ARIAL FONT IN REPORTS(WINDOWS), NOT SHOWN CORRECTLY UNDER LINUX

Question

Our Reports are developed under Windows (Report Builder 9.0.4.0.33 and Windows 2000/Windows XP) and generated under Linux (IAS 10.1.2.0.2 with Red Hat Advanced Server). The Report Output is a PDF, that will be downloaded by the user with WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT. This works fine, but fonts are not shown correctly in the PDF, especially ARIAL, which is the font we use.
I have run the Fontsolution Configuration Script from Metalink, but we still have a problem.
When you look at the font.pdf, wich is the testreport from fontsolutions, some sizes and styles of Arial are printed correctly others not.
Arial 8 is ok, but Arial 10 and Arial 12 are something like Times New Roman.
Arial 12 Bolded is correct, but Arial 12 italic and Arial 12 bold italic are also not
the Arial Font.
How can we correct this problem?
Regards
Udo
These are the files changed by Fontsolution Configuration Script:
uifont.ali
# uifont.ali provided in fontsolutions.tar for developer 9.0.2
# $Header: uifont.ali@@/main/22 \
# Checked in on Tue Jan 8 15:32:42 PST 2002 by idc \
# Copyright (c) 1999, 2002 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. \
# $
# $Revision: /main/22 $
# Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1994, 2002.
# All Rights Reserved.
# DESCRIPTION:
# Each line is of the form:
# <Face>.<Size>.<Style>.<Weight>.<Width>.<CharSet> = \
# <Face>.<Size>.<Style>.<Weight>.<Width>.<CharSet>
# The <Face> must be the name (string/identifier) of a font face. The
# <Style>, <Weight>, <Width>, and <CharSet> may either be a numeric
# value or a predefined identifier/string. For example, both US7ASCII
# and 1 are valid <CharSet> values, and refer to the same character set.
# The <Size> dimension must be an explicit size, in points.
# The following is a list of recognized names and their numeric
# equivalents:
# Styles Numeric value
# Plain 0
# Italic 1
# Oblique 2
# Underline 4
# Outline 8
# Shadow 16
# Inverted 32
# Overstrike 64
# Blink 128
# Weights Numeric value
# Ultralight 1
# Extralight 2
# Light 3
# Demilight 4
# Medium 5
# Demibold 6
# Bold 7
# Extrabold 8
# Ultrabold 9
# Widths Numeric value
# Ultradense 1
# Extradense 2
# Dense 3
# Semidense 4
# Normal 5
# Semiexpand 6
# Expand 7
# Extraexpand 8
# Ultraexpand 9
# Styles may be combined; you can use plus ("+") to delimit parts of a
# style. For example,
# Arial..Italic+Overstrike = Helvetica.12.Italic.Bold
# are equivalent, and either one will map any Arial that has both Italic
# and Overstrike styles to a 12-point, bold, italic Helvetica font.
# All strings are case-insensitive in mapping. Font faces are likely to
# be case-sensitive on lookup, depending on the platform and surface, so
# care should be taken with names used on the right-hand side; but they
# will be mapped case-insensitively.
# See your platform documentation for a list of all supported character
# sets, and available fonts.
# BUGS:
# o Should accept a RHS ratio (e.g., "Helv = Arial.2/3").
#===============================================================
[ Global ] # Put mappings for all surfaces here.
# Mapping from MS Windows
#Arial = helvetica
#"Courier New" = courier
#"Times New Roman" = times
#Modern = helvetica
#"MS Sans Serif" = helvetica
#"MS Serif" = times
#"Small Fonts" = helvetica
"Sadvocra" = helvetica..Oblique.Medium
"sAdC128d" = helvetica..Plain.Medium
"CarolinaBar-B39-25F2" = helvetica...Bold
#"IDAutomationSMICR" = helvetica
# Mapping from Macintosh
#"New Century Schlbk" = "new century schoolbook"
#"New York" = times
#geneva = helvetica
#===============================================================
[ Printer ] # Put mappings for all printers here.
#===============================================================
[ Printer:PostScript1 ] # Put mappings for PostScript level 1 printers here.
