JP2012221198A - Printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

There is a pull print system (where pre) that generates a print job, temporarily stores it in a server or the like, and outputs the job in response to a print request from a printer. If a font that exists only in the client PC is used, the font does not exist on the server, and therefore a font that is not intended by the user is selected when the font is rasterized on the server. As a method to avoid this problem, there are known methods that always embed fonts in print data and methods that draw characters as graphics. There is concern about deterioration of printing speed performance.
When a user executes printing on a client PC, a virtual printer driver acquires font information that can be used by the print server, and determines a text drawing method based on the information.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a device control apparatus, a device control method, and a program for performing pull print control.

  Conventionally, after a user performs printing without specifying a printing device on a client PC, the printing device outputs a print data from the printing device by making a print request to the print data temporarily stored on the server. A so-called “pull print” printing system has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Accordingly, the user can output print data from a desired printing apparatus instead of outputting to a specific printing apparatus when printing from an application.

Japanese Patent No. 4033857

  When a user performs printing on a client PC, if a font that exists only on the client PC is used, the font does not exist on the server, so when the font is rasterized on the server, a font that is not intended by the user is selected. . That is, a printed matter that is not intended by the user is output. Conventionally, as well-known solutions, a method of always embedding fonts in print data and a method of drawing characters as graphics are known. However, both methods cause an increase in print data, and there is a concern that the storage capacity of the server will be tight and the printing speed performance will deteriorate.

The configuration of the print system according to the present invention is as follows.
An information processing apparatus (100) having a virtual printer driver for generating an intermediate format print job, a print server (101), an address management server (103) having means for resolving the address of the print server (101), and a printing apparatus (102 ), And the information processing apparatus (100) includes:
Means for obtaining font information usable in the print server (101) (1-2, SA602);
Means (1-3, SA603 to SA609) for determining a text drawing method based on the acquired font information;
It is characterized by having.

  According to the printing system of the present invention, when a user makes a print request for print data temporarily stored on a server from a printing apparatus, a correct printed matter intended by the user can be output. In addition, since the size of the print data does not significantly increase, the storage capacity of the server and the print speed performance are hardly deteriorated.

1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a printing system to which an information processing apparatus, a print server, an address management server, and a printing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus applicable to the client PC, print server, address management server, login service PC, and directory service server shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a controller unit of the multifunction peripheral illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall flow of pull printing (printing everywhere) in the printing system of the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a print screen of an application program that operates on the client PC illustrated in FIG. 1. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a control processing procedure in the print system of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing details of data flowing between step SA602 and step SC601 in FIG.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a configuration of a printing system to which an information processing apparatus, a print server, an address management server, and a printing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied. As shown in “Office A” in FIG. 1, the print system of the present embodiment includes one or a plurality of client PCs 100 (for example, for each user), one or a plurality of print servers 101 (for example, installed for each floor), One or a plurality of multifunction peripherals 102 (for example, installed on each floor), an address management server 103, one or a plurality of login service PCs 104 (for example, installed on each floor), and a directory service server 105 configure a local area network (LAN) 106. It is the structure connected via this.

  A virtual printer driver is installed in the client PC 100, and the printer driver generates a print job in an intermediate format that does not depend on a specific multifunction peripheral based on data received from the client application, and transmits the generated print job to the print server 101. To do. The intermediate format print job means print data in a format in which specifications regarding the format are publicly disclosed and easy to re-edit. For example, there are EMFSPOOL format (Enhanced Metafile Spool Format), XPS (XML Paper Specification), and the like. In the present embodiment, the description will be made using the EMFSPOOL format, but other intermediate format print data such as XPS and PDF may be used.

  The print server 101 stores the received print job in a predetermined storage location. The print server 101 includes a job management database (hereinafter referred to as a job management DB), and stores and manages metadata about the print job by the job management DB. The print server 101 generates print job list data from the metadata recorded and managed in the job management DB, and controls transfer to the multifunction peripheral 102. The print server 101 updates the print setting information using the metadata recorded and managed in the job management DB and the print setting information received from the multi-function peripheral 102, and controls transfer of the updated print settings to the multi-function peripheral 102. . Further, the print server 101 generates PDL (Printer Description Language) data from the print job stored in the predetermined storage location and the metadata recorded and managed in the job management DB, and controls transfer to the MFP 102. .

