Font downloading apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A font downloading apparatus for downloading fonts to a character output apparatus, comprising:
- a selector for allowing one of character coding schemes supported by the character output apparatus to be selected if the character coding scheme of the fonts cannot be used on the character output apparatus;
a converter for converting the character coding scheme of the fonts into the character coding scheme selected via the selector; and
a downloader for downloading the fonts whose character coding scheme has been converted by the converter onto the character output apparatus.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a font downloading apparatus and method which can download fonts of a coding scheme not supported by a printer after converting them into a supported coding scheme. When a user on a host computer selects a printer to which a font is to be downloaded, the system acquires coding schemes supported by the selected printer. Then, when a font to be downloaded is specified, the system acquires the coding scheme of the font. If the font to be downloaded is not supported by the printer, the system makes the user to select one of the acquired coding schemes, converts the codes of the font to be downloaded to the selected coding scheme, and downloads the font to the printer.
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1. A font downloading apparatus for downloading fonts to a character output apparatus, comprising:
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a selector for allowing one of character coding schemes supported by the character output apparatus to be selected if the character coding scheme of the fonts cannot be used on the character output apparatus;
a converter for converting the character coding scheme of the fonts into the character coding scheme selected via the selector; and
a downloader for downloading the fonts whose character coding scheme has been converted by the converter onto the character output apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 10, 11)
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4. A font downloading method for downloading fonts to a character output apparatus, comprising:
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a selection step of allowing one of character coding schemes supported by the character output apparatus to be selected if the character coding scheme of the fonts cannot be used on the character output apparatus;
a conversion step of converting the character coding scheme of the fonts into the character coding scheme selected in the selection step; and
a step of downloading the fonts whose character coding scheme has been converted in the conversion step onto the character output apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A computer program product for downloading fonts to a character output apparatus, comprising:
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code for a selection step of allowing one of character coding schemes supported by the character output apparatus to be selected if the character coding scheme of the fonts cannot be used on the character output apparatus;
code for a conversion step of converting the character coding scheme of the fonts into the character coding scheme selected in the selection step; and
code for a step of downloading the fonts whose character coding scheme has been converted in the conversion step onto the character output apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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