Method and system for virtual machine rendering of non-Latin1 Unicode glyphs

A method for printing a series of glyphs on a printer within a computer system, wherein said series of glyphs comprises zero or more glyphs, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• (b) receiving a request to print a series of glyphs;
• (c) determining, for each glyph in said series of glyphs, whether the printer can render said each glyph;
• (e) if the printer can render said each glyph, generating a request to print said each glyph;
• and
• (f) if the printer cannot render said glyph, rendering said glyph as bitmapped image data and generating a request to print said bitmapped image data.

A method for printing a series of glyphs on a printer within a computer system, said computer system comprising a virtual machine executing on a host computer, wherein said series of glyphs comprises zero or more glyphs, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• (a) receiving, within the virtual machine, a request to print a series of glyphs, each glyph in said series of glyphs specified by a Unicode encoding value;
• (d) determining, for each glyph in said series of glyphs, whether the printer can render said each glyph;
• (e) if the printer can render said each glyph, rendering said each glyph in the printer as first bitmapped image data and printing said first bitmapped image data;
• and
• (f) if the printer cannot render said glyph, rendering said glyph in the virtual machine as second bitmapped image data and printing said second bitmapped image data.

A data processing system for printing a series of glyphs on a printer within the data processing system, wherein said series of glyphs comprises zero or more glyphs, the data processing system comprising:

• (a) determination means for determining, for each glyph in said series of glyphs, whether the printer can render said each glyph;
• (b) generation means for generating a request to print said each glyph if the printer can render said each glyph;
• and
• (c) rendering means for rendering said each glyph, if the printer cannot render said each glyph, as bitmapped image data and generation means generating a request to print said bitmapped image data.

A data processing system for printing a series of glyphs on a printer within the data processing system, wherein said series of glyphs comprises zero or more glyphs, the data processing system comprising:

• (d) means for receiving a request to print a series of glyphs;
• (e) means for determining, for each glyph in said series of glyphs, whether the printer can render said each glyph;
• (f) means for generating a request to print said each glyph if the printer can render said each glyph;
• and
• (g) means for rendering said each glyph, if the printer cannot render said each glyph, as bitmapped image data and generation means for generating a request to print said bitmapped image data.

A data processing system for printing of a series of glyphs on a printer within the data processing system, said data processing system comprising a virtual machine executing on a host computer, wherein said series of glyphs comprises zero or more glyphs, the data processing system comprising:

• (b) receiving means for receiving, within the virtual machine, a request to print a series of glyphs, each glyph in said series of glyphs specified by a Unicode encoding value;
• (h) determination means for determining, for each glyph in said series of glyphs, whether the printer can render said each glyph;
• (i) generation means for generating a request to print said each glyph if the printer can render said each glyph;
• and
• (j) rendering means for rendering said each glyph in the virtual machine, if the printer cannot render said each glyph, as bitmapped image data and generation means for generating a request to print said bitmapped image data.

A computer program product for use within a data processing system for printing a series of glyphs on a printer within a computer system, wherein said series of glyphs comprises zero or more glyphs, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium;
• first instructions for determining, for each glyph in said series of glyphs, whether the printer can render said each glyph;
• second instructions for generating a request to print said each glyph if the printer can render said each glyph;
• and
• third instructions for rendering said glyph as bitmapped image data and generating a request to print said bitmapped image data if the printer cannot render said each glyph.