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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Matsui, Moriya, JP;
Tomohide Kubota, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a circuit configured to generate an image based on the PDL data, a generating unit configured to generate an image corresponding to at least part of a plurality of pages included in the PDL data, according to acquisition of the PDL data, a holding unit configured to hold the image generated by the generating unit into a storage, and an obtaining unit configured to obtain images of all pages to be printed among the pages included in the PDL data according to the print instruction from the user, wherein the obtaining unit instructs the circuit to skip image generation of a page of which an image is already generated by the generating unit among the pages to be printed, and instructs the circuit to perform image generation of a page of which an image is not generated by the unit configured to generate.
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