Equation Editor Fonts Don't Print on HP LaserJet Plus or 500

ID: Q84514

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Equation Editor version 1.0

SUMMARY

The following Microsoft Equation Editor PCL fonts do not print on the Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet Plus or LaserJet 500 printers because an incompatible font type setting is located in the headers of the soft font files:

   MT Symbol
   MT Extra
   Fences

MORE INFORMATION

The Equation Editor PCL fonts are installed by the Microsoft Word version 2.0 for Windows Setup program if you are running Word in Microsoft Windows version 3.0. In the headers of these soft font files, the font type byte of the font descriptor is set to 2. Font type 2 is not supported by the HP LaserJet Plus or the LaserJet 500; therefore, the Equation Editor PCL fonts do not print. The LaserJet Plus or 500 may substitute Courier for these fonts.

This problem does not occur if you are running Word in the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1. If you install the Equation Editor while running Windows version 3.1, the TrueType versions of the Symbol, MT Extra, and Fences fonts are installed instead of the PCL versions.

For more information on Equation Editor fonts, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   truetype and equation and editor and windows and 3.1

For more information on limitations of the HP LaserJet Plus and 500, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   limited and laserjet and download and plus and support

REFERENCES

"HP Technical Reference Manual," for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Plus

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Last Reviewed: September 9, 1996