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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:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinichiro Maekawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which forms images onto a plurality of pages has prediction unit which predicts a development processing time to develop a band of intermediate data based on print data to a bit map image and a controller which switches from a first mode to form one page or second mode to form images of a plurality of pages depending on the prediction information calculated by the prediction device. Thus the throughput can be increased by controlling the print data and a band development schedule.