JP2000207392A - Document processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document processing system with which the type of document data printed by means of a printer can be confirmed from a host device side even when the host device and printer use different visual language system and document data can be printed in a desired type. SOLUTION: A document processing system is constituted of a host device and a printer 10 which prints document data stored in the host device and prepares printing data by reading out font data stored in a font memory 4 based on the character code of the character data constituting the printed document data. The system is provided with a character code conversion table 2 on which the correspondence relation between the character code on the host device side and that on the printer 10 side are stored and a character code conversion processing section 3 which converts the character code of the document data stored on the host device side from that on the host device side into that on the printer 10 side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of a document processing system, and more particularly to a case where character sets handled by a host device and a printer are different, or different character codes are assigned to the same character shape. However, the present invention relates to a document processing system capable of appropriately coping with the problem.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case where a plurality of variant characters correspond to the same character code, such as the new and old fonts of the JIS code, it has been conventionally proposed to display and print them in a distinguished manner. No. 101115, JP-A-5-113
No. 857 discloses such disclosure.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 7-101115 aims to provide a printer device which can handle Japanese kanji which can output a variant character while maintaining compatibility without impairing a conventional code system. A printer is disclosed which adds a variant character code to a character code and identifies variant characters in the same character code to generate character shape data. It also describes that a means for performing a morphological analysis on a character code string and determining which of the new and old character forms to use in the case of a place name is provided.

On the other hand, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-113857, fonts are transferred from a printer to a host device so that character shapes printed by the printer can be confirmed. This describes that the contents to be printed can be displayed and checked to make sure that there is no difference in the character shape assigned to the same code between the printer and the host device, and that there is no difference in the characters registered as external characters. ing.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, JIS
Since X 0208 is a character set established for documents in ordinary Japanese languages, there are many missing characters and fonts when writing proper nouns such as personal names and place names. Therefore, for example, characters such as “S” and “T” shown in FIG.
Variants such as "V" and "W" are often provided as external characters. With respect to JIS kanji codes, selection of kanji supplemented as the third and fourth levels centering on the characters of these proper nouns is proceeding.

For this reason, different codes are assigned to the same characters and character shapes, and a character shape integrated into one code in one device is assigned to another code in another device in the future. It is expected to increase. In this case, it is considered that the operation only when there is a mistake in the character shape in the same code cannot be coped with.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and has as its object to change the character shape printed by the printer even if the host device and the printer have different character systems. The present invention provides a document processing system which can be confirmed by a user and can be printed in a desired character shape.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus for printing document data stored in the information processing apparatus. In a document processing system that reads font data stored in a font memory based on a character code of data and creates print data, a character code storing a correspondence relationship between a character code on an information processing device and a character code on a printing device. A conversion table, a character code conversion processing means for converting the character code of the information processing device to the character code of the printing device based on the character code conversion table for the document data stored in the information processing device, Is a document processing system comprising:

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the character code conversion table is capable of converting a single character code on the information processing device into a plurality of character codes on the printing device. Selecting means for selecting a corresponding desired character code from the obtained plurality of character codes;
2. The document processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: generating print data based on the character code selected by the selection unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the data stored in the character code conversion table includes flag information for determining whether or not to use the character code as a standard, and the selecting means includes: 3. The document processing system according to claim 2, wherein a character code to be used as a standard is preferentially selected from a plurality of character codes obtained from the character code conversion table based on the flag information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a position calculating means for calculating a character position when a plurality of converted character code candidates are printed, and a character position calculated by the character position calculating means. Position storage means, display means for displaying an image corresponding to a printed result in advance based on the storage content of the position storage means, and the selection means displaying the image on the display means in advance when character data is confirmed 3. The document processing system according to claim 2, further comprising: highlighting control means for highlighting a character having a plurality of character code candidates so as to be distinguishable from other characters.

