JP2013025729A - Information processing system, information processing device, image forming device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform background pattern printing by use of font data corresponding to a font required.SOLUTION: The information processing system includes: an information processing device that generates a page description language corresponding to a drawing command from a user and transmits the page description language to a first image forming device; the first image forming device that receives the page description language, determines presence of font data corresponding to the page description language, and transmits, when there is no font data corresponding to the page description language, the page description language to any of other image forming devices; and a second image forming device that receives the page description language, determines presence of font data corresponding to the page description language, and generates and transmits, when there is font data corresponding to the page description language, image data corresponding to the page description language to the first image forming device. The first image forming device then receives the image data and outputs the image data to a recording medium.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a program.

  When implementing the print function using the fonts built into the information processing device, generally when there is no corresponding font on the printer side, the method of specifying an alternative font provided in the printer, or the font server A method for acquiring a desired font by making an inquiry is already known.

  Patent Document 1 discloses means for acquiring fonts from a font server and sending them to a printer (client) for the purpose of simplifying font data management. Patent Document 2 discloses means for managing access rights to a font server for the purpose of appropriately managing font data in a host PC (personal computer) and a server PC.

  However, when printing is performed using alternative fonts as in the previous methods, the character shape (font) changes, and in the method of obtaining the desired font from the font server, there is a copyright to the font. In some cases, there is a possibility of infringement of copying rights.

  Further, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 disclose a technique that enables printing by appropriately using a font that the printer does not have, but the character shape (font) of the alternative font changes, The problem that it does not match the font requested by the information processing apparatus has not been solved.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is an information processing system, information processing apparatus, and image that can execute copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing using font data that matches the font requested by the information processing apparatus. It is an object to provide a forming apparatus and a program.

  In order to solve the above problem, an information processing system according to the present invention described in claim 1 includes an information processing apparatus, a first image forming apparatus in which image output is designated by a user, and a plurality of other image forming apparatuses. Is an information processing system connected via a network, wherein the information processing apparatus generates a page description language corresponding to the drawing command and a drawing command receiving means for receiving a drawing command from the user. And a first page description language transmission means for transmitting the page description language to the first image forming apparatus. The first image forming apparatus includes the page description language. First page description language receiving means for receiving, first font data analyzing means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language, and the first font data A second page for transmitting the page description language to an arbitrary image forming apparatus among the plurality of other image forming apparatuses when the data analysis means determines that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language. A description language transmitting unit, wherein the arbitrary image forming apparatus includes a second page language receiving unit that receives the page description language, and a second that determines whether font data corresponding to the page description language exists. When the font data analyzing means and the second font data analyzing means determine that there is font data corresponding to the page description language, image data generating means for generating image data corresponding to the font data; Image data transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the first image forming apparatus, and the first image forming apparatus comprises: Image data receiving means for receiving the serial image data, characterized in that it comprises a, and an image output means for outputting the image data to the recording medium.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to determine that printers that are aware of their own printer characteristics exchange information and generate print data using an optimal printer. An information processing system, an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a program capable of executing copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing can be obtained.

It is a schematic block diagram explaining the structure of the information processing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram explaining the structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printer driver of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining UI part of the printer driver of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 5A and 5B are diagrams for explaining (a) before copying (during printing) and (b) after copying regarding tint block printing of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a state transition diagram explaining the 1st operation of the information processing system concerning the embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a table for explaining IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a state transition diagram explaining the 2nd operation of the information processing system concerning the embodiment of the present invention.

  Next, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which is the same or it corresponds, The duplication description is simplified thru | or abbreviate | omitted suitably. In the present invention, when the image forming apparatus forms an image based on the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern character string and font set by the printer driver, the image forming apparatus is connected with another image forming apparatus connected on the same network. A PDL (Page Description Language) is used to form an image suitable for the user's request in the image forming apparatus in which font information, tint block information, engine information, etc. are exchanged and image output is designated by the user. It is characterized in that it generates and requests other image forming apparatuses on the network to perform an image forming process suitable for the user's request. The features of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings.

  First, an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a personal computer (hereinafter also referred to as “PC”) 21, a printer 22, and a multifunction device 23 that are connected to each other on the same network 24 such as Ethernet (registered trademark). It is connected.

