Obtaining a list of printer-resident fonts

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Most PostScript printers come equipped with fonts resident in the printer ROM. Some printers have a disk on which additional fonts are stored.

A list of the Type 1 fonts in ROM or on disk of an attached PostScript printer can be obtained from the printer manufacturer's documentation. For PostScript printers attached through a serial port, a list of these fonts can also be generated using the postio command and a PostScript program, romfonts.ps.

To obtain a list of printer-resident fonts for a PostScript printer attached to a serial port, do the following:

Obtain the device on which the PostScript printer is connected:
```
lpstat -v
```
Given a system on which the PostScript printer prlocal is attached through a serial port, this command would return output similar to the following:
```
  device for prlocal: /dev/tty01
```
This output shows the printer to be attached on device /dev/tty01.
As root user, run the following command:
```
cd /usr/lib/lp/postscript
```

As root user, run the following command:

postio -L /tmp/postio.o -l /dev/tty01 -t romfonts.ps

For our sample prlocal printer, this will produce output in the file /tmp/postio.o that looks similar to the following:

	   printer startup
	   %%[ status: waiting; source: serial 25 ]%%
	   %%[ status: endofjob ]%%
	   %%[ status: idle ]%%
	   sending file romfonts.ps
	   waiting for end of job
	   %%[ status: busy; source: serial 25 ]%%
	   /AGaramond-Bold
	   /AGaramond-BoldItalic
	   /AGaramond-Italic
	   /AGaramond-Regular
	   /AvantGarde-Book
	   /AvantGarde-BookOblique
	   /AvantGarde-Demi
	   /AvantGarde-DemiOblique
	      . . . more PostScript font
names . . .
	   /ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
	   /ZapfDingbats
	   %%[ status: endofjob ]%%
	   job complete

This example lists the printer-resident fonts for the prlocal printer.