Recording device and control method for replacing fonts with printer fonts correlates print data attributes

摘要

A recording device, a control method for a recording device, and a program can record even when recording using a font that is not internally stored by the recording device is specified. A printer 2 that records on a recording medium using a font specified by a host computer 4 has font substitution information 24C that correlates specified fonts to internal fonts based on the number of columns per line that can be recorded on the recording medium using the specified font. When a font is specified by the host computer 4, the printer 2 substitutes an internal font for the specified font based on the font substitution information 24C.

主权项

1. A recording device configured to connect to an external device, to receive a plurality of job commands including a font specifying command from the external device, and to record characters on a recording medium, the recording device comprising:
a memory unit storing a plurality of pre-stored internal fonts; and a control unit coupled to the memory unit and configured to replace a specified font, specified by the font specifying command, with one of the pre-stored internal fonts when either of following conditions is met: the specified font is not found in the pre-stored internal fonts; and a recordable number of dots per line on the recording medium of the specified font is improper; wherein the recordable number of columns per line on the recording medium of the one of the pre-stored fonts is equal to or larger than the recordable number of the columns per line on the recording medium of the specified font.