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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1990
Yasuhito Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichiro Akimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hajime Ohshima, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Yukio Isaka, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a print data input device for inputting print data, a processor for performing data-processing of the print data, and an output device for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit. The processor includes a first setting device for setting line direction data representing a line direction, a second setting device for setting character direction data representing character direction, and a third setting device for setting line feed direction data representing line feed direction. The processor determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data, and the line feed direction data.