JP6292197B2 - Information replacement system, information processing apparatus, information output system, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information replacement system for replacing setting information set for output information to be output by an output device, an information processing device, an information output system including the information processing device and the output device, and a computer to execute the processing. Related to the program.

  Technology to automatically control the output destination based on specific conditions by extracting image data such as EMF (Enhanced Meta File) and print setting information with a virtual printer driver when printing a document with one of the output devices. Has been proposed (see Patent Document 1). In this technique, a virtual printer driver receives print data, extracts the above image data and print setting information, generates intermediate data, and spools it. Then, the data is converted into data suitable for the printer driver corresponding to the output destination according to the determined printing status of the output destination, and transmitted to the printer driver.

  In the above conventional technique, when the output information includes target information that is set to be output in an expression format unique to the output device, the virtual printer driver cannot recognize the expression format. It will be replaced. For this reason, there is a problem that the information cannot be output in an expression format unique to the output device.

  Therefore, it has been desired to provide a system or the like that can output target information to be output in an expression format unique to the output device in the expression format unique to the output device.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention is an information replacement system that replaces setting information set for output information to be output by an output device, and should be output in an expression format unique to the output device included in the output information. A storage unit that stores conditions for detecting target information, a detection unit that detects target information included in output information based on conditions stored in the storage unit, and target information detected by the detection unit An information replacement system is provided that includes an information replacement unit that replaces the setting information related to the set expression format with the setting information related to the unique expression format.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to output target information to be output in an expression format unique to an output device in the expression format in the output device.

The figure which showed the structural example of the printing system as an information output system. The figure which showed an example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus which comprises a printing system. The figure which showed an example of the hardware constitutions of the printing apparatus which comprises a printing system. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a print control system included in an information processing apparatus. The figure which showed the structural example of the printing instruction | indication part with which a printing control system is provided. The figure which illustrated the conventional document image, the EMF file produced | generated with the virtual printer driver, and the output image. The figure which showed the structural example of the information replacement system. The figure which showed an example of a document image, distribution conditions, detection setting, a detection result, and an output image. The flowchart which showed the flow of one process performed by an information replacement system. The figure which showed another example of a document image, distribution conditions, a detection setting, a detection result, and an output image. The flowchart which showed the flow of another process performed by the information replacement system. The figure which showed another example of a detection setting, a detection result, and an output image.

  An information output system for outputting information includes an information processing apparatus that instructs the output of information and an output device that outputs the information. Therefore, the output device may be a printing device that prints and outputs, or may be a display device that displays and outputs. The display device may be any device that can display information, such as a PC, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a projector, an electronic blackboard, a game machine, a television, etc. Can be mentioned. In addition to the printer, the printing apparatus may be an MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral) having a plurality of functions.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a printing system as an example of an information output system. Hereinafter, the information output system will be described in detail as a printing system. The printing system includes an information processing apparatus 10 that instructs printing and a plurality of printing apparatuses 11 that execute printing. The information processing apparatus 10 and the plurality of printing apparatuses 11 are connected via a network 12. The network 12 may be a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the Internet. The network 12 may be a wired network or a wireless network. Furthermore, the network 12 may be a network in which two or more networks are connected via a relay device such as a router or a proxy server.

  The information processing apparatus 10 mounts an application that creates a document and makes a print request as an output request thereof, and a plurality of printer drivers for controlling each printing apparatus 11. The information processing apparatus 10 also mounts a print control system as an output control system including a virtual printer driver. A user creates a document to be printed using an application and requests printing. As will be described in detail later, the print control system determines an output destination printing apparatus 11 and transmits print data as output information to a printer driver corresponding to the printing apparatus 11. The printer driver converts the print data into a print command that can be interpreted by the corresponding printing apparatus 11 and transmits the print command to the printing apparatus 11.

  The information processing apparatus 10 may be any device as long as it can mount an application, a plurality of printer drivers, and a print control system, and execute them to perform the above processing. Examples of the information processing apparatus 10 include a PC, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a PDA, a server apparatus, and an MFP. Here, an example in which the information processing apparatus 10 mounts an application and a plurality of printer drivers has been described, but these may be mounted in other devices connected to the network 12. For example, an application may be mounted on another PC, each printer driver may be mounted on each of the plurality of printing apparatuses 11, or a plurality of printer drivers may be mounted on the print server. Further, the information processing apparatus 10 may be configured such that an application and a print control system are mounted, and a plurality of printer drivers are mounted on the plurality of printing apparatuses 11 and the print server.