[0012] According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus, comprising: a judging means for judging whether or not a font corresponding to a character code on the information processing apparatus is present on the printing apparatus; If it is determined that the character code does not exist in the apparatus, the font data is fetched from the connected external storage means and written into the font memory. 2. The document processing system according to claim 1, further comprising table writing means for newly registering a character code corresponding to the font data in a table.

The invention according to claim 6 further comprises a conversion table for associating a character code string for a character string on the information processing apparatus with a character code string on the printing apparatus.
The document processing system described in the above.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first character code conversion table, a second character code conversion table that can be newly registered is provided, and the character code conversion means includes a second character code conversion table. An information processing apparatus that applies a table in preference to the first character code conversion table, and that there is no target character code to be converted to the second character code conversion table based on the first character code conversion table; 2. The document processing system according to claim 1, wherein the character code of the printer is converted into the character code of the printer.

The invention according to claim 8 is provided with a conversion table for associating a character code string on the information processing device side with a character code on the printing device side for one character as a heading. Document processing system.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a procedure for storing a correspondence between a character code on the information processing device and a character code on the printing device, and the information processing device based on the stored correspondence. Converting the character code of the stored document data and the character code of the printing apparatus; reading font data stored in a font memory based on the converted character code; and reading the read font data. Means for creating print data on the printing apparatus side based on the information processing apparatus, and a recording medium readable by an information processing apparatus which stores a document processing program for executing the means.

[0017]

(First Embodiment of the Present Invention) FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a printer driver according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printer driver 1 is installed in a host device from a recording medium (not shown) such as a CD ROM or a floppy disk, and includes a character code conversion table 2, a character code conversion processing unit 3, a font memory 4, a print data generation processing unit 5, and a buffer memory 6. Is done.

When the application program 7 sends document data in the form of character codes on the host side to the printer driver 1, the character code conversion table 2, character code conversion processing unit 3, font memory 4, print data generation processing unit 5 The printer driver 1 including the buffer memory 6 sends print data to the display device 8, and after confirming with the input device 9, the document data in the character code of the printer is sent to the printer device 10.

The character code conversion table 2 is a table in which UNICODE, which is a character code used by a host device (not shown), is associated with a character code of a printer, as shown in FIG. UNI
4E00 for CODE, 3 for printer character code
41E01 is assigned and 4E00 is 341E
01 so that they correspond to each other.

Note that UNICODE is a two-byte code system established to correspond to each language, and the conventional character code system is an extension of a European one-byte system code. Special operations were required when processing 2-byte codes such as
It is expected that the above problem will be solved by adopting NICODE, and that European and Japanese languages will be able to be handled in the same way. Some of them have been adopted as standard character codes of JAVA and internal codes of operating systems for information processing devices. ing.

The character code conversion processing unit 3 performs a process of converting a UNICODE document (character data) created by the application program 7 into a printer character code by using the character code conversion table 2.

The font memory 4 stores font data used by the printer, and the print data generation processing unit 5 uses the UNICODE
The font of the printer 10 corresponding to the character code of the printer 10 converted from is read from the font memory 4 and character data for output to the printer 10 is generated.

As described above, the generated character data is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 6 and is configured to be displayed on the display device 8 such as a display for confirmation. When an output confirmation instruction is input from an input device 9 such as a keyboard or a pointing device, the character data described by the character code of the printer 10 is transmitted from the buffer memory 6 to the printer 10. .

The processing portion (program) of the function of the printer driver 1 described above includes a recording medium (for example, a floppy disk, a CDROM, a hard disk, etc.) readable by an information processing device such as a server or a personal computer, and a storage means (mainly). Memory, RAM, etc.)
The font memory 4 and the buffer memory 6 use the information processing device main body and the storage unit in the printer 10 as necessary, and execute a part of the printer driver 1 by software, Is generally constructed as a system in the form of hardware and resident in the operating system of the information processing apparatus.

