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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1995
Shigeru Ainai, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A page printer has a printing unit for printing an image on a printing sheet based on bit-mapped data supplied from an external unit line by line. The page printer includes at least three buffers for storing bit-mapped data, a selecting system for selecting each of the three buffers as one of an input buffer, an output buffer and a working buffer, the input buffer being used to store bit-mapped data supplied from the external unit, the output buffer being used to supply bit-mapped data to the printing unit, the working buffer being used to process bit-mapped data, and a processing unit for processing the bit-mapped data using one of the three buffers selected as the working buffer.