Patent ID: 6226094
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B41J,G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing character information in which a dot pattern of an input character string is developed in a buffer in accordance with a size of a printing area or a transfer area, the apparatus comprising:line length judging means for recognizing length information of respective lines of the input character string and judging an existence of a line longer than a threshold length determined by the size of the printing area or the transfer area when an instruction for development is issued;slewing addition control means for dividing a character string longer than the threshold length into two equal parts to obtain character strings of two lines, and if the division cannot be executed equally between characters, for dividing the character string into two parts such that a line associated with a former character string becomes longer than a line associated with a latter character string; andcharacter string developing means for developing a character string to which slewing is added in the input character string.