  Specifically, it is assumed that the PC 21 operates using Windows (registered trademark) as an OS (Operating System). Hereinafter, in order to simplify the description, in the present embodiment, the PC 21 will be described under the condition that it is activated in Windows.

  Assume that the printer 22 is capable of forming an image, and the multifunction device 23 is a multifunction device capable of copying, scanning, and printing. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the specifications of the printer 22 and the multifunction device 23 are different from each other. Specific examples of different specifications include print commands (page description language (PDL)), resolution, toner, and the like supported by each device.

  In the present embodiment, the printer 22 and the multifunction device 23 will be described in detail. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the printer 22 and the multifunction device 23, and any device capable of forming an image can be used. Of course, any device can be used.

  Next, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a printer driver 213 is installed in the PC 21 as a program for converting into a language that can output an image from the printer 22 or the multifunction device 23 by a drawing command on the OS.

  The installation form in FIG. 2 is a state where it is locally incorporated as one module of the OS 212. In the case of Windows technology, there are other installation methods such as Point & Print (installation method in which the printer driver is copied from the server to the client by specifying the shared printer of the server from the client). It may be.

  In the printer driver 213, the graphics unit 214 converts drawing data passed from the application 211 through the OS 212 into a data format suitable for each printer 22 to be output. A UI (User Interface) unit 215 provides a user interface when the user changes the setting of the printer driver 213.

  Further, the PC 21 has an application 211 installed on the OS 212, temporarily stores the drawing data output from the printer driver 213 at the same time, and when the first requested printing process is completed in the printer 22, the next printing is performed. A spooler 216 that executes processing in the printer 22 is provided.

  Next, the graphics unit 214 and the UI unit 215 constituting the printer driver 213 will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the configuration of the printer driver of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the printer driver 213 includes a graphics unit 214 that generates a print command and a UI unit 215 that performs settings.

  The graphics unit 214 includes a drawing command reception unit 217, a PJL (Printer Job Language) / PDL (Page Description Language) generation unit 218, and a transmission unit 219.

  The drawing command receiving unit 217 has a function of receiving a drawing command sent from an application (or OS) and appropriately allocating the command to other modules in the graphics 214. The drawing command refers to DrvTextOut (drawing execution command) that is a function implemented in the printer driver 213, for example, using Windows. At this time, the setting value set by the setting management unit 220 of the UI unit 215 is also delivered together.

  The PJL / PDL generation unit 218 has a function of converting the setting value and image passed from the setting management unit 220 of the UI unit 215 into a language that can be interpreted by the printer 22. Then, the transmission unit 219 of the graphics fix 214 transmits the data generated by the graphics 214 to the printer 22.

  The UI unit 215 includes a setting management unit 220 and a display unit 221. The display unit 221 provides a user interface that accepts settings from the user. The setting management unit 220 has a function of holding the setting value input from the display unit 221. Taking Windows as an example, this indicates inputting data into a DEVMODE structure that is a structure for changing the printer settings.

  Next, an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. 4, the printer 22 includes a reception unit 222, an analysis unit 223, an image generation unit 226, a transmission unit 225, and an engine management unit 224.

  The receiving unit 222 has a function of receiving data transmitted from the PC 21 (printer driver 213) or another printer 22 and passing the data to a required block. The analysis unit 223 has a function of analyzing font information and setting values transmitted from the printer driver 213. The engine management unit 214 manages the engine resolution of the printer 22 and the properties of toner to be developed.

  The image generation unit 226 has a function of generating data to be passed to the printer driver 213 based on the result analyzed by the analysis unit 223. The transmission unit 225 has a function of transmitting data to another printer 22. In FIG. 4, the printer 22 is described, but any apparatus that forms an image may be used.

  Next, the UI unit 215 in the printer driver 213 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the UI unit of the printer driver of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The printer driver 213 includes a UI unit 215 for printing the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting. In the UI unit 215, a character string of the tint block and a font of the character string can be designated. FIG. 5 shows a display unit 221 (FIG. 3) when the background pattern setting is turned on as the basic setting of the driver UI, the character string to be printed on the background pattern is “Aiueo”, and the font of the character string is “MS Mincho”. Is a display example.

  Next, background pattern printing will be described briefly. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing is such that characters and figures appear when they are copied to the background of a printed matter, and the characters printed on the background can be changed according to the application. In other words, copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing is a technique in which different patterns are prepared and printed on the background and the character string at the time of printing, and the pattern that cannot be read at the time of copying disappears. As a result, it is possible to discriminate between the original and the copy, and anti-counterfeiting effects and copy deterrent effects can be expected.

  The tint block printing will be specifically described with reference to FIG. 6A and 6B are diagrams for explaining (a) before copying (during printing) and (b) after copying regarding tint block printing of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the case of FIG. 6, the case where there is no font at the time of tint block printing is illustrated. In copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing, after the printing is instructed by the PC 21, the background and the character string are printed separately from the actual document. FIG. 6B shows an image when a pattern in which the background disappears after copying is applied. This pattern can be changed depending on the dot reproducibility of the engine and the toner used.

  Next, the operation of the information processing system in the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described. The operation of the information processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described. When the printer driver 213 transmits setting values to the printer 22 that designates image formation, font information to be printed on the printer 22 is not installed. The printer 22 generates PJL / PDL data and transmits it to another printer.

  When the other printer receives the information and the font information exists in the other printer, and the engine resolution and toner format are within the support range of the other printer, an image is generated in the other printer. However, if it is out of the support range, the PJL / PDL data is transmitted to another printer. It is noted that the other printer does not confirm twice in the other printer by adding information that it has already been confirmed whether or not it is within the support range to the PJL / PDL data. To. For this confirmation, an IP (Internet Protocol) address as shown in FIG. 8 is used. This point will be described later.

  FIG. 7 is a state transition diagram illustrating a first operation of the information processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, an operation sequence when processing is performed on the printer 22, the multifunction device 23, and the like that are connected in a daisy chain to the PC 21 will be described.

  In FIG. 7, first, when the user opens the UI unit 215 in the printer driver 213 of the PC 21, the setting value for copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing is stored from the display unit 221 in the UI unit 215 to the setting management unit 220. .

  When the user inputs a print command via the display unit 221 of the UI unit 215, the display unit 221 passes the setting value and the drawing command for copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing to the drawing command receiving unit 217 of the graphics 214.

  Next, the drawing command receiving unit 217 passes the set value for time designation to the PJL / PDL generating unit 218, and the PJL / PDL generating unit 218 converts the setting value into PJL, and the PJL is sent to the drawing command receiving unit 217. return.

  In addition, when the drawing command receiving unit 217 generates a picture including characters, images, and graphics, and passes these to the PJL / PDL generating unit 218, the PJL / PDL generating unit 218 converts them into PDL, The PDL is returned to the drawing command receiving unit 217.

  The drawing command reception unit 217 sends these PJL / PDL data to the transmission unit 219. Then, the transmission unit 219 transmits the PJL / PDL data to the reception unit 222 of the printer 22, and the reception unit 222 passes the PJL / PDL data to the analysis unit 223.

  The analysis unit 223 interprets the setting value from the passed PJL / PDL data, and confirms the presence or absence of the set font (background pattern printing font). Further, when the analysis unit 223 requests the engine management unit 224 to acquire the engine / toner characteristic value, the engine management unit 224 returns the characteristic value to the analysis unit 223.

  When the printer analysis unit 223 confirms the presence or absence of the set font (background pattern printing font), if it is determined that there is no set font (background pattern printing font), the printer corresponds to the font. Since there is no ability to generate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data, the printer analysis unit 223 generates engine / toner / font information as PJL / PDL data, which is then used as a printer other than itself (see FIG. 7). In this case, the PJL / PDL data is passed to the transmission unit 225 for transmission to the multifunction device 23).

  Upon receiving the PJL / PDL data from the analysis unit 223, the transmission unit 225 transmits the PJL / PDL data to the reception unit 232 of the multifunction device 23. When receiving the PJL / PDL data, the receiving unit 232 passes the received data to the analyzing unit 233.

  The analysis unit 233 interprets the setting value from the passed PJL / PDL data, and confirms the presence or absence of the set font (background pattern printing font). Further, when the analysis unit 233 requests the engine management unit 234 to acquire the engine / toner characteristic value, the engine management unit 234 returns the characteristic value to the analysis unit 233.

  As a result of checking the presence or absence of the set font (background pattern printing font) in the analysis unit 233, it is confirmed that there is a set font (background pattern printing font). The image generation unit 236 returns image data of the background pattern to the analysis unit 233.