  The printing apparatus 11 receives a print command from the information processing apparatus 10 and executes printing based on the print command. The printing apparatus 11 may be an ink jet printer or an electrophotographic printer. When the printing apparatus 11 is an electrophotographic printer, the printer includes a controller, a photosensitive drum, an exposure unit, a development unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a paper feed unit, and a paper discharge unit.

  When the controller receives a print command from the information processing apparatus 10, the controller instructs each unit of a writing position, toner to be used, number of sheets to be printed, and the like. In response to the instruction, the exposure unit irradiates the surface of the photosensitive drum with writing light to form an electrostatic latent image, and the development unit performs development with toner attached. As a result, a toner image is formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum.

  The paper supply unit supplies paper as a recording medium, and the transfer unit transfers the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum to the supplied paper. The fixing unit fixes the toner image transferred onto the paper by applying heat and pressure. After fixing the toner image on the paper, it is discharged as a printed matter to a paper discharge unit.

  A hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. The information processing apparatus 10 includes a CPU 20, ROM 21, RAM 22, HDD 23, communication I / F 24, input / output I / F 25, display device 26, and input device 27 as hardware. The CPU 20, ROM 21, RAM 22, HDD 23, communication I / F 24, and input / output I / F 25 are connected to the bus 28 and exchange data with each other via the bus 28.

  The CPU 20 is an arithmetic processing device that controls the entire information processing apparatus 10. The ROM 21 is a non-volatile storage device that stores a boot program for starting the information processing apparatus 10, firmware for controlling operations of the display device 26, the input device 27, and the like. The RAM 22 is a volatile storage device that provides a work area when the CPU 20 executes various processes. The HDD 23 is a non-volatile storage device that stores a program for realizing the above-described print control system, a printer driver corresponding to each printing apparatus 11, an application that outputs a print request, an OS, various data, and the like.

  The communication I / F 24 is an interface that enables communication with a plurality of printing apparatuses 11 via the network 12. The input / output I / F 25 connects the display device 26 and the input device 27, and enables a print instruction from the user, input of print setting information, display of a document to be printed, and the like. The display device 26 can use a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), a liquid crystal display, or the like, and the input device 27 can use a mouse or a keyboard. A touch panel having both a display function and an input function may be employed.

  In addition, the information processing apparatus 10 may include an external storage device I / F such as a CD-ROM drive and an SD card slot, a voice input device such as a microphone, a voice output device such as a speaker, and the like. The HDD 23 may be an SSD (Solid State Drive) or the like.

  A hardware configuration of the printing apparatus 11 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. The printing apparatus 11 includes a control unit 30, an operation unit 31 such as an operation panel, and a printer engine 32 as an image forming unit. The control unit 30 is a control circuit that controls the entire printing apparatus 11. The control unit 30 includes a CPU 33, a system memory 34, a north bridge (NB) 35, a south bridge (SB) 36, an ASIC 37, a local memory 38, and an HDD 39 in order to perform the control. These are connected to each other by a bus 40.

  The CPU 33 is an arithmetic processing device that controls the entire printing apparatus 11. The system memory 34 is a storage device accessible by the CPU 33, and includes a ROM 34a and a RAM 34b. The ROM 34a is a non-volatile storage device that stores various data. The RAM 34 b is a volatile storage device that provides a work space for the CPU 33.

  The NB 35 is a means for controlling the system memory 34 and connects the CPU 33, the system memory 34, the SB 36, and the ASIC 37. The SB 36 is a bridge for connecting the NB 35 and a peripheral device (not shown), and is connected to a network I / F (not shown) that provides communication via the network 12. The ASIC 37 is an integrated circuit (IC) that generates an image to be printed and edits the image. The local memory 38 is a storage device used for image processing executed by the ASIC 37. The HDD 39 is a non-volatile storage device that stores various data such as image data, programs, and the like.

  The operation unit 31 is a means for enabling various settings for the printing apparatus 11 and is a touch panel, and functions as both an input means for inputting information and a display means for displaying the input information and errors. It has. Note that the printing apparatus 11 may have a configuration in which the operation unit 31 includes only operation buttons and a display unit is separately provided. The printer engine 32 is a device that performs printing. The printer engine 32 prints an image to be printed generated by the ASIC 37 on a recording medium such as paper and outputs the printed image.