However, for example, in an information processing apparatus having no operating system, the entire printer driver 1 can be implemented by hardware, and in this case, hardware processing generally takes longer processing time. Can be shortened, and a problem that data is rewritten as in the case of a program can be avoided.

By configuring the processing portion of the printer driver 1 with a program that can be read by the information processing apparatus, distribution and copying at the time of updating or changing the program, for example, are facilitated. By recording on a removable recording medium, an effect of excellent portability can be expected.

Further, the program for the processing part of the printer driver 1 or a program for introducing (installing) the program into the information processing apparatus or the printer 10 is created.
On the other hand, by introducing the above-mentioned program, it is possible to implement the present invention while using the conventional buffer memory 6 and font memory 4, and in this case, it is possible to effectively use the existing hardware resources. It becomes possible to implement the present invention.

The process of the character code conversion process and the print data generation process will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, the flow of the entire process will be described with reference to FIG. 3. When the printer driver 1 receives document data from the application program 7 (step S1, the following steps S1 and S2).
1), a conversion process from the host-side character code to the printer-side character code is performed (S).
2).

Next, if the print data is not to be confirmed (No in S3), the process immediately proceeds to S7, where the document data is transmitted to the printer 10 to complete the overall processing, while the print data is confirmed. (Yes in S3)
In the case of s), a conversion process from the character code to the print data is performed in S4.

Then, in order to confirm the print data by the user, the print data is transmitted to the host in S5 and the display device 8 is operated.
Is performed, and if there is no problem in the displayed print data, the user performs an execution operation to that effect (S
6), the document data is transmitted to the printer 10 and the process is terminated. If there is a problem with the print data (no in S6), the document itself needs to be edited again. Processing is immediately interrupted and terminated.

In the above processing, the processing for converting the character code on the host side into the character code on the printer side is shown in FIG.
First, the first character of the document created by the host is extracted (S11). If the document data is not completed (NO in S12), the character code conversion table 2 is used.
Is used to convert the character code into the character code of the printer 10 (S13). When this process is completed, the next character is extracted from the document data (S14). Similarly, the character code conversion process is repeated until the document data is completed, and when the document data is completed (yes in S12), the process is terminated. Ends.

Next, the conversion process from the character code to the print data will be described with reference to FIG. 5. First, the character code of the first character of the document subjected to the character code conversion is fetched (S21). The corresponding font data is read (S23). When this is completed, the character code of the next character of the document is fetched (S24), and the font data is read out from the font memory 4 in the same manner, until one character is obtained until the document data is completed (No in S22). Performs conversion to print data for each code,
When the document data ends (Yes in S22), the process ends.

In the case where a plurality of characters correspond to a certain character on the host by including the modified character in the printer 10, the character code conversion table 2 indicates that the first character of the host is included in the character code conversion table 2. One character code for printer 1
A plurality of character codes of 0 are made to correspond. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a character “K” on the host is replaced with “K” on the printer 10 and “A” shown in FIG. 7 (a special character that cannot be used as it is in the description in the following description). In order to avoid complicating the description, special characters are represented based on the correspondence table of Fig. 7. For example, "X" in the specification represents "kichi". If there are two types, the U of the host
In NICODE, a character code conversion table is provided in which two character codes 57FD26 and 57FD27 of the printer 10 correspond to one character code 5409.

Normally, assuming that the character "yoshi" is used, a flag "1" for standard determination is added to this character code, and the character code is set as a default character.
Then, when the user creates character data “yoshi” on the host, two kinds of candidates, “yoshi” and “A”, are displayed. If the user wants to print “yoshi”, it is displayed as a default. Therefore, there is no need to perform any operation. However, if it is desired to print “A”, this character is selected and the character code is converted.

The process at this time is shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, the first character of the document is extracted (S3
1) In S32, it is confirmed whether or not the document data is completed. If it is not completed (No in S32), the corresponding character is searched (S33).