  The analysis unit 233 passes the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data to the transmission unit 235, and the transmission unit 235 transmits the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data to the reception unit 22 of the printer 22 that the user has designated in advance to print.

  When receiving the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data, the receiving unit 222 of the printer 22 passes the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data to the analysis unit 223. The analysis unit 223 requests the engine management unit 224 to create image data of the text, and passes the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data. The engine management unit 224 combines the text data and the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data, and outputs the synthesized data.

  In FIG. 7, PDL data is generated and transmitted when font data is transmitted to the multifunction device 23. The reason for this is that, for example, if there is font information that supports only PCL6 (Printer Command Language: Printer Command Language 6) in the font data for which image formation has been designated by the user, the user will be able to use PS (post). Even if printing is specified in a script (page description language) Post Script), if there is PCL6 font information in another multifunction device 23, PDL data indicating that printing in PCL6 font is desired is transmitted. This is because the font of PCL6 can be used.

  Next, the printer adds the IP address to the PJL / PDL data to confirm that the set font data is already within the range that can be supported by the printer. Try not to check. For this confirmation, an IP address as shown in FIG. 8 is used. FIG. 8 is a table for explaining the IP addresses of the information processing apparatus and the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the IP address of the transmission source (PC) and the IP address of the processed printer (printer 22, multifunction device 23) are added to the PJL / PDL data, respectively. As a result, each printer recognizes that it has already been confirmed whether or not it is within the range that it can support, so that the same printer does not confirm again. Thereby, useless processing can be reduced.

  Next, another operation of the information processing system in the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described. FIG. 9 is a state transition diagram illustrating a second operation of the information processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, an operation sequence in the case of confirming the capabilities of the printer, multifunction device, etc. by communicating with the printer, multifunction device, etc. will be described.

  That is, the printer once communicates with other printers to check whether or not there is a set font (background pattern printing font), and whether or not it has the ability to draw a background pattern. Then, if it has the set font (background pattern printing font) and also has the background pattern drawing capability, the drawing data is transmitted. The reason is that it is not necessary to send drawing data to a set font (background pattern printing font) or a printer that does not have a background pattern drawing capability. Thereby, communication traffic can be reduced.

  In FIG. 9, first, when the user opens the UI unit 215 in the printer driver 213 of the PC 21, the setting value for copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing is saved from the display unit 221 in the UI unit 215 to the setting management unit 220. .

  When the user inputs a print command via the display unit 221 of the UI unit 215, the display unit 221 passes the setting value and the drawing command for copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing to the drawing command receiving unit 217 of the graphics 214.

  Next, the drawing command receiving unit 217 passes the set value for time designation to the PJL / PDL generating unit 218, and the PJL / PDL generating unit 218 converts the setting value into PJL, and the PJL is sent to the drawing command receiving unit 217. return.

  In addition, when the drawing command receiving unit 217 generates a picture including characters, images, and graphics, and passes these to the PJL / PDL generating unit 218, the PJL / PDL generating unit 218 converts them into PDL, The PDL is returned to the drawing command receiving unit 217.

  The drawing command reception unit 217 sends these PJL / PDL data to the transmission unit 219. Then, the transmission unit 219 transmits the PJL / PDL data to the reception unit 222 of the printer 22, and the reception unit 222 passes the PJL / PDL data to the analysis unit 223.

  The analysis unit 223 interprets the setting value from the passed PJL / PDL data, and confirms the presence or absence of the set font (background pattern printing font). Further, when the analysis unit 223 requests the engine management unit 224 to acquire the engine / toner characteristic value, the engine management unit 224 returns the characteristic value to the analysis unit 223.

  When the printer analysis unit 223 confirms the presence or absence of the set font (background pattern printing font), if it is determined that there is no set font (background pattern printing font), the printer corresponds to the font. Since it is confirmed that there is no ability to generate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data, the printer analysis unit 223 generates copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data for a printer other than itself (the multifunction device 23 in FIG. 9). A request for inquiring about the presence or absence of capability is passed to the transmission unit 225, and the transmission unit 225 inquires of the reception unit 232 of the multifunction device 23 about the capability of generating copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data.