# Sample Kanji font mappings
...UltraLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...UltraLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...ExtraLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...ExtraLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...Light..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...Light..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...DemiLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...DemiLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
.....JEUC = "GothicBBB-Medium-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Medium..JEUC
.....SJIS = "GothicBBB-Medium-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Medium..SJIS
# Mapping from MS Windows
#Roman = palatino
#Script = "itc zapf chancery"
#FixedSys = courier
#System = helvetica
# Mapping from Macintosh
#"Avant Garde" = "itc avant garde gothic"
# Mapping from Motif display
#fixed = courier
#clean = times
#lucidatypewriter = courier
#lucidabright = times
#Arial = helvetica
#"Courier New" = courier
#"Times New Roman" = times
# MICR font
#helvetica=IDAutomationSMICR
#===============================================================
[ Printer:PostScript2 ] # Put mappings for PostScript level 2 printers here.
# Sample Kanji font mappings
...UltraLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...UltraLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...ExtraLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...ExtraLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...Light..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...Light..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...DemiLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...DemiLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
.....JEUC = "GothicBBB-Medium-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Medium..JEUC
.....SJIS = "GothicBBB-Medium-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Medium..SJIS
# Mapping from MS Windows
#Roman = palatino
#Script = "itc zapf chancery"
#FixedSys = courier
#System = helvetica
# Mapping from Macintosh
#"Avant Garde" = "itc avant garde gothic"
# Mapping from Motif display
#fixed = courier
#clean = times
#lucidatypewriter = courier
#lucidabright = times
#===============================================================
[ Printer:PCL5 ] # Put mappings for PCL 5 printers here.
helvetica = univers
times = "cg times"
clean = "antique olv"
fixed = courier
lucida = univers
lucidabright = "cg times"
lucidatypewriter = courier
"new century schoolbook" = univers
terminal = "line printer"
#===============================================================
[ Display ] # Put mappings for all display surfaces here.
#===============================================================
[ Display:Motif ] # Put mappings for Motif displays here
# Fix for bug no 778937 DO NOT MOVE!
Roman.....sjis = lucida.....jeuc
Script.....sjis = lucidabright.....jeuc
FixedSys.....sjis = fixed.....jeuc
System.....sjis = lucida.....jeuc
.....sjis = .....jeuc
# Mapping from MS Windows
Roman = lucida
Script = lucidabright
FixedSys = fixed
System = lucida
# Mapping from Macintosh
"Avant Garde" = helvetica
"Bookman" = times
#===============================================================
[ Display:CM ] # Put mappings for all CM displays here.
# These are DEC-specific, and may need localization
*..Blink = Blinking
*..Inverted+Underline.Bold = ReverseBoldUnderline
*..Inverted+Underline. = UnderlineReverse
*..Underline.Bold = UnderlineBold
*..Inverted.Bold = ReverseBold
*...Bold = Bold
*..Underline = Underline
*..Inverted = Reverse
* = Plain # The font of last resort
# Oracle Report PDF sections
# Three new sections have been added:
# [ PDF ] - Used for font aliasing and Multibyte language support
# [ PDF:Embed ] - Used for Type 1 font embedding
# [ PDF:Subset ] - Used for True Type Font subsetting
[ PDF ]
# This example shows how to rename helvetica font to Courier font
# helvetica = Courier
# You can Alias specific styles of font as below
# helvetica.12..Bold.. = Courier.14....
# "Lucida Bright".12..Bold = "New Century Schoolbook"
# Support for Far Eastern Languages:
# PDF section can be additionally used to enable Multibyte language support
# built into Reports. To use this feature with Adobe (r) Acrobat (c), you
# need to install the Asian font pack available online at the Adobe web site.
# .....SJIS = "HeiseiKakuGo-W5-Acro"
# A Japanese report run with Shift-JIS character set is replaced to
# HeiseiKakuGo-W5-Acro CID font.
arial = Arial
"arial" =Arial
"arial narrow" = "Arial Narrow"
"courier new" = "Courier New"
tahoma = Tahoma
"microsoft sans serif" = "Microsoft Sans Serif"
"ms sans serif" = "MS Sans Serif"
"times new roman" = "Times New Roman"
[ PDF:Embed ]
