Konica Minolta FONT MANAGEMENT UTILITY User Manual

Font Management Utility

User’s Guide

Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Operating environment .................................................................... 1-1

1.2 Main functions .................................................................................. 1-2

2 Installing Font Management Utility

2.1 Installation ......................................................................................... 2-1

To install ......................................................................................... 2-1

2.2 Uninstallation .................................................................................... 2-2

To uninstall ..................................................................................... 2-2

3 Using Font Management Utility

3.1 Starting Font Management Utility ................................................... 3-1

To start ........................................................................................... 3-1

3.2 Quiting Font Management Utility .................................................... 3-3

To quit ............................................................................................ 3-3

3.3 Main dialog box and functions ........................................................ 3-4

List of Font/Form ............................................................................ 3-4

3.4 Selecting and adding devices .......................................................... 3-6

3.4.1 Manually adding devices ............................................................... 3-7

To add a device ............................................................................. 3-7

3.4.2 Searching for and adding devices ................................................. 3-9

To add a device ............................................................................. 3-9

3.4.3 Specifying the search range ........................................................ 3-11

To specify the search range ......................................................... 3-11

3.5 Adding and deleting fonts and forms ........................................... 3-14

To add fonts and forms ................................................................ 3-14

To delete fonts and forms ............................................................ 3-18

3.6 Saving lists as files ......................................................................... 3-20

To save a list ................................................................................ 3-20

Font Management Utility i

About this Product

Font Management Utility is a utility that allows you to add and delete the
fonts and the forms for printing overlays of the supported devices (MFPs)
that are on a network.

You can display a list of fonts and forms that were added with Font Manage­ment Utility.

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Note

The dialog boxes that appear in this document may differ from those that
appear on your computer, depending on the installed devices and spec­ified settings.

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Note

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ii Font Management Utility

Introduction

1 Introduction

1.1 Operating environment

The operating environment of Font Management Utility is described below.

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Supported operating
systems

Available hard-disk
space

Supported fonts and
forms

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or
later)

200 MB or more (during installation)

PCL fonts PCL-compliant font data

PCL forms PCL-compliant macro data

PostScript fonts PostScript type 1 fonts (PEA or PFB)

PostScript forms PS or EPS

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1.2 Main functions

The main functions of Font Management Utility are described below.

- Adds and deletes the fonts and forms of the supported MFP.

- Displays the information of the added fonts and forms in a list.

- Saves files (CSV file) of the font and form list.

- Automatically detects the supported MFPs that are on a network.

- Manual connection to the supported MFPs that are on a network.

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Installing Font Management Utility

2 Installing Font Management Utility

2.1 Installation

Install Font Management Utility by following the procedure described below.

To install

1 Double-click Setup.exe.

2 Follow the on-screen instructions to install.

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2.2 Uninstallation

Uninstall Font Management Utility by following the procedure described be­low.

To uninstall

1 From the Start menu, click Control Panel (for Windows 2000, Settings

— Control Panel) to open the Control Panel.

2 Double-click Add or Remove Programs (for Windows 2000, Add/Re-

move Programs).

3 From the installed programs list, select KONICAMINOLTA Font Man-

agement Utility 1.0, and then click the Remove button.

4 When the program deletion confirmation dialog box appears, click the

Yes button.

This starts the unistallation procedure.

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3.1 Starting Font Management Utility

Start Font Management Utility by following the procedure described below.

To start

1 From the Start menu, click All Programs (for Windows 2000, Pro-

grams)—KONICA MINOLTA—Font Management Utility—Font
Management Utility.

– If a shortcut was created during the installation of Font Manage-

ment Utility, double-click the shortcut on the desktop.

The Select Device dialog box appears.

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2 Select the desired device from List of Devices, and then click the OK

button.

– If the administrator password or bizhub OpenAPI password has

been specified for the selected device, the dialog box for entering
the password will appear. Enter the password, and then click the

OK button.

The List of Font/Form dialog box appears.

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3.2 Quiting Font Management Utility

Quit the Font Management Utility by following the procedure described be­low.

To quit

1 From the File menu, click Exit.

The dialog box to confirm quiting Font Management Utility appears.

