US 8,526,016 B2 · System and method for user-selectable soft font and print stream data template control in a printer driver

Abstract

Printing systems and methods for user-selectable dynamic soft font and print stream data template control processing in a printer driver are provided. The system utilizes a print job driver screen that provides the user with a selectable option to convert soft fonts into graphics that are transferred to the printer. When using multi-byte fonts, and in particular when using multi-byte fonts in a character mangling operating system, printer memory may be rapidly allocated and consumed. However, soft fonts persist in printer memory for the length of the print job. The printer system provided herein allows the user to dynamically select an option to forgo soft font loading for the entire print job and instead transmit appropriate font graphics that are discarded from memory after use after a character threshold has been reached.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A method for printing a document having a plurality of characters using a printer configured for soft font and graphic processing comprising:

determining if a user-selectable soft-font character function having an associated character threshold is enabled;
if the user-selectable soft-font character threshold is not enabled, then printing the document using the soft font processing;
if the user-selectable soft-font character threshold is enabled, then determining for a current character whether the character threshold has been reached;
if the character threshold has not been reached, then processing the current character using a soft font;
and
if the character threshold has been reached, then processing the current character using a font as graphic mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/275,958Filed 21 Nov 2008

Published

US 2010/0128294 A127 May 2010

Granted

3 Sep 2013

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

G06K 15/02
Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printers: using printers
G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
G06F 3/1253
Print job management: configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
G06K 15/1802
Input data handling means: receiving generic data, e.g. fonts, colour palettes

System and method for user-selectable soft font and print stream data template control in a printer driver

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System and method for user-selectable soft font and print stream data template control in a printer driver

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