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Image recording apparatus capable of forming image outputs in various formats
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1990-03-26
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Granted: 1994-07-05
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Expires: 2010-03-26
Abstract
Abstract An image forming apparatus includes a print data input device for inputting print data, a processor for performing data-processing of the print data, and an output device for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit. The processor includes a first setting device for setting line direction data representing a line direction, a second setting device for setting character direction data representing character direction, and a third setting device for setting line feed direction data representing line feed direction. The processor determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data, and the line feed direction data.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuhito Suzuki
- 👤 Koichiro Akimoto
- 👤 Hajime Ohshima
- 👤 Kazuyuki Honda
- 👤 Yukio Isaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:35
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/50; G03G15/22; G03G15/23; G03G15/231; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S347/00; Y10S347/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 57
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; and controlling means including first setting means for setting line direction data representing a line direction, second setting means for setting character direction data representing a character direction, and third setting means for setting line feed direction data representing a line feed direction, said controlling means being adapted to determine a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data and the line feed direction data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; and controlling means including first setting means for setting line direction data representing a line direction, second setting means for setting character direction data representing a character direction, and third setting means for setting line feed direction data representing a line feed direction, said controlling means being adapted to determine a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data and the line feed direction data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
103 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data, and buffer means capable of storing dot image data corresponding to print data of at least one page, wherein said control means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data and the feed direction data, and wherein said image forming means forms the image on the record medium on the basis of the dot image data stored in the buffer means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
114 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; and controlling means having a table employed to determine line direction data, character direction data and line feed direction data in reference to inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and inputted print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed, wherein said controlling means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data and the line feed direction data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
114 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; and controlling means having a table employed to determine line direction data, character direction data and line feed direction data in reference to inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and inputted print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed, wherein said controlling means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data and the line feed direction data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
103 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said control means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data, and buffer means capable of storing dot image data corresponding to print data of at least one page, wherein said control means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data and the feed direction data, and wherein said image forming means forms the image on the record medium on the basis of the dot image data stored in the buffer means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said controlling means has a plurality of tables so that the line feed direction can be selected in accordance with a type of a character to be recorded.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
113 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit; wherein said processing means include first setting means for setting line direction data representing a line direction, second setting means for setting character direction data representing character direction, and third setting means for setting line feed direction data representing line feed direction, and wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data, and the line feed direction data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
113 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit; wherein said processing means include first setting means for setting line direction data representing a line direction, second setting means for setting character direction data representing character direction, and third setting means for setting line feed direction data representing line feed direction, and wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data, and the line feed direction data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said processing means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data and buffer means for storing dot image data corresponding to print data of at least one page, and wherein said processing means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means in accordance with the line direction data, the character direction data, and the feed direction data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
95 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said processing means has a table employed to determine line direction data, character direction data, and line feed direction data on the basis of inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and on the basis of inputted print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed, and wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data in accordance with the line direction data, the character direction data, and the line feed direction data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
86 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the input print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit; wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data in accordance with inputted page direction information representing page direction of an image to be formed and in accordance with inputted print direction information representing print direction of the image to be formed.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
86 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the input print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit; wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data in accordance with inputted page direction information representing page direction of an image to be formed and in accordance with inputted print direction information representing print direction of the image to be formed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said processing means determines line direction and character direction on the basis of feed direction of a record medium, the page direction information, and the print direction information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
61 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said processing means includes first memory means for storing line direction data representing the line direction and second memory means for storing character direction data representing the character direction, and wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the print data in accordance with the line direction data and the character direction data.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said processing means includes buffer means for storing the inputted print data, and wherein said processing means determines an arrangement order of the print data in said buffer means in accordance with the line direction data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said processing means includes dot pattern generation means for generating a dot pattern on the basis of the print data and rotation means for rotating the dot pattern in accordance with the character data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said processing means includes a table used to determine the line direction and the character direction in reference to feed direction of said record medium, the page direction information, and the print direction information.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said processing means recognizes a feed direction of the record medium, and wherein said processing means receives the page direction information and the print direction as control commands from an external apparatus.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
73 words
An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said processing means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data and buffer means for storing dot image data corresponding to input print data of at least one page, and wherein said processing means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means in accordance with the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said processing means has a table employed to determine a processing mode of the input print data in reference to the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
80 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image data forming unit; wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data in accordance with inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and in accordance with feed direction of a record medium.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
80 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image data forming unit; wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data in accordance with inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and in accordance with feed direction of a record medium.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said processing means further inputs print direction information representing print direction of the image to be formed, and wherein said processing means determines line direction and character direction in accordance with feed direction of said record medium, page direction information, and print direction information.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