2 Click the Yes button.

This quits Font Management Utility.

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3.3 Main dialog box and functions

This section describes the font and form list used to add or delete fonts and
forms.

List of Font/Form

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No. Name Description

1 File You can save each list as a file (CSV file) and quit Font Management Util-

2 Help You can display the Help of Font Management Utility and check the ver-

3 Device Name Displays the device names displayed in a list.

4 Change Click to display the selection dialog box of the device.

5 Font/Form You can select the font and form types displayed in a list from the drop-

ity.
For saving a list as a file, refer to “Saving lists as files” on page 3-20.

sion information.

For selecting a device, refer to “Selecting and adding devices” on
page 3-6.

down list. The types that can be selected include PCL Font List, PCL

Form List, PostScript Font List, PostScript Form List, and All.

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No. Name Description

6 List of Font/

Form

7 Add Click to add fonts and forms.

8 Delete Click to delete fonts and forms.

9 Refresh Click to renew (obtain) the font and form information of the device and

Displays the fonts and forms that are added to the selected device in the
list.
The list can be displayed by sorting each item.

For adding fonts and forms, refer to “Adding and deleting fonts and
forms” on page 3-14.

For deleting fonts and forms, refer to “Adding and deleting fonts and
forms” on page 3-14.

display it in a list.

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3.4 Selecting and adding devices

This section describes the procedures for selecting and adding a device that
displays the font and form information.

The two types of lists for selecting a device are described below.

Device list Method for adding devices to a list

Registered device list Enters the device name and IP address and connects manually.

Search result list Searches and detects automatically the devices on a network.

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Note

The automatically detected device can also be added to
the registered device list.

For further details, refer to “Searching for and adding de­vices” on page 3-9.

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3.4.1 Manually adding devices

To manually add a device to the registered device list, follow the procedure
described below.

To add a device

1 Click the Change button on the main dialog box. The Select Device

dialog box appears.

–The Select Device dialog box also appears when Font Manage-

ment Utility is started.

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2 Select from Registered Devices from the Selection Mode drop-

down list.

– If a device has been preregistered, from Registered Devices is

displayed when the Select Device dialog box appears.

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3 Click the Add button.

– To change the name of a registered device, select the device, and

then click the Edit button. Change the device name in the Destina-

tion Setting dialog box.

– To delete a registered device, select the device, and then click the

Delete button.

The Destination Setting dialog box appears.

4 Enter the device name to be added and the IP address or host name,

and then click the OK button.

The device is added to the Select Device dialog box.

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3.4.2 Searching for and adding devices

Font Management Utility can search for and automatically detect a support­ed device that is on a network.

Also, the detected device can be added to the registered device list.

Add a device to the registered list by following the procedure described be­low.

To add a device

1 Click the Change button on the main dialog box. The Select Device

dialog box appears.

–The Select Device dialog box also appears when Font Manage-

ment Utility is started.

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2 Select from Search Result from the Selection Mode drop-down list.

– If the device is not registered, from Search Result is displayed

when the Select Device dialog box appears.
– To renew the search results, click the Search button.
– To specify the search range of the device, click the Search Setting

button. For the search settings, refer to “Specifying the search

range” on page 3-11.

3 Check that Add this to the list of registered devices. is selected.

4 Select the device, and the click the OK button.

The device is added to the registered device list.

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3.4.3 Specifying the search range

You can specify the search range when searching for a device that is on a
network.

Specify the search range by following the procedure described below.

To specify the search range

1 Click the Change button on the main dialog box. The Select Device

dialog box appears.

–The Select Device dialog box also appears when Font Manage-

ment Utility is started.

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2 Select from Search Result from the Selection Mode drop-down list.

– If the device is not registered, from Search Result is displayed

when the Select Device dialog box appears.

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3 Click the Search Setting button.

The Search Setting dialog box appears.

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4 Enter each setting value, and then click the OK button.

– SNMPv1 Setting: Specifies the community name and port number

for SNMPv1.

– SNMPv3 Setting: Specifies the user name and port number for

SNMPv3.