  The address management server 103 includes an address management database (hereinafter referred to as an address management DB), and when executing “pull print” according to the present embodiment, the address and user identifier of the print server 101 that manages the print job are displayed in the address management DB. To manage memory. Further, the address management server 103 transmits the address of the print server 101 corresponding to the user identifier received from the multifunction device 102 to the multifunction device 102 in response to the print job list request from the multifunction device 102.

  The login service PC 104 uses a login user name and password (for example, a Microsoft Windows (registered trademark) login user name and password) of the client PC 100 stored and managed by the directory service server 105 as a login service of the MFP 102. Authentication processing (referred to as SSO, an abbreviation of Single Sign-ON), for example, a personal computer equipped with a Canon security agent (Security Agent).

  The directory service server 105 includes hardware resources such as servers, clients, printers, and the like existing on the network and attributes of users who use them (login user name and password of the client PC 100 (for example, Microsoft Windows (registered trademark)). Information such as the login user name and password), and the access right and the like are centrally stored and managed. For example, it is a server equipped with an active directory function.

  In the printing system of the present embodiment, the “office A” configured as described above is connected to one or more client PCs 100, one or more print servers 101, one or more multifunction devices 102 via a LAN 106. A configuration in which one or a plurality of “offices B” configured as described above is connected via the WAN 107 may be used.

  A hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus applicable to the client PC 100, the print server 101, the address management server 103, the login service PC 104, and the directory service server 105 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus applicable to the client PC 100, the print server 101, the address management server 103, the login service PC 104, and the directory service server 105 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU that comprehensively controls devices and controllers connected to the system bus 204. Further, the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as an OS), which is a control program of the CPU 201, or a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored. A RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program or the like necessary for execution of processing from the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 into the RAM 203 and executing the loaded program. An input controller 205 controls input from a keyboard 209 or a pointing device such as a mouse (not shown). A video controller 206 controls display on the monitor 210.

  In general, the monitor 210 is a display such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT. These are used by the administrator as needed. Reference numeral 207 denotes a memory controller, which is used to store a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like to an external memory 211 such as a hard disk (HD), SSD (Solid State Drive), and SD memory card. Control access. A communication I / F controller 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network (for example, the LAN 106 shown in FIG. 1), and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, communication using TCP / IP is possible. For example, the CPU 201 can perform display on the monitor 210 by executing outline font development (rasterization) processing on a display information area in the RAM 203. In addition, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the monitor 210. Various programs to be described later for realizing the present invention are recorded in the external memory 211 and executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 202 as necessary. Furthermore, definition files and various information tables used when executing the program are also stored in the external memory 211, and a detailed description thereof will be described later.

  The hardware configuration of the controller unit that controls the multifunction peripheral 102 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the controller unit of the multifunction peripheral 102 illustrated in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 316 denotes a controller unit which is connected to a scanner 314 functioning as an image input device and a printer 312 functioning as an image output device, while being connected to a LAN (for example, the LAN 106 shown in FIG. 1) or a public line (WAN). By connecting to (for example, PSTN or ISDN), input / output of image data and device information is performed. In the controller unit 316, reference numeral 301 denotes a CPU, which is a processor that controls the entire system. A RAM 302 is a system work memory for the CPU 301 to operate, and is also a program memory for recording a program and an image memory for temporarily recording image data.