  Here, a configuration of a print control system included in a conventional information processing apparatus, a document image, an EMF file generated by a virtual printer driver, and an output image will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. The details are described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, so please refer to that.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional print control system. The print control system 100 includes a virtual printer driver 101, a data storage unit 102, a sorting condition storage unit 103, a print control unit 104, and a print instruction unit 105. In FIG. 4, an application 110 and a plurality of printer drivers 111 and 112 are also shown.

  Upon receiving a print request from the application 110, the virtual printer driver 101 extracts print setting information from the print request, generates an EMF file, and stores (spools) them as intermediate data in the data storage unit 102. The print control unit 104 waits for the intermediate data to be generated, and determines an output destination based on the distribution condition stored in the distribution condition storage unit 103. Here, the printer driver corresponding to the printing apparatus 11 as the output destination is determined. When the print control unit 104 determines an output destination printer driver, it issues a print processing request to the printer driver.

  Upon receiving a print processing request from the print control unit 104, the print instruction unit 105 converts the intermediate data stored in the data storage unit 102 into data suitable for the determined printer driver, and prints the data. Data is sent to the printer driver.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the print instruction unit 105 includes an extraction unit 106 and a drawing unit 107, and the extraction unit 106 extracts EMF record data from the EMF file stored in the data storage unit 102. The EMF file is data for one page, and the EMF record data is data for each record constituting the one page. Note that the EMF record includes various data such as images and figures constituting the page image in addition to the character string. The extraction unit 106 extracts records one by one and sends the records one by one to the drawing unit 107, and the drawing unit 107 draws one record at a time.

  The document image for which printing is requested from the application 110 is, for example, as shown in FIG. Next to the document image, a font name is also written as setting information regarding the record expression format. When a print request is made for this document image, the virtual printer driver 101 generates an EMF file. FIG. 6B shows the EMF file image. Here, in order to make the explanation easy to understand, the EMF file describes only text information, font information, and position information within the page related to the present invention. In order to make the explanation easy to understand, the following description will be made assuming that the document is text only.

  Since the virtual printer driver 101 cannot interpret a device font unique to the printing apparatus 11, the device font is replaced with an arbitrary font such as a default font. Here, the device font is a font specific to the printing apparatus. When the device font is specified, for example, printing is performed with a font having a shape unique to the printing apparatus, or a character string described in the device font is printed. It is converted into a barcode by the device. The image finally output after replacement with an arbitrary font is as shown in FIG. That is, it is printed out with the replaced arbitrary font. For this reason, the device font set in the document image is not reflected.

  In order to reflect this device font, an information replacement system for replacing a font replaced with an arbitrary phantom with a device font is provided. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the information replacement system. The information replacement system 50 may be introduced into the print instruction unit 105 or may be introduced as a functional unit separate from the print instruction unit 105. Further, the information replacement system 50 may be mounted on another device or may be configured as another device.

  The information replacement system 50 includes a storage unit 51, a detection unit 52, and an information replacement unit 53. The storage unit 51 stores a condition for detecting a character string that is target information to be printed with a device font unique to each printing apparatus 11. This condition will be described later. The detection unit 52 detects a character string that matches the condition included in the EMF file. The information replacement unit 53 replaces the detected character string font with a device font. After the replacement, the drawing unit 107 performs a drawing process based on the EMF file replaced with the device font. Note that a font that is not replaced is drawn as it is.

  Specifically, with reference to FIG. 8, the conditions and how they are replaced will be described. An image of a document requesting printing is as shown in FIG. FIG. 8A shows seven records, and the fonts set for each record are written together. In the example shown in FIG. 8A, device fonts are set for three records “A11111A”, “A22222A”, and “B33333B”.

  The print control system including the information replacement system 50 executes output destination distribution processing. In the distribution process, a distribution condition is referred to, and the distribution condition is as shown in FIG. The distribution condition shown in FIG. 8B is given by a correspondence table in which identification information for identifying the output destination printer driver is associated with the IP address of the information processing apparatus 10. Since the print request includes the IP address of the device that has requested printing, the output destination printer driver name as identification information corresponding to the corresponding table can be determined based on the IP address.

