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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

  • US 20070195353A1
  • Filed: 02/09/2007
  • Published: 08/23/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • an image forming unit, adapted to form an image represented by data of a specific format on a medium on the basis of the data;

    a reception unit, adapted to receive, from an external apparatus, print data of each page containing object data representing each of a plurality of types of objects;

    a data rasterization unit having, for the respective types of objects, object conversion units, adapted to convert the object data into data of the specific format;

    a composition unit, adapted to composite data of the specific format corresponding to the object data converted by the plurality of object conversion units, to page data of the specific format containing the object data; and

    a control unit, adapted to input the page data composited by said composition unit to a subsequent processing unit for each page to use the page data for image formation by said image forming unit,wherein said data rasterization unit converts object data received by said reception unit into data of the specific format regardless of a break of each page containing the object data.

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