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Image forming system and image forming method

a technology of image forming and forming method, which is applied in the direction of digital output to print units, instruments, digital computers, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the cost of its us

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-03-25
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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The present invention provides an image forming system and method that allows a printing apparatus to print information on an image reading apparatus that does not have font information installed. The image reading apparatus acquires font information from the printing apparatus and generates desired print data using that information. The print data is then transmitted to the printing apparatus, which prints the desired information. This allows for seamless printing of information on devices that would not normally be compatible with the same font.

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However, with the conventional technique disclosed in the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-117739, although printer fonts can be effectively used in the environment in which various information processing apparatuses are connected, it is necessary to newly provide a server for managing the fonts, and there is a problem in that the cost involved in its use increases.

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[0020]Hereafter, an embodiment of the image forming system and the image forming method according to the invention will be described in detail by referring to the accompanying drawings.

[0021]In the embodiment below, a description will be given by illustrating a scanner as an example of an image reading apparatus and illustrating a printer as an example of a printing apparatus.

[0022]FIG. 1 is a system diagram of an image forming system configured by applying thereto the image forming system and the image forming method in accordance with the invention.

[0023]In FIG. 1, this image forming system is so configured that a scanner 100 and a printer 200 are connected by a communication line 110. The communication line 110 is realized by a network line such as a LAN (local area network) cable or a local line such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable or an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 1284 cable. The scanner 100 and the printer 200 are capable of mutual communicati...

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Abstract

An image forming system including an image reading apparatus and a printing apparatus connected to the image reading apparatus through a communication line, in which the image reading apparatus includes a font information acquiring unit which acquires font information indicating a type of a font installed on the printing apparatus, a print data generating unit which generates desired print data by using the font information acquired from the font information acquiring unit, and a print data transmitting unit which transmits the print data generated by the print data generating unit to the printing apparatus, and in which the printing apparatus prints out the desired print data on the basis of the print data transmitted from the print data transmitting unit.

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[0001]This is a Division of application Ser. No. 11 / 316,912 filed Dec. 27, 2005, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-211294, filed in Japan on Jul. 21, 2005. The disclosure of the prior application is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an image forming system configured by an image reading apparatus and a printing apparatus as well as an image forming method using the image forming system, and more particularly to an image forming system which makes it possible to produce a print output of information in the image reading apparatus which does not hold font information as well as an image forming method using the image forming system.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]In an image reading apparatus represented by a scanner, processing is performed for forming image data by effecting the reading of a document, so that font data for ge...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/00
CPCG06F3/1296H04N1/00973H04N1/00347H04N1/00278G06F3/1206G06F3/1232G06F3/1285
Inventor TAKAYAMA, HIDEAKI
Owner FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP