7. A method of controlling a control device that controls a recording device that records on a recording medium and stores a plurality of font groups storing font data for a plurality of characters, the control method comprising steps of: creating or updating a character code conversion table that correlates each of a plurality of universal character codes that are rendered in a single font group and are specified from the control device side to information identifying a font group on the recording device side containing font data corresponding to the universal character code and information denoting the storage address of the font data in the font group; and when a recording job instructing to record a character is asserted, converting the universal character code contained in the recording job to a font data address including information identifying a font group containing font data corresponding to the universal character code, and information denoting the address of the font data in the font group based on the character code conversion table.
8. The method of controlling a control device described in claim 7 , further comprising steps of: storing the character code conversion table in a storage unit; storing font group information correlating a specific universal character code to a recording device-side font group that corresponds to the universal character code in a font group information storage unit; and based on the font group information stored in the font group information storage unit, creating or updating the character code conversion table that is stored in the font group information storage unit and correlates each universal character code to information identifying a font group on the recording device side containing font data corresponding to the universal character code and information denoting the storage address of the font data in the font group.