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US 10,321,011 B2Granted
Combining input image with generated image of registered character using character code to generate image to be printed
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKiwamu Suzuki
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Abstract
In a process of printing an arbitrary text string using a composite print function, in a case where font extension using a font of a display language is not possible, a character at a first position in the text string is extracted and a font is retrieved that allows font extension for the extracted character. Using the retrieved font, font extension is performed for the text string.
Claims12
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer engine;
- a controller having a processor and a memory storing a program which is executed by the processor, the controller being configured to be able to:
- set a first display language;
- register a character for printing a corresponding pattern in a predetermined position in a page for printing in character code whose image is displayed using a first font associated with the set first display language;
- after the registration, set a second display language different from the first display language;
- input an image;
- after the setting of the second display language, determine whether a second font associated with the set second display language is capable of generating an image of the registered character, by using the character code of the registered character and the set second font;
- and
- if the determination determines that the second font is not capable of generating an image of the registered character, acquire a font which is capable of generating an image of the registered character by searching a plurality of fonts stored in the printing apparatus for the font by checking sequentially, until the font is found, the plurality of fonts one by one using the character code of the registered character;
- generate the image of the registered character using the acquired font;
- and
- merge the input image and the generated image of the registered character using the character code of the registered character which is different from the second display language to generate an image to print by a print engine.
9 more elements
A method of controlling an apparatus for printing an image of a character comprising:
- holding a plurality of fonts;
- setting a first display language;
- registering the character for printing a corresponding pattern in a predetermined position in a page for printing in character code whose image is displayed using a first font associated with the first display language;
- after the registration, setting a second display language different from the first display language;
- inputting an image;
- after the setting of the second display language, determining whether a second font associated with the second display language is capable of generating an image of the registered character, by using the character code of the registered character and the set second font;
- and
- if the determination determines that the second font is not capable of generating an image of the registered character, acquiring a font which is capable of generating an image of the registered character by searching the plurality of held fonts for the font by checking sequentially, until the font is found, the plurality of fonts one by one using the character code of the registered character;
- generating the image of the registered character using the acquired font;
- and
- merging the input image and the generated image of the registered character using the character code of the registered character which is different from the second display language to generate an image to print by a print engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.