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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1991
Hiroshi Shukunami, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The number of lines per page and the maximum number of characters per line defined by image data supplied from a host apparatus or the like are determined. On the basis of the number of lines per page and the maximum number of characters per line, it is determined whether image data will be formed in a non-printing area of a cut sheet of paper. If it is determined that the image data is formed in the non-printing area of the cut sheet of paper, the line and character pitches of the image data are changed into smaller pitches so that the image is printed in an printing area of the cut sheet of paper. The image data is printed in the printing area of the cut sheet of paper in accordance with the changed line and character pitches.