# This example shows how to embed Type 1 helvetica font into the PDF file:
# helvetica = "helvetica.afm helvetica.pfa"
# You need to specify the .afm file before the .pfa file.
# The font files must exist in one of the folders specified in REPORTS_PATH.
[ PDF:Subset ]
# This example shows how to subset Arial True Type font into the PDF file:
# helvetica = "Arial.ttf"
# The True Type font files must exist in any one of the folders specified in
# REPORTS_PATH.
helvetica..Oblique.Medium = "Sadvocra.ttf"
helvetica..Plain.Medium = "Sadc128d.ttf"
helvetica...Bold = "CarolinaBar-B39-25F2-Normal.ttf"
# NOTES ON PRECEDENCE OF PDF SECTIONS:
# If you have entries for a same font in many PDF sections, then Font
# Aliasing entry will take precedence over Font Embedding entry. Entries
# in Font Embedding will take precedence over the entries in Font Subsetting
# section.
# Generic entries for a font must follow more specific entries for the same
# font. For instance, if you want to subset helvetica Plain, helvetica Bold,
# helvetica Italic and helvetica Bold-Italic fonts, your entries must be:
# [ PDF:Subset ]
# helvetica..Italic.Bold.. = "Arialbi.ttf"
# helvetica...Bold.. = "Arialb.ttf"
# helvetica..Italic... = "Ariali.ttf"
# helvetica..... = "Arial.ttf"
# If helvetica..... entry appears in the top of the list, all the styles of
# helvetica font in the layout will be subset as helvetica Plain font.
uiprint.txt
# This is the printer configuration file.
# The format for entries in this file is:
# <OSName>:<Type>:<Version>:<Long Name>:<Description File>:
# The first field is the name of the printer. It is the name you give
# to lpq.
# The second field is the type of driver to be used for the printer.
# Currently, "PostScript" and "ASCII" are the only types of driver for
# printers supported for now. But in future we may be supporting
# drivers for other printer types.
# The third field is the version of the type of printer driver. It's 1
# or 2 for all PostScript printers; or 1 for ASCII printers.
# The fourth field is a long description of the printer. This will be
# presented to the user in the "Choose Printer" dialog window.
# The fifth field is the printer description file to be used. For
# PostScript printers it is the PPD file of the printer. (This field is
# currently unused for ASCII printers.)
# You can use default.ppd for the description file if you don't have a
# PPD file for the printer, but it's best to use the correct PPD file
# for the printer.
# You must fill in at least the first two fields (printer name and
# type). If the version is empty, it defaults to "1"; if the long name
# or description are empty, they will default to empty strings. A
# version of 1 or an empty long name is fine, but, for PostScript
# printers, you must fill in the description file name.
# You don't have to update this file to use any printer. The printer
# chooser interface let's you select a printer and driver at run time,
# as well as associate a printer description file to the printer. You
# should list all printers accessible to users here, however, to
# simplify selecting a printer.
# The first entry in this file will be used as the default printer, if
# no printer was selected in the operating system. (For Unix, the
# following environment variables will be used in turn to get the
# default printer's name:
# TK2_PRINTER
# ORACLE_PRINTER
# PRINTER
# For other platforms, see the Installation and User's Guide for your OS
# for information on setting the default printer.)
# WARNING: Do not define multiple entries for the same printer by the
# same name. Selecting a printer with multiple entries will always result
# in the first entry being selected. Instead, see if your OS allows you
# to create an alias for the printer, and use an alias for the second type.
# The following are examples; replace them with printers accessible from
# this machine.
# hqunx15:PostScript:1:The really slow printer on 12th floor:dcln03r1.ppd:
# hqdev2_pos:PostScript:1:The fast ScriptPrinter in 1281:dclps321.ppd:
# hqunx106:ASCII:1:LNO printer in the 11th floor printer room:none:
# hqdev9:PostScript:1:Bogus printer for Reports ASCII QA:default.ppd:
# hqunx121:PostScript:1:APO printer in 500OP for NLS QA:ok800lt1.ppd:
# --- Note that the following two printers are aliases for the same
# --- physical printer, with different names for different types:
# tk2hp4m:PCL:5:HP printer in 771 for testing PCL:ui4.hpd:
# tk2bw1ps:PostScript:1:HP printer in 771 for testing PS:hp4mp6_1.ppd:
# Not A Printer:ASCII:1:Configure your uiprint.txt file:none:
fontprinter:PostScript:1:printer for fonting fixes:default.ppd:
datap462.ppd
*PPD-Adobe: "4.0"
*% Adobe Systems PostScript(R) Printer Description File
*% Copyright 1987-1992 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
*% All Rights Reserved.
