Uploading Type1 fonts to a network printer

I bought an HP2840 Color LaserJet, and wanted to use it in Postscript mode, but CUPS in Linux doesn't automatically upload document required fonts. I call this script from rc.local so that it runs when I start my computer. Make sure your printer is on first. The script sends data to the JetDirect port 9100.

#!/bin/sh
#The next line restarts using tclkit \
exec `which tclkit` "$0" ${1+"$@"}

# package name -- fontupload.tcl
#
#        Abstract:  sent type1 postscript fonts to network laserjet directjet
#
# usage: fontupload.tcl 192.168.0.6 /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts

set host [lindex $argv 0]
set fontdir [lindex $argv 1]

puts "$host $fontdir"
set count 0
set err 1
while {$err && $count < 100} {
    puts "connecting $count"
    set err [catch {set sock [socket $host 9100]}]
    incr count
    after 5000
}

puts $sock "serverdict begin 0 exitserver"

foreach font [glob -directory $fontdir *.pfa] {
    puts "uploading $font"
    set fh [open [file join $fontdir $font] r]
    puts $sock [read $fh]
    close $fh
}

puts $sock "%%EOF"
close $sock

Category Printing