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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ono, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for storing, in an intermediate data memory, intermediate data generated from print data, and processing the intermediate data is provided. The image processing apparatus has a configuration in which, in a case where it is determined that a size of a work memory exceeds a block size after processing for creating a first bit map is started, and where the processing for creating the first bit map is switched to processing for creating a second bit map, when the processing for creating the first bit map is started, processing for creating a bit map is started without delay by using a bit map memory in advance from the work memory.