  When the IP address of the information processing apparatus 10 is “192.168.10.102”, the output destination printer driver name “PrinterDriver02” can be determined with reference to this correspondence table. In this example, the distribution condition determines the printing apparatus 11 according to the information processing apparatus 10 that has instructed printing. However, the distribution condition is not limited to this, and according to the printing content, the print setting information, and the like. The printer 11 may be determined.

  The condition for detecting the character string to be detected can be given by, for example, the detection setting shown in FIG. In the detection settings, associate the printer driver name (DriverName), the font name of the device font (FontName), the detection area (Location) that performs detection processing in the page, and the regular expression (RegularExpression) of the character string to be detected as the above conditions Is set. Here, the detection areas are areas such as an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage of the page. A regular expression is a notation for expressing a set of character strings as a single character string. A [\ d] + A shown in FIG. 8C indicates that the character string starts with the letter “A” and the subsequent characters are one or more numbers and ends with the letter “A”.

  FontName, Location, and RegularExpression can be set for one device font, and multiple device fonts can be set for an EMF file.

  The detection unit 52 refers to the detection setting and performs a character string detection process that matches the regular expression. First, the detection unit 52 determines whether the determined printer driver name matches the printer driver name of the detection setting. If they match, the detection processing and the device font replacement processing (substitution processing) are performed. Next, the detection part 52 performs a detection process. Actually, the detection process is performed by extracting and detecting a text information record from various records included in the page and performing the detection on the text information record. In the document image shown in FIG. 8A, three records “A11111A”, “A22222A”, and “B33333B” are detected as target information.

  Note that the character string to be detected is not limited to the case where the character string of one record exists in one character string or one record as shown in FIG. The character string to be detected may be divided into a plurality of records in the same line, for example, “A11” and “111A” in the same Y-coordinate indicating the position of the vertical record of the document image. . Moreover, it is divided into a plurality of records and may be created in reverse order, such as “11A” and “A111”. In consideration of these, the detection unit 52 combines a plurality of records in the same line with the same Y coordinate after rearranging in the order of the X coordinate representing the horizontal position of the image of the document, Detection processing can be performed on the combined character string. Thereby, the character string to be detected can be detected with certainty. In the following description, for the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that a character string of one record is detected as a detection target.

  The detection unit 52 generates a detection result as shown in FIG. The detection result shown in FIG. 8D indicates which device font should be replaced with which detection target font and which record is in which position. In addition, since the order of records in the EMF file does not change in the detection result, a record number indicating the order is also shown.

  The extraction unit 106 extracts EMF record data from the data storage unit 102. The information replacement unit 53 compares the order of the extracted records in the EMF file with the record number of the detection result, and if they match, replaces the font of that record with the device font corresponding to the detection result. The drawing unit 107 draws the record in which the replaced device font is set at the position indicated by the detection result, and draws the record of the font not to be replaced at the position indicated in the EMF file while maintaining the font. . The drawing unit 107 transmits drawing data obtained by drawing for all the records to the determined printer driver.

  The printer driver converts the drawing data into a print command that can be interpreted by the corresponding printing apparatus 11 and transmits the print command to the printing apparatus 11. Based on the printing command, the printing device 11 prints on paper and outputs it. The output image is illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8E, the record set for each device font is printed out with the same correct device font as when the print request was made.

  The flow of this process will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The virtual printer driver 101 generates intermediate data and stores it in the data storage unit 102, the print control unit 104 determines the output destination printer driver, and the print instruction unit 105 receives the print processing request. To start. In step 905, the detection unit 52 acquires detection settings from the storage unit 51. In step 910, the detection unit 52 determines whether the printer driver name of the determined printer driver matches the printer driver name set in the detection setting. If they match, the process proceeds to step 915. If they do not match, the process proceeds to step 920. Here, the printer driver is determined, but since it is an output destination, a printing apparatus as an output device may be determined.

  In step 915, the detection unit 52 performs detection processing for a record in which a device font is set for the EMF file based on the detection setting. And the detection part 52 produces | generates the result as a detection result. In step 920, the extraction unit 106 extracts a record from the EMF file. In step 925, the information replacement unit 53 determines whether or not it matches the record number included in the detection result. If they match, the process proceeds to step 930; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 935.

