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Printing apparatus, printing system, and a method for acquiring character resources of the printing system

US6388757B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 2, 1998
Grant dateMay 14, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1296
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus to be connected to a printing apparatus includes an acquisition device for acquiring font information of the printing apparatus from the printing apparatus, a determination device for determining a disposing position of characters of a document to be printed on the printing apparatus by using the font information acquired by the acquisition device, and a display for displaying the characters of the document to be printed by the printing apparatus on the display based on the disposing position determined by the determination device.

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