Pattern output apparatus and pattern output method

Abstract

Abstract A pattern output apparatus and a pattern output method, in which data received from an external apparatus such as a host computer is developed to bit map pattern data on a page unit basis as output information and the bit map pattern data is outputted. The pattern output apparatus comprises a converter for converting form data to intermediate data, a memory to store the form data converted to the intermediate data by the converter, and an output controller for converting input data which is inputted from an external apparatus to intermediate data, for producing a pattern based on the input data converted to the intermediate data and the form data stored in the memory, and for outputting the pattern. The input data and the form data are expressed by different command systems. The intermediate data has a data format peculiar to the pattern output apparatus. The intermediate data is the data obtained by processing the input data or form data so as to easily produce the pattern.

Inventors

• 👤 Masaaki C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Shimizu

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