  Upon receiving this inquiry, the reception unit 232 instructs the analysis unit 233 to confirm the capability. The analysis unit 233 first confirms the presence or absence of the set font (background pattern printing font), and makes an engine / toner characteristic value acquisition request to the engine management unit 234. The engine management unit 234 then analyzes the analysis unit 233. Returns the characteristic value for.

  Next, the analysis unit 233 determines whether or not there is an ability to draw a background pattern, and sends the determination result to the transmission unit 235. The transmission unit 235 transmits the determination result to the reception unit 22 of the printer 22 designated by the user in advance to be printed.

  When receiving the determination result, the receiving unit 222 of the printer 22 causes the analysis unit 223 to determine whether or not to make an inquiry to another printer based on the determination result.

  If there is no problem in the determination result, that is, if the multifunction device 23 has font information for copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing and has the ability to generate a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern, the analysis unit 223 performs engine / toner / font / background-copy character string Is generated as PJL / PDL, and is transmitted to the receiving unit 233 of the printer other than itself (in the case of the multifunction device 23 in FIG. 9).

  The receiving unit 232 of the multifunction device 23 passes the received PJL / PDL data to the analyzing unit 233, and the analyzing unit 233 instructs the image generating unit 236 to draw a background pattern, and the image generating unit 236 displays the image data of the background pattern. Is returned to the analysis unit 233. The analysis unit 233 passes the background pattern image data to the transmission unit 235, and the transmission unit 235 transmits the background pattern image data to the reception unit 222 of the printer 22.

  When receiving the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data, the receiving unit 222 of the printer 22 sends the image data to the analysis unit 223. The analysis unit 223 requests the image generation unit 226 to create image data of the text, and also passes the image data of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern. . The image generation unit 226 combines the text data and the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image data, and outputs the synthesized data.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to determine that image data is generated using an optimal printer by exchanging information by the printer itself that recognizes the characteristics of the printer. Information that can execute copy-forgery-inhibited pattern printing according to the characteristics (capabilities) of the printer, such as engine and toner components, using font data (background pattern data) that is used by a model-common driver that does not implement bidirectional communication A processing system, an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a program can be obtained.

  In order to execute each operation described in the above embodiment, a control unit (not shown) that controls each operation of the information processing system, the information processing apparatus, and the image forming apparatus is provided with a ROM (Read Only Memory). Needless to say, the program is executed based on a computer-readable program stored in a memory (not shown) including a RAM (Random Access Memory).

  The present invention has been described above by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments thereof, various modifications and changes can be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. is there.

1 Information processing system 21 PC (personal computer)
211 Application 212 OS (Operating System)
213 Printer Driver 214 Graphics 215 UI (User Interface)
216 Spooler 217 Graphics drawing command reception unit 218 Graphics PJL / PDL generation unit 219 Graphics transmission unit 22 Printer 220 UI setting management unit 221 UI display unit 222 Printer reception unit 223 Printer analysis unit 224 Printer engine management unit 225 Printer transmission unit 226 Printer Image Generation Unit 23 MFP 232 MFP Reception Unit 233 MFP Analysis Unit 234 MFP Engine Management Unit 235 MFP Transmitter 236 MFP Image Generation Unit 24 Network

JP 2001-014124 A JP 2007-157036 A

Claims (14)

