XP to cause the report to print in Courier rather than
Letter Gothic? I realize it is probably possible to send command files and such,
but I'm hoping that someone can identify a default setting in XP that will allow
the printer's default font not to be overwritten by XP.

Maybe the question can be asked in a simpler way. When I print from Notepad in
Windows 2000, the font is Courier. When I print from XP, the font is Letter
Gothic. XP is printing through the Windows 2000 computer with the printer being
shared, so there is not a printer driver problem. How can I print from Notepad
in XP with the default Courier font?

 

[mcp6453]

This message was posted in another newsgroup, but the traffic there is
very low, so I repeat it here in hopes of obtaining a timely response.

_____

For years, I used Windows 2000 to print to my old reliable HP LaserJet
5. A report I print is sent from Notepad as a text document, so there
are no printer properties or commands sent with the document to the
printer.

The font used on the printer when I print from that computer is Courier.
Now that I have moved that report generator to an XP computer, the
report prints in Letter Gothic. The printer's default font is Courier.
So, something from XP is overriding the default font on the printer.

What can I configure in XP to cause the report to print in Courier
rather than Letter Gothic? I realize it is probably possible to send
command files and such, but I'm hoping that someone can identify a
default setting in XP that will allow the printer's default font not to
be overwritten by XP.

Maybe the question can be asked in a simpler way. When I print from
Notepad in Windows 2000, the font is Courier. When I print from XP, the
font is Letter Gothic. XP is printing through the Windows 2000 computer
with the printer being shared, so there is not a printer driver problem.
How can I print from Notepad in XP with the default Courier font?

Disregard. There actually is a font setting in Notepad. Learn something new
every day.

 

[M.I.5¾]

This message was posted in another newsgroup, but the traffic there is
very low, so I repeat it here in hopes of obtaining a timely response.

_____

For years, I used Windows 2000 to print to my old reliable HP LaserJet 5.
A report I print is sent from Notepad as a text document, so there are no
printer properties or commands sent with the document to the printer.

The font used on the printer when I print from that computer is Courier.
Now that I have moved that report generator to an XP computer, the report
prints in Letter Gothic. The printer's default font is Courier. So,
something from XP is overriding the default font on the printer.

What can I configure in XP to cause the report to print in Courier rather
than Letter Gothic? I realize it is probably possible to send command
files and such, but I'm hoping that someone can identify a default setting
in XP that will allow the printer's default font not to be overwritten by
XP.

Maybe the question can be asked in a simpler way. When I print from
Notepad in Windows 2000, the font is Courier. When I print from XP, the
font is Letter Gothic. XP is printing through the Windows 2000 computer
with the printer being shared, so there is not a printer driver problem.
How can I print from Notepad in XP with the default Courier font?

I note that you have cracked it.

Windows seldom uses the fonts that are built in to any printer. A few apps
such as Office Word do allow you to use the printer's built in fonts but
only if the driver tells windows that they are there and how to access them.
Other than that windows always sends text to a printer as a high resolution
graphic image. Windows itself converts its own fonts to that graphic image.