PRINTING WITH A COMBINATION OF FIXED FONTS AND PROPORTIONAL FONTS

摘要

In accordance with the embodiment, a printer comprises a communication section configured to receive character data from a host, an image buffer configured to store the character data received by the communication section, a character generator configured to include font data which corresponds to the character data uniquely, and a control section configured to read, from the character generator, the font data corresponding to the character data read from the image buffer and generate a character string.

主权项

1. A printer comprising:
a communication section configured to receive character data from a host; an image buffer configured to store the character data received by the communication section; a character generator configured to identify alphanumeric characters and non-alphanumeric characters of the character data and generate fixed font data for the alphanumeric characters and proportional font data for the non-alphanumeric characters; and a control section configured to read, from the character generator, the fixed font data and proportional font data corresponding to the character data read from the image buffer and generate a character string with fixed font alphanumeric characters and proportional font non-alphanumeric characters.