55 words
An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said processing means includes first memory means for storing line direction data representing line direction, second memory means for storing character direction data representing character direction, and said processing means determines a processing mode of the print data in accordance with line direction data and character direction data.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said processing means includes buffer means for storing the inputted print data and determines an arrangement order of the print data in said buffer means on the basis of the direction data.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said processing means includes dot pattern generation means for generating a dot pattern on the basis of the print data and rotation means for rotating the dot pattern on the basis of the character data.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said processing means includes a table used to determine line direction and character direction in reference to feed direction of said record medium, page direction information, and print direction information.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said processing means recognizes a feed direction of said record medium and receives the page direction information as control commands from an external apparatus.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
75 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said processing means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data and buffer means capable of storing dot image data corresponding to print data of at least one page, and wherein said processing means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means on the basis of page direction information and feed direction of said record medium.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said processing means has a table employed to determine a processing mode of the input print data in reference to page direction information and feed direction of said record medium.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
79 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit; wherein said processing means determines a line direction on the basis of feed direction of a record medium, and wherein a control means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the determined line direction.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
79 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the print data; and output means for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit; wherein said processing means determines a line direction on the basis of feed direction of a record medium, and wherein a control means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the determined line direction.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
68 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said processing means further inputs page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed, and print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed, and wherein said processing means determines the line direction and character direction on the basis of feed direction of said record medium, print direction information, and page direction information.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
60 words
An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said processing means includes first memory means for storing line direction data representing the line direction and second memory means for storing character direction data representing the character direction, and wherein said processing means determines a processing mode of the print data on the basis of line direction data and character direction data.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 33, wherein said processing means includes buffer means for storing the inputted print data and determines an arrangement order of the print data in said buffer means on the basis of line direction data.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein said processing means includes dot pattern generation means for generating a dot pattern on the basis of the print data and rotation means for rotating the dot pattern on the basis of the character data.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 35, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said processing means includes a table used to determine the line direction and the character direction reference to feed direction of said record medium, page direction information, and print direction information.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said processing means recognizes feed direction of said record medium.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
70 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said processing means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data and buffer means capable of storing dot image data corresponding to input print data of at least one page, and wherein said processing means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means on the basis of the determined line direction.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said processing means has a table employed to determine a line direction in reference to feed direction of said record medium.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
110 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; control means for forming dot image data on the basis of print data input through said print data input means and for developing the formed dot image data on an image buffer, wherein at least one page of dot image data can be developed; and output means for outputting the dot image data developed on said image buffer to a printing unit; wherein said control means controls a development state of said dot image data on said image buffer on the basis of inputted print direction information representing a print direction of an image to be formed.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
110 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; control means for forming dot image data on the basis of print data input through said print data input means and for developing the formed dot image data on an image buffer, wherein at least one page of dot image data can be developed; and output means for outputting the dot image data developed on said image buffer to a printing unit; wherein said control means controls a development state of said dot image data on said image buffer on the basis of inputted print direction information representing a print direction of an image to be formed.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 41, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
104 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; control means for forming dot image data on the basis of said print data input through said print data input means and for developing the formed dot image data in an image buffer, wherein at least one page of dot image data can be developed; and output means for outputting the dot image data developed in said image buffer to a printing unit; wherein said control means controls a development state of said dot image data in said image buffer on the basis of a feed direction of a record medium.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
104 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; control means for forming dot image data on the basis of said print data input through said print data input means and for developing the formed dot image data in an image buffer, wherein at least one page of dot image data can be developed; and output means for outputting the dot image data developed in said image buffer to a printing unit; wherein said control means controls a development state of said dot image data in said image buffer on the basis of a feed direction of a record medium.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 43, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
111 words
An image processing apparatus for outputting dual-side image data to a dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the input print data, said processing means having first and second dual-side image data generation modes, said modes generating dual-side image data in different ways; and output means for outputting the dual side image data to a dual-side image recording apparatus; wherein said processing means includes memory means for storing data representative of a direction of a seam side of a recording medium, and changes the first and second dual-side image data generation modes in accordance with the data representative of the direction.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
111 words
An image processing apparatus for outputting dual-side image data to a dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: input means for inputting print data; processing means for performing data-processing of the input print data, said processing means having first and second dual-side image data generation modes, said modes generating dual-side image data in different ways; and output means for outputting the dual side image data to a dual-side image recording apparatus; wherein said processing means includes memory means for storing data representative of a direction of a seam side of a recording medium, and changes the first and second dual-side image data generation modes in accordance with the data representative of the direction.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 45, wherein said processing means selects one of the first and second dual-side image data generating modes in accordance with the relation between a reversal direction of the record medium and a direction of a seam side of the record medium.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
94 words
An apparatus according to claim 45, wherein in the first dual side image data generation mode the directions of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of said record medium are different, and wherein in the second dual-side image data generation mode in which the direction of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of said record medium are the same, and said processing means selects one of said first and said second dual-side image data generation mode in accordance with said data stored in said memory means.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein said processing means includes buffer means for storing the dual-side image data and delay means for delaying outputting image data for at least one side; and wherein said delay means delays outputting the image data by a time period corresponding to the selected mode.
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