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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Masafumi Miyazawa, Aichi, JP;
Masaru Yasuda, Aichi, JP;
Yasuhiro Kudo, Aichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A printing device, to be connected to a network system including network devices sharing image data in a particular format, comprises: a print instruction receiving unit which receives print data containing font information from a network device; a query transmitting unit which transmits a supply query, inquiring whether each network device is capable of supplying a printer font regarding the font information as image data in the particular format, to the network devices; a response receiving unit which receives affirmative responses, indicating that the supply of a printer font regarding the supply query as image data in the particular format is possible, from network devices in response to the supply query; and a printing unit which prints out the print data by use of a printer font held by a network device transmitting the affirmative response as image data in the particular format in response to reception of the affirmative response.