An information processing system in which an information processing apparatus, a first image forming apparatus designated for image output by a user, and a plurality of other image forming apparatuses are connected via a network,
The information processing apparatus includes:
A drawing command receiving means for receiving a drawing command from the user;
First page description language generation means for generating a page description language corresponding to the drawing command;
First page description language transmission means for transmitting the page description language to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
First page description language receiving means for receiving the page description language;
First font data analysis means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
When the first font data analysis unit determines that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language, the page description language is transmitted to any of the other image forming apparatuses. Second page description language transmitting means
The arbitrary image forming apparatus includes:
Second page language receiving means for receiving the page description language;
Second font data analysis means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
When the second font data analyzing means determines that there is font data corresponding to the page description language, image data generating means for generating image data corresponding to the font data;
Image data transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
Image data receiving means for receiving the image data;
Image output means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
An information processing system comprising: An information processing system in which an information processing apparatus, a first image forming apparatus designated for image output by a user, and a plurality of other image forming apparatuses are connected via a network,
The information processing apparatus includes:
A drawing command receiving means for receiving a drawing command from the user;
First page description language generation means for generating a page description language corresponding to the drawing command;
First page description language transmission means for transmitting the page description language to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
First page description language receiving means for receiving the page description language;
First font image analysis means for determining presence / absence of font data corresponding to the page description language and whether to generate image data corresponding to the font data;
When it is determined by the first font image analysis means that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language and image data corresponding to the font data cannot be generated, the page description language is set to the other plurality of images. Second page description language transmitting means for transmitting to any image forming apparatus in the forming apparatus,
The arbitrary image forming apparatus includes:
Second page language receiving means for receiving the page description language;
Second font image analysis means for determining the presence / absence of font data corresponding to the page description language and whether to generate image data corresponding to the font data;
When it is determined by the second font image analysis means that there is font data corresponding to the page description language and image data corresponding to the font data can be generated, image data corresponding to the font data is generated. Image data generating means;
Image data transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
Image data receiving means for receiving the image data;
Image output means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
An information processing system comprising: An information processing apparatus connected via an image forming apparatus designated by the user to output an image and a plurality of other image forming apparatuses,
A drawing command receiving means for receiving a drawing command from the user;
Page description language generation means for generating a page description language corresponding to the drawing command;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a page description language transmitting unit configured to transmit the page description language to an image forming apparatus for which image output is designated by the user. An image forming apparatus in which image output is designated by a user connected to an information processing apparatus and a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network,
Page description language receiving means for receiving a page description language corresponding to a drawing command from the user;
Font data analysis means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
Page description language transmission for transmitting the page description language to any of the plurality of image forming apparatuses when the font data analyzing unit determines that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language Means,
Image data receiving means for receiving image data corresponding to the font data transmitted from the arbitrary image forming apparatus having font data corresponding to the page description language;
Image forming means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
An image forming apparatus comprising: An arbitrary image forming apparatus among a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected via an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus for which image output is designated by a user via a network,
Page language receiving means for receiving the page description language from the image forming apparatus designated for the image output not having font data corresponding to the page description language corresponding to the drawing command from the user;
Font data analysis means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
When the font data analysis means determines that there is font data corresponding to the page description language, image data generation means for generating image data corresponding to the font data;
An image forming apparatus comprising: image data transmitting means for transmitting the image data to a designated image forming apparatus. An image forming apparatus in which image output is designated by a user connected to an information processing apparatus and a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network,
Page description language receiving means for receiving a page description language corresponding to a drawing command from the user;
Font data analysis means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language and whether or not image data corresponding to the font data can be formed;
When it is determined by the font data analysis means that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language and image data corresponding to the font data cannot be formed, the page description language is selected from the plurality of image forming apparatuses. Page description language transmitting means for transmitting to an arbitrary image forming apparatus;
Image data receiving means for receiving image data corresponding to the font data transmitted from the arbitrary image forming apparatus having font data corresponding to the page description language and capable of forming image data corresponding to the font data; ,
Image output means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
An image forming apparatus comprising: An arbitrary image forming apparatus among a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected via an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus for which image output is designated by a user via a network,
A page that receives the page description language from an image forming apparatus in which there is no font data corresponding to the page description language corresponding to the drawing command from the user and image data corresponding to the font data cannot be formed and the image output is designated. Language receiving means;
Font data analysis means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language and whether or not image data corresponding to the font data can be formed;
Image data generation for generating image data corresponding to the font data when the font data analysis unit determines that there is font data corresponding to the page description language and image data corresponding to the font data can be formed. And an image data transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the designated image forming apparatus. A program to be executed by a computer of an information processing system in which an information processing device, a first image forming device for which image output is designated by a user, and a plurality of other image forming devices are connected via a network,
The information processing apparatus includes:
A process in which a drawing command receiving means receives a drawing command from the user;
