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Variable resolution output method and apparatus

US5696888A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1995
Grant dateDec 9, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0037
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An output apparatus including a memory for storing developed image data; a unit for identifying the capacity of the memory; a unit for identifying the record area on a recording medium on which the developed image data is to be recorded; and a unit for determining a resolution to be used, in accordance with the identified record area and the identified capacity of the storage means. An output method wherein the capacity for storing developed image data is identified; an output area for the data to be outputted is identified; and an output resolution is determined in accordance with the identified capacity and the identified output area.

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