Patent ID: 7469379

Claim:
A method for transmitting from a first computer to a second computer a resource file required for preparation of an advance function presentation (AFP) document data stream wherein said resource file is sent at the same time together with said AFP document data stream from said first computer to said second computer, comprising the steps of: providing a text file with special instructions for conversion of characters for font mapping by use of a global resource identification (GRID), said text file providing a font mapping table for an AFP font mapping object container; and with a resource pack computer program selecting the font mapping object container to be used for processing the document data stream and sending the font mapping object container in an application-specific AFP resource file at the same time and together with the document data stream from the first computer to the second computer, said resource pack computer program being settable to first or second modes, wherein for the first mode the font mapping object container is passed through unchanged so that no character conversion is implemented by the resource pack computer program for a situation when output devices associated with the second computer use standard character font sets, or for the second mode a character conversion of the document data stream is implemented by the resource pack computer program and at least one corresponding replacement font is assembled and the font mapping object container is emptied after the character conversion.