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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1991
Koki Ishida, Hadano, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document processing apparatus with a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, the transmitting unit capable of making document data by using a plurality of font data sets, the receiving unit capable of outputting document data received from the transmitting unit. The apparatus includes a transmission part for transmitting the document data to the receiving unit by executing a given transmission control procedure, a first control part for selecting font data corresponding to character codes contained in the document data from among a font data set included in the font data sets when it is determined that the font data set is not installed in the receiving unit, and for transmitting the selected font data to the receiving unit. The apparatus further includes a second control part for temporarily storing the font data which is received from the transmitting unit and for allowing the receiving unit to output the document data by using the stored font data, so that graphic characters corresponding to the character codes contained in the outputted document data are defined by the font data.