Memory management method, printing control device and printing apparatus
US6052200A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0065
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A memory management method for use in a printing process in which a time required for rendering is calculated, for managing printing data in units of band, calculating a size of the printing data in a memory, managing plural band rasters, varying the number of band rasters to be managed in the memory, converting an image to data for management, determining in accordance with a memory state whether or not data conversion is performed, and calculating a data size in the memory after the data conversion.
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