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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 09, 1997
Kazunori Otsu, Kasuga, JP;
Takashi Kitada, Kasuga, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Muneo Unoki, Shime-machi, JP;
Koichiro Tsuruno, Fukuoka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A picture forming apparatus comprises a memory means for storing an inputted picture data, a picture data changing means for changing a stored data into a new picture data in order to save a recording material, and a picture printing means. The picture data changing means changes the stored picture data into a new picture data in order to save a recording material only when a saving command of a recording material is given. The new picture data includes smaller dots than the stored picture data and/or has a fewer picture dots than the stored picture dots. As a result, the new picture data enables the picture printing means to save a recording material.