– Setting of Search Range: Specifies the IP address for starting and

the IP address for ending a search. To register the specified range
in the Search Range list, click the Add button. Up to 256 search
ranges can be registered. To delete a search range from the Search

Range list, select the search range you want to delete, and then

click the Delete button.

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3.5 Adding and deleting fonts and forms

This section describes the procedures for adding and deleting the fonts and
forms of a device.

To add fonts and forms

1 Click the Add button on the List of Font/Form dialog box.

The Add Font/Form dialog box appears.

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2 Click the Add to List button.

The Setting of Adding Font/Form dialog box appears.

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3 Specify each setting, and then click the OK button.

– Type: Selects the type of the font or form to be added.
– File Name: Enters the file name of the font or form to be added. You

can also specify the file by clicking the Browse button.
– ID: Specifies an ID if the font and form to be added are PCL. Selects

Auto or Manual as the setting.

– Destination: Selects HDD or RAM as the storage destination for the

fonts and forms.
The fonts and forms are added to List of Adding Font/Form.

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4 Click the Add to Device button.

The Add Font/Form dialog box appears.

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5 Click the OK button.

The fonts and forms are added to the device.

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Note

The information of the fonts and forms added to the device is not auto­matically added to
mation of the added fonts and forms, click the

of Font/Form

It may take some time for the information to be updated (obtained).

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List of Font/Form

dialog box.

. To update the list with the infor-

Refresh

button on the

List

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To delete fonts and forms

1 Click the [Delete] button on the List of Font/Form dialog box.

The Delete Font/Form dialog box appears.

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2 Select the fonts and forms to be deleted, and then click the Delete but-

ton.

– To delete all fonts and forms, click the Select All button. All of the

font and forms are selected.

– To clear all of the check boxes, click the Clear All button.
The Delete Font/Form dialog box appears.

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3 Click the OK button.

The fonts and forms are deleted from the device.

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Note

The PostScript forms and PostScript fonts saved to RAM cannot be de­leted from this utility. To delete the PostScript forms and PostScript fonts
saved to RAM, turn the power of the device off. Note that when the power
of the device is turned off, all of fonts and forms in RAM will be deleted.

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Note

The information of the fonts and forms deleted from the device is not au­tomatically added to
mation of the deleted fonts and forms, click the

List of Font/Form

It may take some time for the information to be updated (obtained).

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List of Font/Form

dialog box.

. To update the list with the infor-

Refresh

button on the

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3.6 Saving lists as files

You can save the font and form list as a file (CSV file).

Save each list as a file by following the procedure described below.

To save a list

1 Select Save List from the File menu on the main dialog box, and then

click the list you want to save.

The dialog box for saving the list appears.

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2 Specify the save location and file name, and then click the Save button.

The file is saved in the specified location.

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Note

The saved CSV file can be viewed and printed by opening it with a
spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel.

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1 Introduction

1.1 Operating environment .................................................................... 1-1

1.2 Main functions .................................................................................. 1-2

2 Installing Font Management Utility

2.1 Installation ......................................................................................... 2-1

To install ......................................................................................... 2-1

2.2 Uninstallation .................................................................................... 2-2

To uninstall ..................................................................................... 2-2

3 Using Font Management Utility

3.1 Starting Font Management Utility ................................................... 3-1

To start ........................................................................................... 3-1

3.2 Quiting Font Management Utility .................................................... 3-3

To quit ............................................................................................ 3-3

3.3 Main dialog box and functions ........................................................ 3-4

List of Font/Form ............................................................................ 3-4

3.4 Selecting and adding devices .......................................................... 3-6

3.4.1 Manually adding devices ............................................................... 3-7

To add a device ............................................................................. 3-7

3.4.2 Searching for and adding devices ................................................. 3-9

To add a device ............................................................................. 3-9

3.4.3 Specifying the search range ........................................................ 3-11

To specify the search range ......................................................... 3-11

3.5 Adding and deleting fonts and forms ........................................... 3-14

To add fonts and forms ................................................................ 3-14

To delete fonts and forms ............................................................ 3-18

3.6 Saving lists as files ......................................................................... 3-20

To save a list ................................................................................ 3-20

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