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US 5,671,339 AGranted
Output apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShuichi Kumada
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Abstract
An output apparatus which includes a font information memory for outputting a pattern on the basis of information from a host computer, a selector for designating an attribute of fonts, and a dot printer for outputting a table of the fonts having the attribute designated by the selector.
Claims12
An output apparatus comprising:
- memory means for storing a plurality of fonts each said font having a plurality of attributes;
- designation means for designating a condition of at least some of said attributes;
- discrimination means for discriminating for each of the plurality of fonts stored in said memory means whether the font satisfies the condition of said attributes designated by said designation means;
- and
- output means for outputting, as a list, information on all the fonts discriminated by said discrimination means as fonts that satisfy the designated condition of said attributes.
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An output method using a memory which stores a plurality of fonts each said font having a plurality of attributes and a designation device which designates a condition of at least some of said attributes, said method comprising the steps of:
- discriminating for each of the plurality of fonts stored in the memory whether the font satisfies the condition of the attributes designated by the designation device;
- and
- outputting, as a list, information on all the fonts discriminated in said discriminating step as fonts that satisfy the designated condition of the attributes.
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