If there is only one character candidate to be converted (S3
4 and no), the character code of the printer 10 is immediately converted, while the number of candidates is two or more (S34).
If the answer is "yes"), the character to be used is selected and converted to the character code of the printer 10 (S36). When this is completed, the character code is converted one character at a time, such as taking out the next character of the document data and performing the same processing. When the document ends (yes in S32), the processing ends.

(Second Embodiment of the Present Invention) FIG. 9 shows the configuration of the printer driver 1 in this embodiment. This printer driver 1 is the printer driver 1 of the first embodiment.
In addition, a counter 11, a position memory 12, and a character code correction processing unit 13 are added. The same parts in the configuration of FIG. 1 are given the same numbers. First, a counter (character position calculation means) 11 calculates the position of each character in a document created by the host. A position memory 12 stores the character position calculated by the counter 11 and a character code correction processing unit 13. When the character data generated by the print data generation processing unit 5 is displayed and confirmed on the display device 8 and the user wants to change a certain character, the position of the character in the document is stored in the position memory by an instruction from the input device. The character data read from the buffer memory 12 and held in the buffer memory 6 is corrected.

According to the printer driver 1 having the above configuration,
For example, among the character data shown in “original document” shown in FIG. 10, for character data having a plurality of conversion candidates that can be printed by the printer, the counter 11 calculates the position of the character in the document. Character data can be identified by using emphasized characters such as bold characters and underlines as in the “preview screen before change” shown in FIG.

For example, since it is indicated that “yoshi” of “yoshimoto” has two conversion candidates “yoshi” and “A” (see FIG. 7), the user wants to use the input device 9 to use it. Characters can be selected from the screen. Here "A"
Is selected, the preview after selection is shown in FIG.
Is displayed as shown at the bottom of the figure. If this is satisfactory, the document is transmitted to the printer 10. If there is a problem, the character code correction processing unit 13 selects a new character and converts the character code.

The processing at this time will be described with reference to FIGS. The entire process will be described with reference to FIG. 11. First, when the printer driver 1 receives a document created by the application program 7 (S40), a process of converting a host-side character code into a printer-side character code is performed (S41). ).

Next, when the print data is not confirmed (No in S42), the document is immediately transmitted to the printer 10, while when the print data is confirmed (S42).
Yes), the conversion from the character code to the print data is performed (S43). Then, the print data is transmitted to the host, and the print data is displayed on the display device 8 (S44).

The user checks the displayed print data. If there is no problem (yes in S45), the user immediately transmits the document data to the printer 10 (S49). Is specified by the input device 9 or the like, and a selection candidate of character data to be converted is displayed again to be selected (S47), and character code conversion is performed on the selected character data (S48). When the user finally confirms that there is no problem in the print data, the document is transmitted to the printer 10 and the process is terminated.

The conversion of the host-side character code into the printer-side character code in the above processing will be described with reference to FIG. 12. First, the counter 11 is initialized and the first character of the document created by the host is extracted. , Counter 11
Is increased by 1 (S50 to S52). Next, a search is made for a corresponding character on the printer side (S54). If there is only one conversion candidate (no in S55), the character code of this character is immediately converted (S58), while the conversion candidate is 2
If there is more than one (yes in S55), the counter value of the character (in this case, 1) and the character code are recorded in the position memory 12 (S56).

Then, among the two or more conversion candidates,
A standard (default) character is selected (S57), and the character code of this character is converted (S58). When this is completed, processing is performed one character at a time, such as taking out the next character of the document and performing the same processing.

Referring to FIG. 13, a process for converting character codes into print data will be described. First, the counter 11 is initialized to extract the first character of the document (S61, S62), and the counter is set to 1 only. Increase (S
63, S64). Next, the font corresponding to the character code is read from the font memory 4 (S65), and the value of the counter 11 is searched from the position memory 12 (S6).
6) If the counter value does not exist (n in S67)
o), the process for the character is terminated.

