Image forming apparatus, image forming system and control method of image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasao Saeda, Yasuhiro Nakai, Kohichi Murakami, Yasutomo Hayano
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an office direct print function, and when a non-installed font that is not installed in the image forming apparatus is included in application data, a font substitution guidance screen is displayed on a display. A drop-down list that is an operator for selecting a substitute font is provided in the font substitution guidance screen, whereby a user can arbitrarily select a substitute font. The font substitution guidance screen displays also a sample character group having a typeface according to the selected substitute font.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus that is capable of receiving an input of application data created by predetermined application software or application data created by compatible software that is compatible with the predetermined application software, and executing a print job based on the application data, comprising:
- a font data storage unit that is stored with font data on multiple types of fonts;
- a font determination unit that determines whether a non-installed font different from the multiple types of fonts is included in application data;
- a presentation unit that presents a plurality of options to a user;
- an operation reception unit that receives an operation by the user;
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- a processing execution unit that executes processing according to the operation received by the operation reception unit, wherein
- the presentation unit presents, when it is determined by the font determination unit that a non-installed font is included in the application data, a first option that a print job is executed after the non-installed font is substituted with a substitute font corresponding to the non-installed font out of multiple types of fonts and a second option that a print job is executed in a state where the non-installed font is applied,
- the processing execution unit executes first processing according to the first option when an operation for selecting the first option is received by the operation reception unit and second processing according to the second option when an operation for selecting the second option is received by the operation reception unit, the second processing including transmission processing that transmits the application data to an external support device that is capable of converting the application data into predetermined format data that a print job can be executed in a state where the non-installed font is applied.
A control method of an image forming apparatus is capable of receiving an input of application data created by predetermined application software or application data created by compatible software that is compatible with the predetermined application software, and executing a print job based on the application data, and comprises a font data storage unit that is stored with font data on multiple types of fonts, comprising steps of:
- a font determination step that determines whether a non-installed font different from the multiple types of fonts is included in application data;
- a presentation step that presents a plurality of options to a user;
- an operation reception step that receives an operation by the user;
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- a processing execution step that executes processing according to an operation received in the operation reception step, wherein
- the presentation step presents, when it is determined in the font determination step that a non-installed font is included in the application data, a first option that a print job is executed after the non-installed font is substituted with a substitute font corresponding to the non-installed font out of multiple types of fonts that are installed in the image forming apparatus and a second option that executes a print job in a state where the non-installed font is applied,
- the processing execution step executes first processing according to the first option when an operation for selecting the first option is received in the operation reception step second processing according to the second option when an operation for selecting the second option is received in the operation reception step,
- the second processing includes transmission processing that transmits the application data to an external support device capable of converting the application data into predetermined format data that a print job can be executed in a state where the non-installed font is applied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.