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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaaki Shimizu, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395115 ;
Abstract
An output apparatus such as a printer comprises: a presumed time calculator to calculate a time which is needed to develop code data into output data corresponding to each segment among a plurality of segments constructing one and a determining circuit to determine whether the output data of the segment should previously be developed into a bit map image and stored or not on the basis of the presumed time and a time required to generate one page irrespective of the output data. The time required to generate one page relates to the paper feed speed.