On the other hand, if the counter value exists (yes in S67), it means that there are two or more conversion candidates, so that emphasis marking such as bold character, underline, italic character, color character, blinking display, etc. is given ( S68), the processing of the character ends. Then, processing is performed one character at a time such that the same processing is performed for the next character of the document, and the processing ends when the document ends.

Further, regarding the change of the character code, FIG.
First, the character code of the character to be changed is read from the position memory 12, and a conversion candidate is searched from the character code conversion table 2 (S71, S72). Next, conversion candidate fonts are read from the font data and displayed on the display device 8 (S73, S7).
4). When the user confirms this and selects a candidate for conversion, the data in the buffer memory is rewritten with the selected character (S75, S76), and the process ends.

(Third Embodiment of the Present Invention) FIG. 15 shows the configuration of the printer driver 1 of the present embodiment. The printer driver 1 has a configuration in which a character code registration processing unit 14 and a font registration processing unit 15 are added to the printer driver 1 according to the first or second embodiment. First,
1 and 9 of the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

When the font corresponding to the character code of the host does not exist in the printer 10, the font registration processing unit 14 fetches the font data provided from the external storage device 17 and stores the font data in the font conversion table 16.
Register with. At the same time, the character code registration processing unit 14 registers the character code of the printer generated by the font registration processing unit 15 with respect to the font in the character code conversion table 16 in association with the corresponding host character code.

For example, as shown in FIG. 16, assume that the font “C” in FIG. 7 has been registered from the external storage device 17 in the font memory 4 of the printer driver 1. At this time, the font registration processing unit 14 generates and assigns 79A8D2 as the printer-side character code of the font “C”. On the other hand, UNICODE for this font is 51
1D, the character code registration processing unit 14
Character code conversion table 2 by associating
Register with.

The following functions can be added to the printer driver 1 of the first to third embodiments. As shown in FIG.
When character data is created as “Yoshimura” by successively setting “Yoshi” of 5409 and “Village” of 6751 in DE, 54
09, 6751, the character code string of one host is 5
It is also possible to register in the character code conversion table 2 in correspondence with the character code strings of one printer such as 7FD27 and 60C352, and to print "A village".

As another example, when character data "Yoshida Ichi" is created, 5409, 7530, 4E0
The character code string of the host 0 is 57FD26, 663
"Ichi Yoshida" can be printed in correspondence with the character code strings of the printers 257 and 341E01.

Although the character conversion table 2 has been a predetermined fixed table, the user may be able to newly register a special character code conversion table 1. The fixed character code conversion table 2 is as shown in FIG. 20 (b). As shown in FIG. 20 (a), characters frequently used by the user are, for example, "Yoshimura" on the host side. When it is created, "A village" is printed on the printer side, and when "Yoshida one" is created on the host side, "A field one" is created on the printer side
Can be registered. At this time, if conversion based on the registered character conversion table 2 is performed prior to conversion based on the fixed character conversion table, it becomes convenient for the user.

The conversion from the host-side character code to the printer-side character code at this time will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the first character of the document created by the host is extracted (S80), and the character code is searched using the character code conversion table 2 additionally registered by the user (S82).

If there is no conversion candidate (yes in S83)
s) On the other hand, the process proceeds to the search to the fixed table (S8)
6), if there is one conversion candidate (no in S84),
The character code is converted (S89). If there are two or more conversion candidates (yes in S84), the character to be used is selected (S85) and converted to the character code (S8).
9).

When a fixed table is searched, if there is only one conversion candidate, its character code is converted (S
87, no), when there are two or more conversion candidates (S8
Then, the character to be used is selected (S88), and the character code is converted (S89). When this is completed, processing is performed one character at a time, such as taking out the next character of the document and performing the same processing. When the document is completed, the processing ends.

