Image processing apparatus capable of merging character strings with original image, control method therefor, and storage medium

Abstract

An image processing apparatus which is capable of merging character strings with an original image without causing garbling. A first storage unit stores first character codes corresponding to a first language in accordance with administrator's input. A second storage unit stores a second character codes corresponding to a second character in accordance with login user's input. A reading unit reads an original image in accordance with login user's input. A generation unit generates a first character image corresponding to the first language on the basis of the first character codes and generates a second character image corresponding to the second language on the basis of the second character codes. A printing unit carries out a printing process based on the first character image, the second character image and the original image.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
 one or more processors configured to:   receive, from a first person, a setting of at least one character among characters which can be represented by a first font corresponding to a first language while a display language of the image forming apparatus is set to the first language;   store information indicating the at least one character set by the first person and information indicating the first language;   perform log-in process of a second person while the information indicating at least one character set by the first person and the information indicating the first language is stored;   change the display language from the first language to a second language that is set as the display language for the second person that has logged-in;   receive, from the logged-in second person, a setting of at least one character among characters which can be represented by a second font corresponding to the second language while the display language is the second language; and   generate an image based on the at least one character set by the first person and represented by the first font corresponding to the first language and the at least one character set by the second person and represented by the second font corresponding to the second language.   
     
     
         3 . The image forming apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 ,
 wherein the first person is a user who has an administrative right of the image forming apparatus.   
     
     
         4 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the second person is a login user who does not have the administrative right of the image forming apparatus.   
     
     
         5 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the first language and the second language are different from each other, and the first person and the second person are different from each other. 
     
     
         6 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the second font can represent a character which cannot be represented by the first font. 
     
     
         7 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one character set by the first person is included in the generated image regardless of settings set by the second person. 
     
     
         8 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to
 receive, from the first person, a setting of a position at which the at least one character set by the first person is to be printed, and   receive, from the second person, a setting of a position at which the at least one character set by the second person is to be printed.   
     
     
         9 . A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
 receiving, from a first person, a setting at least one character among characters which can be represented by a first font corresponding to a first language while a display language of the image forming apparatus is set to the first language;   storing information indicating the at least one character set by the first person and information indicating the first language;   performing log-in process of a second person while the information indicating at least one character set by the first person and the information indicating the first language is stored;   changing the display language from the first language to a second language that is set as the display language for the second person that has logged-in;   receiving, from the logged-in second person, a setting of at least one character among characters which can be represented by a second font corresponding to the second language while the display language is the second language; and   generating an image based on the at least one character set by the first person and represented by the first font corresponding to the first language and the at least one character set by the second person and represented by the second font corresponding to the second language.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 ,
 wherein the first person is a user who has an administrative right of the image forming apparatus.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 ,
 wherein the second person is a login user who does not have the administrative right of the image forming apparatus.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the first language and the second language are different from each other, and the first person and the second person are different from each other. 
     
     
         13 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
 one or more processors configured to:   receive, from a first person, a setting of at least one character among characters which can be represented by a first font corresponding to a first language while a display language of the image forming apparatus is set to the first language;   perform log-in process of a second person;   change the display language to a second language that is set as the display language for the second person that has logged-in;   receive, from the logged-in second person, a setting of at least one character among characters which can be represented by a second font corresponding to the second language while the display language is the second language;   receive, from the second person, font size of the at least one character set by the second person; and   generate an image based on the at least one character set by the first person and represented by the first font corresponding to the first language and the at least one character set by the second person and represented by the second font corresponding to the second language.   
     
     
         14 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to generate the image based on the at least one character set by the second person with the received font size 
     
     
         15 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the first person is a user who has an administrative right of the image forming apparatus and the second person is a user who does not have the administrative right. 
     
     
         16 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the at least one character set by the first person is included in the generated image regardless of setting set by the second person.