When a printer writer is started for an Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™)-configured printer and a font is specified, the operating system searches in these locations:
The IBM-supplied font libraries are:
This library contains the AFP Compatibility Fonts. These are the fonts included with the iSeries server.
These are the font libraries that support various IBM® licensed programs on the iSeries server.
Any of the libraries in the previous list that are found are put in the library list of the job printing the spooled file. These libraries are then available to the device even if they were not in the library list of the user that created the spooled file. Also, if you have acquired additional font resources, you can store them in these IBM-supplied font libraries. Storing them in the IBM-supplied libraries provides widespread access to the font.
You can use a font that is not in one of the QFNTxx libraries. To do so, add the library containing the font to your library list when you create the spooled file.
For information about specifying a different font library list on a printer, see Resource library lists.
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