When a character that depends on the printer side does not exist on the host side, the host side may print a predetermined character string if it has a succesful character. For example, as shown in FIG. 19, when the three types of characters on the right side do not exist on the host side depending on the printer side (“C” and “A” refer to FIG. 7), the host side displays <e ”. >
By creating a character string such as <human prosperity>, <doguchi>, etc., and registering the character code of the corresponding printer, the printer can automatically print a predetermined character. If character codes are assigned on the printer side,
It is possible to print not only characters but also logos.

[0058]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a character code of character data constituting document data to be printed is constituted by an information processing device and a printing device for printing document data stored in the information processing device. In a document processing system that reads font data stored in a font memory and creates print data based on a character code conversion table that stores the correspondence between a character code on the information processing device and a character code on the printing device, Character code conversion processing means for converting the document data stored on the information processing device side from the character code on the information processing device side to the character code on the printing device side based on the character code conversion table; Document processing system.

Therefore, for the same character, even if the character code of the host device differs from that of the printer, for example, the character code of the host device is converted into the character code of the printer, and then the character data is generated. Since the output can be performed, it is possible to avoid a problem that printing cannot be performed or a desired printing result cannot be obtained due to different character codes.

A display device is connected to the information processing means,
It is also possible to check the generated character data on the display device of the host device side. In this case, the user can easily print the desired character in the printer and check the state after printing. The effect of printing can be expected while printing.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, by storing the processing program on a recording medium readable by the information processing apparatus, in addition to the effect of the first aspect,
It is easy to change, update, distribute and copy only the processing part,
If the recording medium is removable, a new effect of excellent portability can be expected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the character code conversion table is capable of converting a single character code on the information processing apparatus into a plurality of character codes on the printing apparatus. Selecting means for selecting a corresponding desired character code from a plurality of character codes obtained from the character code conversion table, and generating print data based on the character code selected by the selecting means. Therefore, for example, when a plurality of character codes of the printer are assigned to predetermined character codes of the host device, a desired character can be printed by selecting a desired character code from a plurality of character code candidates. This has the effect.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the data stored in the character code conversion table includes flag information for determining whether or not to use the character code as a standard. The selecting means preferentially selects a character code to be used as a standard among a plurality of character codes obtained from the character code conversion table based on the flag information. In this case, conversion can be performed without the user selecting individual characters, and efficient printing can be performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the position calculating means for calculating the position of the character when the plurality of converted character code candidates are printed, and the character position calculating means calculates the character position. Position storage means for storing a character position; display means for displaying an image corresponding to a printed result in advance based on the storage content of the position storage means; and And highlighting control means for highlighting a character having a plurality of character code candidates so as to be distinguishable from other characters when the image is displayed in advance.

Therefore, the user can easily know a character having a plurality of candidates and can store the character position, so that the user can use a plurality of character codes when generating arbitrary character data. An appropriate character code can be selected for a character having a candidate.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a judging means for judging whether or not a font corresponding to the character code on the information processing apparatus side exists on the printing apparatus side,
When the determination means determines that the corresponding font does not exist on the printing device side, the font data capturing device captures font data from the connected external storage device and writes the font data into the font memory; and a character code on the printing device side. And a table writing means for newly registering the character code corresponding to the font data in the character code conversion table, so that the printer can compensate for the missing font and select the character to be printed. The range can be expanded. Further, it is not necessary to store more font data than necessary in the printer.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, a conversion table for associating a character code string corresponding to a character string on the information processing apparatus with a character code string on the printing apparatus is further provided. There is an effect that the character code can be converted for each pattern without any change.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first character code conversion table, a second character code conversion table that can be newly registered is provided in addition to the first character code conversion table. The second character code conversion table is applied preferentially to the first character code conversion table, and if there is no character code to be converted to the second character code conversion table, the first character code conversion table is used. Since the character code on the information processing device side is converted into the character code on the printing device side based on the information, the character code conversion can be customized according to the user's preference and usage method.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, there is provided a conversion table for associating a character code string of the information processing apparatus with a character code of one printing apparatus as a heading. Therefore, for example, characters that cannot be input on the host side can be easily printed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a document processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a document code conversion table of the document processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process of the document processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of converting a host-side character code into a printer-side character code in the document processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of converting a character code into print data in the document processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a document code conversion table according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a correspondence table of characters used when describing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of converting a host-side character code into a printer-side character code in a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display screen of the document processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process of a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process of converting a host-side character code into a printer-side character code in a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a process of converting a character code into print data in a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a character code changing process of a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a relationship between a document code conversion table and a font memory according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a document code conversion table according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a process of converting a host-side character code into a printer-side character code in a document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a character and a character string that is not present on the host side of the document processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating first and second document code conversion tables according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 1 Printer driver 2 Character code conversion table 3 Character code conversion processing unit 4 Font memory 5 Print data generation processing unit 6 Buffer memory 7 Application program 8 Display device 9 Input device 10 Printer device 11 Counter 12 Position memory 13 Character Code correction processing unit 14 Character code registration processing unit 15 Font registration unit 16 Font conversion table 17 External storage device

