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US5422985A
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Output method
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-10-18
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Granted: 1995-06-06
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Expires: 2014-10-18
Abstract
Abstract An output apparatus comprises: a producing circuit for receiving code data indicative of a pattern to be generated and for producing a pattern based on the code data; an interruption instructing circuit for instructing the interruption of the outputting process; and a retreating circuit for retreating the code data which had already been received before the interruption was instructed in the case where the interruption has been instructed by the interruption instructing circuit. The code data is expressed by a page describing language. The preceding code data is retreated by a different data format when the outputting process has been interrupted. The recording process which has been interrupted can be restarted from the interrupted state by returning the retreated data from the auxiliary memory.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumihiro Tanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 18:32
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/12; G06F3/1296; G06K2215/00; G06K2215/0002; G06K2215/0005; G06K2215/0011; G06K2215/0082; G06K2215/0085
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
An output apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving a plurality of pieces of command information relating to a first job for a first image; first memory means for storing the received command information; generating means for generating dot data based on the command information stored in said first memory means; second memory means for storing the generated dot data; and retreating means for retreating both the received command information stored in said first memory means and the dot data stored in said second memory means to a third memory means in response to an output processing for the first job being interrupted to perform an output processing for another job for a different image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
An output apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving a plurality of pieces of command information relating to a first job for a first image; first memory means for storing the received command information; generating means for generating dot data based on the command information stored in said first memory means; second memory means for storing the generated dot data; and retreating means for retreating both the received command information stored in said first memory means and the dot data stored in said second memory means to a third memory means in response to an output processing for the first job being interrupted to perform an output processing for another job for a different image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said retreating means comprises means for compressing the dot data generated by said generating means and for storing the compressed dot data in response to the output processing for the first job being interrupted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
An output apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for returning the stored compressed dot data to its original form.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising instructing means for instructing the interruption of the output processing, wherein said retreating means retreats the received information after the command information relating to the first job has been completely received by said receiving means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
An output apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said instructing means instructs the interruption so as to output other dot data relating to the other job.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for generating size information and position information for a pattern to be output by said apparatus based on the received command information, wherein said retreating means further retreats the size and position information when the output processing for the first job is interrupted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
An output apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising means for outputting the dot data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising analyzing means for analyzing the received command information while the command information is retreated by said retreating means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the command information is represented by as page description language.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for outputting the dot data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said retreating means retreats at least one piece of the command information based on which dot data has not yet been generated by said generating means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
An output apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the third memory means for storing the command information and the dot data retreated by said retreating means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
An output apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said third memory means comprises a hard disc.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
An output apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said outputting means comprises means for printing the dot data on a recording medium as an image.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
An output apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said printing means prints the dot data by an electrostatic recording method.
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