Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Data corruption – power interruption – or print prevention
Patent
1997-10-10
2000-03-28
Powell, Mark R.
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Data corruption, power interruption, or print prevention
3582613, 358296, 358404, 358426, 358433, 358437, 358444, 358 115, 358 116, 382251, 348 27, G06K 1500
Patent
active
060438975
ABSTRACT:
In an image forming apparatus for reading a document image and forming the document image on a paper, document image data are divided into a plurality of blocks and the document image data are compressed in the unit of block to be stored in a first memory device. The data read from the first memory device are expanded in the unit of block to be stored in a second memory device. Compression time and expansion time are estimated and image output start time for a printer is set based on the compression and expansion times before expansion of all the blocks is completed. In a different way, the start time is set to read data from a second memory device by a printer for printing, after estimation based on expansion time on data not yet expanded by an expansion device. In a still different way, predetermined form data such as page number are superposed with image data. The form data is drawn first in a page memory device and expanded image data are superposed next in the page memory device. Print is started by taking drawing time of the form data into account.
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Atsumi Tomoyuki
Ikenoue Yoshikazu
Kawasaki Eiichiro
Morikawa Takeshi
Nakajima Akio
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
Powell Mark R.
Sealey Lance W.
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