*% Permission is granted for redistribution of this file as
*% long as this copyright notice is intact and the contents
*% of the file is not altered in any way from its original form.
*% End of Copyright statement
*FormatVersion: "4.0"
*FileVersion: "3.1"
*PCFileName: "DATAP462.PPD"
*LanguageVersion: English
*Product: "(Dataproducts LZR 2665)"
*PSVersion: "(46.2) 1"
*ModelName: "Dataproducts LZR-2665"
*NickName: "Dataproducts LZR-2665 v46.2"
*% ==== Options and Constraints =====
*OpenGroup: InstallableOptions/Options Installed
OpenUI Option1/Optional Lower Tray: Boolean
*DefaultOption1: False
*Option1 True/Installed: ""
*Option1 False/Not Installed: ""
CloseUI: Option1
*CloseGroup: InstallableOptions
UIConstraints: Option1 False *InputSlot Lower
*% General Information and Defaults ===============
*ColorDevice: False
*DefaultColorSpace: Gray
*FreeVM: "178744"
*LanguageLevel: "1"
*VariablePaperSize: False
*FileSystem: False
*Throughput: "26"
*Password: "0"
*ExitServer: "
count 0 eq {  % is the password on the stack?
true
dup % potential password
statusdict /checkpassword get exec not
} ifelse
{  %  if no password or not valid
(WARNING : Cannot perform the exitserver command.) =
(Password supplied is not valid.) =
(Please contact the author of this software.) = flush
quit
} if
serverdict /exitserver get exec
*End
*Reset: "
count 0 eq {  % is the password on the stack?
true
dup % potential password
statusdict /checkpassword get exec not
} ifelse
{  %  if no password or not valid
(WARNING : Cannot reset printer.) =
(Password supplied is not valid.) =
(Please contact the author of this software.) = flush
quit
} if
serverdict /exitserver get exec
systemdict /quit get exec
(WARNING : Printer Reset Failed.) = flush
*End
*DefaultResolution: 300dpi
*?Resolution: "
save
initgraphics
0 0 moveto currentpoint matrix defaultmatrix transform
0 72 lineto currentpoint matrix defaultmatrix transform
3 -1 roll sub dup mul
3 1 roll exch sub dup mul
add sqrt round cvi
( ) cvs print (dpi) = flush
restore
*End
*% Halftone Information ===============
*ScreenFreq: "50.0"
*ScreenAngle: "54.0"
*DefaultScreenProc: Dot
*ScreenProc Dot: " {dup mul exch dup mul add sqrt 1 exch sub } "
*ScreenProc Line: "{ pop }"
*ScreenProc Ellipse: "
{ dup 5 mul 8 div mul exch dup mul exch add sqrt 1 exch sub }"
*End
*DefaultTransfer: Null
*Transfer Null: "{ }"
*Transfer Null.Inverse: "{ 1 exch sub }"
*% Paper Handling ===================
*% Use these entries to set paper size most of the time, unless there is
*% specific reason to use PageRegion.
*OpenUI *PageSize: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 30 AnySetup *PageSize
*DefaultPageSize: Letter
*PageSize Letter: "statusdict /lettertray get exec letterR"
*PageSize Letter.Transverse: "statusdict /lettertray get exec letter"
*PageSize Legal: "statusdict /legaltray get exec"
*PageSize Ledger: "statusdict /ledgertray get exec"
*PageSize Statement: "statusdict /statementtray get exec"
*PageSize Tabloid: "statusdict /11x17tray get exec"
*PageSize A3: "statusdict /a3tray get exec"
*PageSize A4: "statusdict /a4tray get exec a4R"
*PageSize A4.Transverse: "statusdict /a4tray get exec a4"
*PageSize A5: "statusdict /a5tray get exec"
*PageSize B4: "statusdict /b4tray get exec"
*PageSize B5: "statusdict /b5tray get exec b5R"
*PageSize B5.Transverse: "statusdict /b5tray get exec b5"
*CloseUI: *PageSize
*% These entries will set up the frame buffer. Usually used with manual feed.