  A ROM 303 stores a system boot program and various control programs. A hard disk drive (HDD) 304 stores various programs for controlling the system, image data, and the like. An operation unit interface (operation unit I / F) 307 is an interface unit with the operation unit (UI) 308 and outputs image data to be displayed on the operation unit 308 to the operation unit 308. The operation unit I / F 307 serves to transmit information (for example, user information) input by the system user from the operation unit 308 to the CPU 301. Note that the operation unit 308 includes a display unit having a touch panel, and various instructions can be given by a user pressing (touching with a finger or the like) a button displayed on the display unit. A network interface (Network I / F) 305 is connected to a network (LAN) and inputs / outputs data. A modem (MODEM) 306 is connected to a public line and inputs / outputs data such as FAX transmission / reception.

  Reference numeral 318 denotes an external interface (external I / F), which is an I / F unit that accepts external inputs such as USB, IEEE 1394, printer port, RS-232C, etc. In this embodiment, for reading an IC card required for authentication The card reader 319 is connected to the external I / F unit 318. The CPU 301 can control reading of information from the IC card by the card reader 319 via the external I / F 318, and can acquire information read from the IC card. The above devices are arranged on the system bus 309. Reference numeral 320 denotes an image bus interface (IMAGE BUS I / F), which is a bus bridge that connects the system bus 309 and an image bus 315 that transfers image data at high speed, and converts the data structure. The image bus 315 is configured by a PCI bus or IEEE1394. The following devices are arranged on the image bus 315.

  A raster image processor (RIP) 310 expands vector data such as a PDL code into a bitmap image. A printer interface (printer I / F) 311 connects the printer 312 and the controller unit 316, and performs synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data. A scanner interface (scanner I / F) 313 connects the scanner 314 and the controller unit 316 and performs synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data. An image processing unit 317 corrects, processes, and edits input image data, and performs printer correction, resolution conversion, and the like on print output image data. In addition to this, the image processing unit 317 performs image data rotation and compression / decompression processing such as JPEG for multi-valued image data and JBIG, MMR, MH for binary image data.

  The scanner unit 314 illuminates an image on paper serving as a document and scans it with a CCD line sensor, thereby converting it into an electrical signal as raster image data. The original paper is set on the tray of the original feeder, and when the apparatus user gives a reading start instruction from the operation unit 308, the CPU 301 gives an instruction to the scanner 314, and the feeder feeds the original paper one by one to read the original image. I do. The printer unit 312 is a part that converts raster image data into an image on paper. The method is an electrophotographic method using a photosensitive drum or a photosensitive belt, and ink is ejected from a micro nozzle array directly on the paper. There is an inkjet method for printing an image, but any method may be used. The activation of the printing operation is started by an instruction from the CPU 301.

  The printer unit 312 has a plurality of paper feed stages so that different paper sizes or different paper orientations can be selected, and has a paper cassette corresponding thereto. The operation unit 308 has an LCD display unit, and a touch panel sheet is pasted on the LCD. The operation unit 308 displays an operation screen of the system. When a displayed key is pressed, the position information is displayed on the operation unit I / F 307. To the CPU 301 via The operation unit 308 includes, for example, a start key, a stop key, an ID key, a reset key, and the like as various operation keys. Here, the start key of the operation unit 308 is used when starting a document image reading operation. At the center of the start key, there are two color LEDs, green and red, which indicate whether or not the start key can be used. Further, the stop key of the operation unit 308 functions to stop the operation in operation.

  The ID key of the operation unit 308 is used when inputting the user ID of the user. The reset key is used when initializing settings from the operation unit. The card reader 319 reads information stored in the IC card (for example, Sony FeliCa (registered trademark)) under the control of the CPU 301, and reads the read information via the external I / F 318. The CPU 301 is notified. With the configuration as described above, the multifunction peripheral 102 can transmit the image data read from the scanner 314 to the LAN 106 and print out the print data received from the LAN 106 by the printer 312. Further, the image data read from the scanner 314 can be fax-transmitted on the public line by the modem 306, and the image data received by FAX from the public line can be output by the printer 312.

  The overall flow of pull printing in the printing system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Before that, first, the premise for executing the pull print of this embodiment will be described. A virtual printer driver for realizing pull printing of this embodiment is installed in the print server 101 as a shared printer. The printer driver not only generates print data based on the output of printing and drawing commands instructed by the application, but also has a function (user interface) for setting print settings to control the functions of the printer driver and printer, It has a function of storing the print settings in an external storage device for each installed logical printer.