  In step 930, the information replacement unit 53 replaces the font of the record number with the device font. If it is determined that they do not match, the font is left as it is and is not changed. In step 935, the drawing unit 107 draws the record. In step 940, it is determined whether all records have been drawn. If not, the process returns to step 920 to extract the record with the next record number. If all the records have been drawn, the process proceeds to step 945 and the process is terminated.

  In the above example, the printer driver name is set in the detection setting, and it is determined whether or not it matches the printer driver name of the printer driver determined by the print control unit 104. If they match, the detection process and the replacement process are performed. showed that. Since the printer driver holds device font information of a device font unique to the corresponding printing apparatus 11, a list of device fonts can be acquired from the printer driver when an output destination printer driver is determined. Then, when the device font name included in the acquired list matches the device font name set in the detection setting, it can be determined as a target of detection processing and replacement processing. Therefore, the information replacement system 50 can further include an acquisition unit that acquires the above list.

  The acquisition unit may acquire the list from the determined printer driver each time, or acquire the list once and store it in the information replacement system 50, and refer to the stored list from the next time. It may be.

  The conditions in this case and how they are replaced will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the document image and the sorting conditions are the same as those shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B. The detection setting does not need to be set in advance because the device font information is acquired from the printer driver, and the printer driver is not set as shown in FIG. The detection result and the output image are similarly detected and replaced, so that the results shown in FIGS. 8D and 8E and the results shown in FIGS. It will be similar to the image.

  The processing flow in this case will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The virtual printer driver 101 generates intermediate data and stores it in the data storage unit 102, the print control unit 104 determines the output destination printer driver, and the print instruction unit 105 receives the print processing request. To start. In step 1105, the device font information specific to the corresponding printing apparatus 11 is acquired as a list of device fonts from the printer driver for which the detection unit 52 has been determined.

  In step 1110, the detection unit 52 acquires detection settings from the storage unit 51. In step 1115, the detection unit 52 determines whether or not the font name in the acquired device font list matches the font name of the device font set in the detection setting. There may be one matching font name or two or more font names. If they match, the process proceeds to step 1120 to perform detection processing for the matching font. If they do not match, the process proceeds to step 1125. In the detection process in step 1120, only the fonts having the same font name are processed. The subsequent processing from step 1125 to step 1150 is the same as the processing from step 920 to step 945 shown in FIG.

  Thus, when the intermediate data is generated by the virtual printer driver 101, it is possible to print correctly by replacing the font replaced with an arbitrary font with the original device font.

  If the font is changed to a different font, the size of the character will change, so the position will also change. However, because the record to be replaced is already in another font at the time of the EMF file, it is not possible to acquire the exact position (coordinate value) when it is a device font. Therefore, the position adjustment value can be set in the detection setting as correction information for correcting the position information. The position adjustment value can be given by a coordinate value of (AdjustX, AdjustY), for example.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating detection settings, detection results, and output images. The detection setting shown in FIG. 12A is substantially the same as the content shown in FIG. 8C, but the position adjustment value is added. In this example, for device font 1, after replacement, the target record is moved by about 10 pixels in the X-axis direction that is the horizontal direction of the document image and about 10 pixels in the Y-axis direction that is the vertical direction. Value is set. For the device font 2, a position adjustment value for moving the target record by 20 pixels in the X-axis direction and 20 pixels in the Y-axis direction is set.

  The detection result shown in FIG. 12B is the same as the content shown in FIG. Therefore, the detection result indicates a coordinate value indicating the position of the record of the font before replacement. For this reason, the information replacement unit 53 corrects the position information by adding the position adjustment value to the coordinate value for each device font, and replaces the corrected position information with the corrected position information. can do.

  In this example, for the record of the device font 1, the record is drawn at a position where 10 pixels are moved in the X-axis direction and 10 pixels are moved in the Y-axis direction with respect to the coordinate value of the detection result. For the device font 2 record, the coordinate value of the detection result is moved by 20 pixels in the X-axis direction, and the record is drawn at a position moved by 20 pixels in the Y-axis direction. By doing so, as shown in FIG. 12C, it is possible to print out at the correct position with the same correct device font as when printing was requested.

