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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1994
Kenjiro Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Nakahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Yoshimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimi Kuramochi, Yokohama, JP;
Shunichi Masuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Noguchi, Ebina, JP;
Takahiro Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Junichi Kato, Sagamihara, JP;
Koichi Hiroshima, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Tsukida, Okegawa, JP;
Koichi Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a data receiver for receiving encoded character or graphic information in the unit of a page from the outside; a pixel converter for converting the encoded character or graphic information into pixel information; an image forming device for forming an image on a recording medium based on the pixel information; and a feeder for feeding the recording medium to said image forming device. In the apparatus, the feeder is adapted to feed the recording medium to a predetermined position prior to the completion of pixel conversion of a page by the pixel converter.