  The print settings are stored in the DEVMODE structure in the case of Windows (registered trademark) of Microsoft Corporation. This DEVMODE structure is used to store various settings including default operating conditions related to logical printers such as functions usable by the printer, layout settings, finishing settings, feed / discharge settings, and print quality settings. It is defined by the company and is stored in an external storage device for each installed logical printer. To each client PC 100, a virtual printer driver is downloaded from the print server 101 by point & print or the like and installed, and a logical printer of the virtual printer driver is added.

  The overall flow of pull printing according to this embodiment will be described below. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the overall flow of pull printing (printing everywhere) in the printing system of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, first, the user logs in to the client PC 100 and issues a print instruction to the logical printer corresponding to the virtual printer driver 401 from the client application 400 executed on the client PC 100 (1-1). . In response to this print instruction, the client application 400 of the client PC 100 transmits data to the virtual printer driver 401 via the graphic engine.

  The virtual printer driver 401 of the client PC 100 receives data necessary for printing from the client application via the graphic engine (1-1). Further, the font information related to the print server 101 is received from the font information management service 409 (1-2). Based on the received font information, an EMFSPOOL-format print job that does not depend on the device is generated. Details of the font information and a method for generating a print job in the EMFSPOOL format that does not depend on a device based on the font information will be described later. Then, the client PC 100 transmits the generated EMFSPOOL-format print job to the print server 101 (1-3). In the print server 101, the print processor 402 reads an EMFSPOOL-format print job transmitted from the virtual printer driver 401, and generates metadata of the print job.

  Then, the metadata and the print job are transmitted to the job management service 403 (1-4). The job management service 403 stores an EMFSPOOL-format print job in a predetermined storage location on the print server 101, and further registers metadata in the job management DB 404 (built on the external storage device of the print server 101) ( 1-5). At this time, the print server 101 only saves the print job in the predetermined storage location and does not transmit it to the printing apparatus. Further, the print server 101 transmits the print job identifier and user identifier for registration to the address management service 405 on the address management server 103 (1-6).

  Upon receiving the print job identifier and user identifier from the job management service 403, the address management service 405 adds the address of the print server 101 to the address management DB 406 (built on the external storage device of the address management server 103). Register (1-7).

  In this embodiment, an IP address is used as an address for identifying a device. In the present embodiment, a GUID (Global Unique Identifier) is used as a job identifier.

  When the multifunction device 102 detects an IC card that can be read by the card reader 319, it reads the personal authentication information in the IC card, and transmits the read personal authentication information as an authentication request to an authentication server (not shown). The personal authentication information is information used for authentication and may be a manufacturing number of the IC card. When the authentication server receives the personal authentication information from the multi-function peripheral 102, the authentication server performs authentication processing of the personal authentication information based on the IC card authentication table stored on the external storage device of the authentication server, and the authentication result is displayed on the multi-function peripheral 102. Reply to When the authentication process is successful, the user identifier of the client PC 100 is transmitted as the authentication result. The function of the authentication server may be in the address management server 103.

  The panel application 407 on the multi-function peripheral 102 receives the authentication result (login user identifier of the client PC 100) indicating that the authentication was successful. In this embodiment, a user name is used as a user identifier. Of course, the IC card manufacturing number may be used as means for identifying the user. The panel application 407 requests the print server 101 for a print job list, but before that, performs a pre-process for acquiring the IP address of the print server 101. The user name is transmitted to the address management service 405 on the address management server 103 (2-1). The address management service 405 obtains the IP address of the print server 101 corresponding to the received user name (2-2).

  Then, the address of the print server 101 is returned to the panel application 407 (2-3). When the panel application 407 receives the IP address of the print server 101 from the address management service 405, the panel application 407 requests a print job list from the job management service 403 on the print server 101 (2-4). The job management service 403 refers to the job management DB 404 (2-5), generates a print job list corresponding to the user name, and returns the print job list to the panel application 407 (2-6). Upon receiving the print job list from the job management service 403, the panel application 407 displays the print data list on the UI of the operation unit 308.

