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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akihiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358-115 ; 358-114 ;
Abstract
A printer apparatus which includes a data processing system for forming an output image data DI in a page unit by analyzing a print data DO inputted from an external device, and an image forming system for printing an image corresponding to the output image data DI on a paper sheet, in which, upon occurrence of a trouble which is related to the image forming system and by which sending of the output image data DI to the image forming system should be retained, the data processing system memorizes the print data DO through compression, and after disappearance of the trouble, expands the print data DO in the compressed state for use in the formation of the output image data DI.