Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Kouichi Shibata

Shigeki Kimura

Shigenori Motooka

Ikuhiro Ohmi

Yusuke Morikawa

Hiroshi Kishi

The transfer apparatus receives image data from the MFP (S), and acquires processing information which indicates what data-processing has been performed on the image data by the MFP. Furthermore, the transfer apparatus performs additional processing on the image data based on the processing information and the destination (Sand S), and transmits this processed data to the destination (S). According to the composition described above, the transfer apparatus that reduces the processing load while achieving the intended purpose of data-processing can be provided.

Transfer apparatus, image-processing apparatus, and program

When data is sent from an arbitrary host interface out of a plurality of host interfaces for connecting a plurality of host apparatuses, the acceptance of the data is started, and the acceptance of data from the other host interfaces are inhibited. When it is judged that the acceptance of data corresponding to all pages sent has been terminated, a state where the acceptance of the data from the other host interfaces (from which data are inhibited from being accepted) is being inhibited is released. Consequently, even when data are simultaneously sent from two or more host apparatuses to a printer, it is possible to normally print out the data.

Printer for exclusively selecting a host apparatus and a command system

A memory designation control device having a rewriting program for rewriting the contents of a first memory device storing a basic program stored in a second memory device different from the first memory device. When the system power supply is turned on when a normal processing mode is selected, only the first memory device out of the first memory device and the second memory device is brought into a selectable state. Consequently, in the normal processing mode, normal processing is executed on the basis of the basic program. When the system power supply is turned on when a rewrite processing mode is selected, only the second memory device out of the first memory device and the second memory device is brought into a selectable state at the time of a read instruction, while only the first memory device out of the first memory device and the second memory device is brought into a selectable state at the time of a write instruction. Consequently, in the rewrite processing mode, rewrite processing is executed on the basis of the rewriting program.

Memory designation control device

A source data latch circuit for latching data which are read-in from a DRAM is provided. A data latch circuit for latching one-byte data generated by a CPU and an overflowing bit storing circuit for storing overflowing data through a three-bit shift are provided. At a composing circuit, data latched by the latch circuit at a previous time and stored in the overflowing bit storing circuit and the present data latched by the latch circuit are composed. At an OR circuit, the composed data and data with respect to which an OR is obtained are written into RAM.

Printer having a bit shift function

A Centronics type interface comprising a switching circuit selectively outputting one of two input signals having a timing relationship such that only during the time one input signal is active, the other input signal is active according to the state of a select signal, a pulse generating circuit outputting a signal for a predetermined time from the rising edge of a signal outputted from the switching circuit, and a signal selecting circuit outputting one of the other input signals and a signal outputted from the pulse generating circuit, which can hold one input signal and the signal outputted from the signal selecting circuit in a desired timing relationship.

Interface device providing desired timing relation between two signals

A method for producing character patterns by planting a bit pattern of a specified character into a bit map memory. The character-bit pattern corresponding to each specified character is read out of a storage region in a font memory. The storage region is composed of a plurality of regions each of which stores the smallest possible character-bits for the individual pattern to be planted.

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Kouichi Shibata