Image data output apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Nagata
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Abstract
An image data output apparatus such as a laser beam printer or the like includes an input interface, a CPU, an output interface, a detachable ROM cartridge as a character pattern generator and the like. After the initializing operation, the input interface supplies a font select command of a font to be selected to the CPU. The CPU determines whether or not attributes designated by the font select command coincide with those of fonts of the apparatus stored in respective font registers. When no coincidence is established, the CPU selects a font having attributes near those designated by the font select command. If a font having the designated attributes does not exist in the character pattern generator, the apparatus can select and generate a font having the attributes near those of the font to be selected.
Claims15
An image data output apparatus comprising:
- font storing means capable of storing plural kinds of fonts each having attribute factors therein;
- input means for inputting a font selection command indicating selection of a font from said font storing means;
- and
- selecting means for selecting a font from said font storing means in accordance with the command inputted from said input means;
- said selecting means performing selection of a font designated by the font selection command when the designated font is stored in said font storing means, and performing selection of another font having the same attribute factors as those of the font designated by the font selection command when the designated font is not stored in said font storing means.
An image data output apparatus comprising:
- font storing means capable of storing a plurality of fonts therein;
- and
- selecting means for selecting one of fonts stored in said font storing means,
- wherein said selecting means includes first designating means for designating an attribute of a font to be selected for each factor of the attribute;
- second designating means for designating an attribute of a font stored in said font storing means for each factor of the attribute, and
- determining means for determining a font to be outputted in accordance with the respective factors of the attribute designated by said first designating means and those designated by said second designating means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.