*OpenUI *PageRegion: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 40 AnySetup *PageRegion
*DefaultPageRegion: Letter
*PageRegion Letter: "letterR"
*PageRegion Letter.Transverse: "letter"
*PageRegion Legal: "legal"
*PageRegion Ledger: "ledger"
*PageRegion Tabloid: "11x17"
*PageRegion A3: "a3"
*PageRegion A4: "a4R"
*PageRegion A4.Transverse: "a4"
*PageRegion A5: "a5"
*PageRegion B4: "b4"
*PageRegion B5: "b5R"
*PageRegion B5.Transverse: "b5"
*PageRegion Statement: "statement"
*CloseUI: *PageRegion
*% The following entries provide information about specific paper keywords.
*DefaultImageableArea: Letter
*ImageableArea Letter: "20 16 591 775 "
*ImageableArea Letter.Transverse: "18 19 593 773 "
*ImageableArea Legal: "18 19 593 990 "
*ImageableArea Ledger: "18 16 1205 775 "
*ImageableArea Tabloid: "16 19 775 1206 "
*ImageableArea A3: "18 21 823 1170 "
*ImageableArea A4: "18 18 576 823 "
*ImageableArea A4.Transverse: "18 19 577 823 "
*ImageableArea A5: "18 19 401 577 "
*ImageableArea B4: "19 15 709 1017 "
*ImageableArea B5: "20 19 495 709 "
*ImageableArea B5.Transverse: "20 19 495 709 "
*ImageableArea Statement: "22 19 374 594 "
*?ImageableArea: "
save
/cvp {(                ) cvs print ( ) print } bind def
/upperright {10000 mul floor 10000 div} bind def
/lowerleft {10000 mul ceiling 10000 div} bind def
newpath clippath pathbbox
4 -2 roll exch 2 {lowerleft cvp} repeat
exch 2 {upperright cvp} repeat flush
restore
*End
*% These provide the physical dimensions of the paper (by keyword)
*DefaultPaperDimension: Letter
*PaperDimension Letter: "612 792"
*PaperDimension Letter.Transverse: "612 792"
*PaperDimension Legal: "612 1008"
*PaperDimension Ledger: "1224 792"
*PaperDimension Tabloid: "792 1224"
*PaperDimension A3: "842 1191"
*PaperDimension A4: "595 842"
*PaperDimension A4.Transverse: "595 842"
*PaperDimension A5: "420 595"
*PaperDimension B4: "729 1032"
*PaperDimension B5: "516 729"
*PaperDimension B5.Transverse: "516 729"
*PaperDimension Statement: "396 612"
*RequiresPageRegion All: True
*OpenUI *InputSlot: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 20 AnySetup *InputSlot
*DefaultInputSlot: Upper
*InputSlot Upper: "0 statusdict /setpapertray get exec"
*InputSlot Lower: "1 statusdict /setpapertray get exec"
*?InputSlot: "
save
[ (Upper) (Lower) ] statusdict /papertray get exec
(get exec) stopped ( pop pop (Unknown)} if = flush
restore
*End
*CloseUI: *InputSlot
*OpenUI *ManualFeed: Boolean
*OrderDependency: 20 AnySetup *ManualFeed
*DefaultManualFeed: False
*ManualFeed True: "statusdict /manualfeed true put"
*ManualFeed False: "statusdict /manualfeed false put"
*?ManualFeed: "
save
statusdict /manualfeed get {(True)}{(False)}ifelse = flush
restore
*End
*CloseUI: *ManualFeed
*DefaultOutputOrder: Reverse
*% Font Information =====================
*% This datap462.ppd is provided by fontsolutions.tar
*DefaultFont: Courier
*Font ArialMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font Arial-ItalicMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font Arial-BoldMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font Arial-BoldItalicMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font ArialNarrow: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font ArialNarrow-Italic: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font ArialNarrow-Bold: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font ArialNarrow-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font CourierNewMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font CourierNew-ItalicMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font CourierNew-BoldMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font CourierNew-BoldItalicMT: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier: Standard "(001.004)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Bold: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Oblique: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Bold: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Oblique: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font IDAutomationSMICR: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Symbol: Special "(001.001)" Special ROM
*Font Tahoma: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Tahoma-Bold: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Bold: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Italic: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Roman: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font TimesNewRomanMT: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font TimesNewRoman-BoldMT: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font TimesNewRoman-BoldItalicMT: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*Font TimesNewRoman-ItalicMT: Standard "(001.001)" Standard ROM
*?FontQuery: "
save
/str 100 string dup 0 (fonts/) putinterval def
count 1 gt
exch dup str 6 94 getinterval cvs
(/) print print (:) print