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[Claims] An information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus that prints document data stored in the information processing apparatus, and are stored in a font memory based on a character code of character data constituting the document data to be printed. In a document processing system that reads font data and creates print data, a character code conversion table that stores the correspondence between the character code on the information processing device and the character code on the printing device is stored in the information processing device. A character code conversion processing unit for converting the document data from the character code on the information processing device side to the character code on the printing device side based on the character code conversion table. 2. The character code conversion table according to claim 1, wherein a single character code on the information processing device side can be converted into a plurality of character codes on the printing device side, and a plurality of character codes obtained from the character code conversion table can be converted. 2. The document processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: selecting means for selecting a corresponding desired character code, wherein the print data is generated based on the character code selected by the selecting means. 3. The data stored in the character code conversion table includes flag information for determining whether or not the character code is to be used as a standard. 3. The document processing system according to claim 2, wherein a character code to be used as a standard is preferentially selected from a plurality of character codes obtained from the character code conversion table. 4. A position calculating means for calculating a position of a character when a plurality of converted character code candidates are printed; a position storing means for storing a character position calculated by the character position calculating means; Display means for displaying an image corresponding to a printed result in advance based on the storage content of the storage means, and a plurality of character codes when the selection means displays the image on the display means in advance when confirming character data. 3. The document processing system according to claim 2, further comprising: highlighting control means for highlighting a character having a candidate so as to be distinguishable from other characters. 5. A determining means for determining whether a font corresponding to a character code on the information processing apparatus side does not exist on the printing apparatus side, wherein the determining means determines that the corresponding font does not exist on the printing apparatus side. In this case, the font data is fetched from the connected external storage means, the font data fetch means for writing the font data into the font memory, and the character code on the printing device side is newly allocated, and the character code conversion table corresponds to the font data. 2. The document processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a table writing unit for newly registering the set character code. 6. The document processing system according to claim 2, further comprising a conversion table for associating a character code string for a character string on the information processing device with a character code string on the printing device. 7. In addition to the first character code conversion table, a second character code conversion table that can be newly registered is provided, and the character code conversion means stores the second character code conversion table in the first character code conversion table. When there is no target character code to be applied to the code conversion table and to be converted to the second character code conversion table, the character code of the information processing apparatus is converted to the printing device based on the first character code conversion table. 2. The document processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data is converted into a character code of the document. 8. The document processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a conversion table that associates one character of the character code string of the information processing apparatus with a character code of the printing apparatus. 9. A procedure for storing a correspondence between a character code on the information processing device and a character code on the printing device, and a character of document data stored on the information processing device based on the stored correspondence. A procedure for converting a code and a character code on the printing apparatus side; a procedure for reading font data stored in a font memory based on the converted character code; and a procedure for reading the font data based on the read font data. Means for creating print data, and an information processing apparatus readable recording medium recording a document processing program for executing the means.