IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO MANAGE FONT, FONT MANAGING DEVICE, AND FONT PROVIDING SERVER
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1. An image forming apparatus to manage a font, the apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface to receive a font having a use restriction;
a storage unit to store the received font;
a controller to determine whether the stored font is usable if a document is requested to be printed with the font; and
a print engine unit to print the document with the stored font if the stored font is usable.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus in as font managing system to manage a font, includes communication interface to download a file of a font having a use restriction, a storage unit to store the downloaded font file, the controller to determine whether the stored font file is usable if a document is requested to be printed with the font, and a print engine unit to print the document with the stored font if the stored font is usable.
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19 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus to manage a font, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface to receive a font having a use restriction; a storage unit to store the received font; a controller to determine whether the stored font is usable if a document is requested to be printed with the font; and a print engine unit to print the document with the stored font if the stored font is usable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method to manage a font of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving and storing a font having a use restriction; determining whether the stored font is usable if a document is requested to be printed with the font; and printing the document with the stored font if the stored font is usable. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A font managing device, the font managing device comprising:
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a communication unit to download a font to an image forming apparatus if the font having a use restriction is purchased; an application program unit to set the purchased font as a font to use in printing a document; and a controller to transmit a name of the set font and the document to the image forming apparatus if the document is requested to be printed, and to control the communication unit to notify the image forming apparatus of whether the set font is usable. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A font providing server, the font providing server comprising:
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a font generator to generate a font based on a use restriction selected by a user; a server communication unit to transmit the generated font to an external device through which the user purchased the font; and a server controller to control the server communication unit to transmit the generated font to the external device if the user selected the use restriction and purchased the font. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A font managing system, comprising:
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a managing program; an image forming apparatus having a storage unit, and to form an image; a font provider server to sell one or more fonts and to transmit a file of the respective font purchased; and a document processor to receive the transmitted file from the font provider server, to install a virtual font of the transmitted font file in the managing program and to download the purchased font file to the storage unit of the image forming apparatus.
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19. A method of a font managing system, the method comprising:
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transmitting a file of the font purchased by a user from a font provider server; receiving the transmitted file from the font provider server; installing a virtual font of the transmitted font file in the managing program; and downloading the purchased font file to a storage unit of an image forming apparatus.
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