  The present invention has been described with the embodiments described above as an information replacement system, an information processing apparatus, an information output system, and a program. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and other embodiments, additions, modifications, deletions, and the like can be modified within a range that can be conceived by those skilled in the art. . In addition, any aspect is included in the scope of the present invention as long as the operations and effects of the present invention are exhibited.

  Therefore, an information replacement method performed by the information replacement system, a recording medium on which the program is recorded, an external device that provides the program, and the like can also be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Information processing apparatus, 11 ... Printing apparatus, 12 ... Network, 20 ... CPU, 21 ... ROM, 22 ... RAM, 23 ... HDD, 24 ... Communication I / F, 25 ... Input / output I / F, 26 ... Display device 27 ... Input device, 28 ... Bus, 30 ... Control unit, 31 ... Operating unit, 32 ... Printer engine, 33 ... CPU, 34 ... System memory, 34a ... ROM, 34b ... RAM, 35 ... NB, 36 ... SB, 37 ... ASIC, 38 ... local memory, 39 ... HDD, 40 ... bus, 50 ... information replacement system, 51 ... storage unit, 52 ... detection unit, 53 ... information replacement unit, 100 ... print control system, 101 ... virtual printer driver , 102 ... Data storage unit, 103 ... Sorting condition storage unit, 104 ... Print control unit, 105 ... Print instruction unit, 106 ... Extraction unit, 107 ... Drawing unit

JP 2011-002881 A

Claims (8)

The setting information set for the output information that is output by any one of the plurality of output devices and that includes the plurality of character strings converted by the printer driver is replaced. An information replacement system,
Each of the at least one condition for detecting a predetermined target character string to be output with a device font specific to the output device included in the output information and the device font for output with a device font specific to the output device A storage unit that stores the setting information indicating the association with at least one output device of the plurality of output devices;
Based on the output request, a determination unit that determines an output destination output device;
When the condition stored in the storage unit includes the condition corresponding to the output device determined by the determination unit, the target character included in the output information based on the determined condition corresponding to the output device columns, and a detecting section for detecting in response to a comparison of the plurality of character strings included in the condition with the output information,
The output device in which setting information indicating a font set for the target character string detected by the detection unit is associated with a condition when the target character string stored in the storage unit is detected An information replacement system including an information replacement unit that replaces setting information indicating a device font unique to the device . An acquisition unit that acquires a list of settable setting information indicating device fonts specific to the output device determined by the determination unit;
The detector detects the target string based on the conditions stored in the storage unit corresponding to the setting information included in the above list acquired by the acquisition unit, information replacement of claim 1 system. The storage unit stores correction information for correcting position information of the target character string in the output information in association with the condition,
The information replacing unit is configured to replacing the setting information indicating the specific device fonts, the said position information is corrected based on the correction information, replaces the corrected position information, information replacement according to claim 1 or 2 system. The output device is a printing apparatus, and the output information is print data of a document composed of a plurality of character strings, and the condition is a set of character strings to be printed with a device font unique to the printing apparatus. one of the set to the regular expression to represent a character string, information replacement system according to any one of claims 1-3. An information processing apparatus comprising the information replacement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein output information is transmitted to an output device and output. An information output system comprising: the information processing apparatus according to claim 5; and an output device that receives and outputs output information from the information processing apparatus. A process of replacing setting information set for output information that is output by one output device among a plurality of output devices and that includes a plurality of character strings converted by the printer driver. A program for causing a computer to execute the program, wherein the computer detects at least one condition for detecting a predetermined target character string to be output in a device font specific to the output device included in the output information, and A storage unit that stores setting information indicating the device font to be output in a device font unique to the output device in association with at least one output device of the plurality of output devices;
Determining an output device as an output destination based on the output request; and
When the condition stored in the storage unit includes the condition corresponding to the output device determined in the determining step, the target included in the output information based on the determined condition corresponding to the output device a string, the steps of sensing in response to a comparison of the plurality of character strings included in the condition with the output information,
Detected setting information indicating a setting font for the target string, the unique the output device to which the target string stored in the storage unit is associated with the condition when it is sensing device A program for executing a step of replacing with setting information indicating a font . Further executing a step of obtaining a list of settable setting information indicating device fonts specific to the output device determined in the determining step;
Wherein in the step of detecting detects the target string based on the conditions stored in the storage unit corresponding to the setting information included in the list acquired in the step of acquiring, according to claim 7 program.