  When the user selects a print job, changes print settings, and issues a print instruction, the panel application 407 transmits the print settings of the selected print job to the job management service 403 (3-1). . Upon receiving print settings from the panel application 407, the job management service 403 refers to the job management DB 404 (3-2) and changes the print settings. Then, the changed print settings are returned to the panel application 407 (3-3). The panel application 407 compares the transmitted print settings with the received print settings, and determines whether the print setting change functions correctly. If it does not function correctly, a message to that effect is displayed on the UI of the operation unit 308.

  Then, the panel application 407 makes a print request (output instruction) to the job management service 403 again (4-1). Upon receiving a print instruction from the panel application 407, the job management service 403 acquires information necessary for printing by referring to the job management DB 404 (4-2), and executes print processing based on the print instruction ( 4-3) A PDL job is transmitted to the multi-function peripheral 102 and printed by the multi-function peripheral 102 (4-4).

  Finally, when the user instructs to delete the print job, the panel application 407 instructs the job management service 403 to delete the designated print job. Upon receiving a print job deletion request from the panel application 407, the job management service 403 first instructs the address management service 405 to delete the registered print job identifier (5-2). Upon receiving a print job identifier deregistration request from the job management service 403, the address management service 405 deletes the corresponding record in the address management DB 406 (5-3). Next, the job management service 403 deletes the corresponding record in the job management DB (5-4), and also deletes the EMFSPOOL-format print job file.

  The overall flow of the printing system has been described above.

  A print instruction on the client application 400 operating on the client PC 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a print screen of the client application 400 operating on the client PC 100 illustrated in FIG. 1, and is displayed on the display unit under the control of the CPU of the client PC 100. Reference numeral 510 denotes a logical printer selection unit for selecting a logical printer for printing from logical printers set in the client PC 100. In this printer selection unit 510, “print anywhere” 501 is a logical printer corresponding to the virtual printer driver set to pull printing according to the present embodiment.

  Further, “Cxxxx ix3250” 502 and “Cxxxx ix5051” 503 are logical printers corresponding to normal printer drivers. When one of the logical printers is selected by the printer selection unit 510 and the OK button 505 is instructed by a pointing device or the like, the client application uses the logical printer selected by the printer selection unit 510 as data for printing. Send to the printer driver corresponding to the via the graphic engine. Hereinafter, an operation of the printer driver when “print anywhere” 501 is selected by the printer selection unit 510 and a print instruction is issued will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a control processing procedure in the printing system of the present invention, and corresponds to a part of the processing procedure from 1-1 to 1-3 shown in FIG. Steps SA600 to SA610 correspond to the text drawing process in the print job input process by the virtual printer driver 401 shown in FIG. The processing of these flowcharts is realized by the CPU of the client PC 100 shown in FIG. 1 loading and executing a program stored in the external memory on the RAM. Step SC600 to step SC601 correspond to the font information transmission processing by the font information management service 409 shown in FIG. The processing of these flowcharts is realized by the CPU of the print server 101 shown in FIG. 1 loading and executing a program stored in the external memory on the RAM.

  The virtual printer driver 401 outputs data input from the client application 400 of FIG. 4 as an EMFSPOOL format print job. This corresponds to 1-1 to 1-3 in FIG. In the case of Windows (registered trademark) of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, input to the printer driver is performed by a function call by an OS (Operating System) called DDI (Device Driver Interface). The virtual printer driver 401 interprets parameters passed simultaneously with the DDI call, generates an EMFSPOOL-format print job, and outputs the generated job to a spooler managed by the OS. In general, the role of the printer driver is to generate and output a print job that depends on a device to be output. In this embodiment, an intermediate format print job that does not depend on the MFP 102 is generated and output.