FontDirectory exch known
{(Yes)}{(No)} ifelse =
{exit} ifelse
}bind loop
(*) = flush
restore
*End
*?FontList: "
FontDirectory { pop == } bind forall flush
(*) = flush
*End
*% Printer Messages (verbatim from printer):
*Message: "%%[ exitserver: permanent state may be changed ]%%"
*Message: "%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%"
*Message: "\FontName\ not found, using Courier"
*% Status (format: %%[ status: <one of these> ]%% )
*Status: "idle"
*Status: "busy"
*Status: "waiting"
*Status: "printing"
*Status: "warming up"
*Status: "PrinterError: BD check"
*Status: "PrinterError: Paper jam"
*Status: "PrinterError: Replace toner bag"
*Status: "PrinterError: Warming up"
*Status: "PrinterError: Timing error"
*Status: "PrinterError: Fuser check"
*Status: "PrinterError: Cover opened"
*Status: "PrinterError: Toner empty"
*Status: "PrinterError: Empty & reset output bin(s)"
*Status: "PrinterError: Sorter or jogger error"
*Status: "PrinterError: Scanner check"
*% Input Sources (format: %%[ status: <stat>; source: <one of these> ]%% )
*Source: "serial9"
*Source: "serial25"
*Source: "AppleTalk"
*Source: "Centronics"
*% Printer Error (format: %%[ PrinterError: <one of these> ]%%)
*PrinterError: "BD check"
*PrinterError: "Paper jam"
*PrinterError: "Replace toner bag"
*PrinterError: "Warming up"
*PrinterError: "Timing error"
*PrinterError: "Fuser check"
*PrinterError: "Cover opened"
*PrinterError: "Toner empty"
*PrinterError: "Empty & reset output bin(s)"
*PrinterError: "Sorter or jogger error"
*PrinterError: "Scanner check"
*%DeviceAdjustMatrix: "[1 0 0 1 0 0]"
*% Color Separation Information =====================
*DefaultColorSep: ProcessBlack.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi
*InkName: ProcessBlack/Process Black
*InkName: CustomColor/Custom Color
*InkName: ProcessCyan/Process Cyan
*InkName: ProcessMagenta/Process Magenta
*InkName: ProcessYellow/Process Yellow
*% For 60 lpi / 300 dpi =====================================================
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessBlack.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "45"
*ColorSepScreenAngle CustomColor.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "45"
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessCyan.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "15"
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessMagenta.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "75"
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessYellow.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "0"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessBlack.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "60"
*ColorSepScreenFreq CustomColor.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "60"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessCyan.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "60"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessMagenta.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "60"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessYellow.60lpi.300dpi/60 lpi / 300 dpi: "60"
*% For 53 lpi / 300 dpi =====================================================
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessBlack.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "45.0"
*ColorSepScreenAngle CustomColor.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "45.0"
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessCyan.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "71.5651"
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessMagenta.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "18.4349"
*ColorSepScreenAngle ProcessYellow.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "0.0"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessBlack.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "53.033"
*ColorSepScreenFreq CustomColor.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "53.033"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessCyan.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "47.4342"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessMagenta.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "47.4342"
*ColorSepScreenFreq ProcessYellow.53lpi.300dpi/53 lpi / 300 dpi: "50.0"
*% For "Dataproducts LZR 2665" version 46.2
*% Produced by "GETapd.ps" version 2.0 edit 47
*% Converted to meet 4.0 specification
*% Last Edit Date: Sep 15 1992
*% The byte count of this file should be exactly 011228 or 011572
*% depending on the filesystem it resides in.
*% end of PPD file for Dataproducts LZR 2665

Answer 1

If you want to make platform independent use of fonts, you have to use the family, such as sans serif.
Arial is owned by monotype (http://monotype.com/). You have to contact them if you wish to redistribute it with your application. They also might have a suitable version that renders nicely under linux.
Pete