A first page description language generating means for generating a page description language corresponding to the drawing command;
A first page description language transmission means for transmitting the page description language to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
Processing in which the first page description language receiving means receives the page description language;
The first font data analysis means determines the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
When it is determined by the determining process that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language, the second page description language transmission unit selects the page description language as an arbitrary one of the other image forming apparatuses. Processing to transmit to the image forming apparatus
The second image forming apparatus includes:
A process in which a second page language receiving means receives the page description language;
A process in which the second font data analyzing means determines the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
When it is determined by the determining process that there is font data corresponding to the page description language, the image data generating means generates image data corresponding to the font data;
An image data transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
An image data receiving means for receiving the image data;
An image output means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
The program characterized by including. A program to be executed by a computer of an information processing system in which an information processing device, a first image forming device for which image output is designated by a user, and a plurality of other image forming devices are connected via a network,
The information processing apparatus includes:
A process in which a drawing command receiving means receives a drawing command from the user;
A first page description language generating means for generating a page description language corresponding to the drawing command;
A first page description language transmission means for transmitting the page description language to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
Processing in which the first page description language receiving means receives the page description language;
A first font image analysis means for determining the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language and whether or not image data corresponding to the font data can be formed;
When it is determined by the determination process that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language and image data corresponding to the font data cannot be formed, a second page description language transmission unit selects the page description language. Processing to transmit to any image forming apparatus among the other plurality of image forming apparatuses,
The second image forming apparatus includes:
A process in which a second page language receiving means receives the page description language;
A process in which the second font image analyzing means determines the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language and whether or not image data corresponding to the font data can be formed;
When it is determined that there is font data corresponding to the page description language and the image data corresponding to the font data can be formed by the determination process, the image data generation unit generates image data corresponding to the font data. Processing to
The image data transmitting means includes a process of transmitting the image data to the first image forming apparatus,
The first image forming apparatus includes:
An image data receiving means for receiving the image data;
An image output means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
The program characterized by including. A program to be executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus connected via a network with an image forming apparatus designated by the user and an image forming apparatus and a plurality of other image forming apparatuses,
A process in which a drawing command receiving means receives a drawing command from the user;
A page description language generating means for generating a page description language corresponding to the drawing command;
And a page description language transmitting means for transmitting the page description language to the image forming apparatus designated by the user for image output. A program for causing a computer connected to an information processing apparatus and a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network to execute image output by a computer designated by the user,
A page description language receiving means for receiving a page description language corresponding to a drawing command from the user;
A process in which the font data analysis means determines the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
When it is determined by the determination process that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language, the page description language transmission unit transmits the page description language to any image forming apparatus in the plurality of image forming apparatuses. Processing to send,
Image data receiving means receives image data corresponding to the font data transmitted from the arbitrary image forming apparatus having font data corresponding to the page description language;
An image forming means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
The program characterized by including. A program to be executed by a computer of an image forming apparatus among a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected via an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus for which image output is designated by a user,
A process of receiving the page description language from the image forming apparatus in which the page language receiving means has designated the image output not having font data corresponding to the page description language corresponding to the drawing command from the user;
A process in which the font data analysis means determines the presence or absence of font data corresponding to the page description language;
When it is determined by the determining process that there is font data corresponding to the page description language, the image data generating means generates image data corresponding to the font data;
A program, comprising: an image data transmission unit configured to transmit image data corresponding to the font data to the image forming apparatus designated for the image output. A program for causing a computer connected to an information processing apparatus and a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network to execute image output by a computer designated by the user,
A page description language receiving means for receiving a page description language corresponding to a drawing command from the user;
A process in which the font data analysis means determines whether or not there is font data corresponding to the page description language and whether or not image data corresponding to the font data can be formed;
When it is determined by the determining process that there is no font data corresponding to the page description language and image data corresponding to the font data cannot be formed, a page description language transmitting unit sets the page description language to the plurality of page description languages. A process of transmitting to any image forming apparatus in the image forming apparatus;
The image data receiving means has font data corresponding to the page description language, and receives image data corresponding to the font data transmitted from the arbitrary image forming apparatus capable of forming image data corresponding to the font data. Processing to
An image output means for outputting the image data to a recording medium;
The program characterized by including. A program to be executed by a computer of an image forming apparatus among a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected via an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus for which image output is designated by a user,
The page language receiving means has no font data corresponding to the page description language corresponding to the drawing command from the user, and cannot output the image data corresponding to the font data. Processing to receive a description language;
A process in which the font data analysis means determines whether or not there is font data corresponding to the page description language and whether or not image data corresponding to the font data can be formed;
When it is determined that there is font data corresponding to the page description language and the image data corresponding to the font data can be formed by the determination process, the image data generation unit generates image data corresponding to the font data. And a process in which the image data transmission means transmits the image data to the designated image forming apparatus.

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