  In the following, a text drawing process performed by the virtual printer driver 401 when a DDI call related to text is called will be described. In step SA600, the text drawing process of the virtual printer driver 401 starts. In step SA601, it is determined whether the font used for text drawing is an OS system font. The fact that it is not a system font means that the font is uniquely managed by the application. If it is determined that the font is not a system font, the process advances to step SA605 to embed the font in the EMFSPOOL print job. In step SA607, an EMFSPOOL record corresponding to text drawing is generated and output. If it is determined in step SA601 that the font used for text drawing is the OS system font system font, the flow advances to step SA602 to receive font information from the font information management service 409 using http (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). . The communication protocol is not limited to http, and other inter-process communication protocols may be used. An example of font information is shown in FIG.

  In step SA603, it is determined whether a font used for text drawing is installed in the print server 101. That is, it is determined whether or not the file name of the font used for text drawing is described in 701 in FIG. If it is described in 701 in FIG. 7, it is assumed that it is installed in the print server 101. If it is determined that the print server 101 is not installed, the process advances to step SA607 to generate and output an EMFSPOOL record corresponding to text drawing. In this case, since the process does not go through step SA605, the font is not embedded in the EMFSPOOL-format print job. If it is determined in step SA603 that the font used for text drawing is not installed in the print server 101, the process advances to step SA604, and the font file size is determined from the value (number of bytes) described in 702 in FIG. Judge whether it is small. If it is determined that the value is smaller, the process proceeds to step SA605. If it is determined that the size is larger, the process proceeds to step SA606, where it is determined whether or not an outline can be extracted from the font. If the font is in a font format such as OpenType or TrueType that holds the outline information of the typeface, the outline can be extracted. When the font is a raster font format that does not hold the outline information of the typeface, it is impossible to extract the outline. If it is determined that the font used for text drawing can be extracted, the process proceeds to step SA608, where the outline is extracted from the font, and an EMFSPOOL record corresponding to graphics drawing is generated and output. If it is determined in step SA606 that the font used for text drawing cannot be extracted, the process proceeds to step SA609, where a bitmap is extracted from the font, and an EMFSPOOL record corresponding to raster image drawing is generated and output.

  This completes the text drawing process (step SA610). With the above mechanism, a process of drawing text without embedding a font (step SA603 and step SA607) is realized. That is, the print data in the EMFSPOOL format is not significantly enlarged.

  Next, font information transmission processing by the font information management service 409 will be described. In step SC600, the font information management service 409 starts a function as a Web server. When a request for font information is received from the virtual printer driver 401 on the client PC 100, the font information is transmitted as a response (step SC601). Thereafter, this response is repeated.

  In this embodiment, the virtual printer driver 401 performs interprocess communication with the print server 101 in order to obtain font information that can be used by the print server 101. By storing the font information on the client PC 100 as a file in advance. Interprocess communication may be omitted.

101 Print Server 102 Multifunction Machine 103 Address Management Server 104 Login Service PC

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus (100) having a virtual printer driver for generating an intermediate format print job, a print server (101), an address management server (103) having means for resolving the address of the print server (101), and a printing apparatus (102 ), And the information processing apparatus (100) includes:
Means for obtaining font information usable in the print server (101) (1-2, SA602);
Means (1-3, SA603 to SA609) for determining a text drawing method based on the acquired font information;
A printing system comprising: When the font used for text drawing is a system font (SA601), the font is embedded (SA605) and drawn with text (SA607).
The printing system according to claim 1. When it is determined that the font used for text drawing is a font already installed in the print server (SA603), the text is drawn without embedding the font (SA607).
The printing system according to claim 1. When it is determined that the font used for text drawing is not installed in the print server (SA603), and when the font size is smaller than the default size (SA604), the font is embedded (SA605) and drawn with text. (SA607),
The printing system according to claim 1. When it is determined that the font used for text drawing is not installed on the print server (SA603), and when the font size is larger than the predetermined size (SA604), the text is outlined (SA608) or bitmap (SA609). Drawing with,
The printing system according to claim 1.