Printing apparatus and image processing method for the printing apparatus
US6424428B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0071
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In the printing apparatus according to the present invention, the central processing section determines as to whether an empty area required for loading of image data is available in a swap page used as a swap area of a real page or not, and directly loads the image data on the swap page and compresses the image data when an empty area is available in a memory of the swap page. On the other hand, when an empty area is not available, the central processing section loads the image data in a real page via a virtual frame buffer and transfers the image data to the swap page for compression thereof.
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