Method and apparatus for communicating font registration information
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJUN HORIYAMA
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Abstract
In a system in which a plurality of computers and printers are connected, when a font of a document to be printed does not exist in the printer, the font is downloaded to the printer and a fact that it was downloaded is also notified to the other computers.
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A print system in which at least one host computer and one printing apparatus are connected and font data from said host computer is registered into a memory of said printing apparatus, and a printing process is performed by using said registered font data, comprising:
- transfer means for, when said font data is registered from said host computer into the memory of said printing apparatus, sending said font data and font registration information regarding said printing apparatus to at least one of the other host computer and the memory of said printing apparatus;
- referring means for referring to said sent font registration information in the case where said host computer prints by using said printing apparatus;
- discriminating means for discriminating whether a printing apparatus name and a font name which are required by the host computer to print by using said printing apparatus exist in said referred font registration information or not;
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- printing means for, when it is determined that they exist, performing the printing process by using the font data registered in the memory of said printing apparatus.
A printing method in a print system in which at least one host computer and one printing apparatus are connected, whereby font data is registered from said host computer into a memory of said printing apparatus and a printing process is performed by using said registered font data, comprising the steps of:
- when said font data is registered from said host computer into the memory of said printing apparatus, sending said font data and font registration information regarding said printing apparatus to at least one of the other host computer and the memory of said printing apparatus;
- referring to said sent font registration information in the case where said host computer prints by using said printing apparatus;
- discriminating whether a printing apparatus name and a font name which are required by the host computer to print by using said printing apparatus exist in said referred font registration information or not;
- and
- when it is determined that they exist, performing the printing process by using the font data registered in the memory of said printing apparatus.
A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program that is executed by a CPU in a print system in which at least one host computer and one printing apparatus are connected and is provided for registering font data from said host computer into a memory of said printing apparatus and performing a printing process by using said registered font data,
- wherein said program comprises the steps of:
- when said font data is registered from said host computer into the memory of said printing apparatus, sending said font data and font registration information regarding said printing apparatus to at least one of the other host computer and the memory of said printing apparatus;
- referring to said sent font registration information in the case where said host computer prints by using said printing apparatus;
- discriminating whether a printing apparatus name and a font name which are required by the host computer to print by using said printing apparatus exist in said referred font registration information or not;
- and
- when it is determined that they exist, performing the printing process by using the font data registered in the memory of said printing apparatus.
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