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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1997
Yoji Furuya, Inagi, JP;
Masayoshi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshifumi Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Dohi, Chigasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing system includes a host computer and a printer. The host computer includes a memory which store process steps that are executable by a processor, and a processor. The processor executes the process steps stored in the memory (,) to divide encoded image data in a page of encoded image data into blocks, each block having a size which is less than a storage capacity of a buffer on a printer, and (,) to transmit the blocks of encoded image data to the printer. The printer includes a memory which stores process steps that are executable by a processor, and a processor. The processor executes the process steps stored in the memory (,) to store a predetermined amount of encoded image data in a buffer, (,) to control a printer engine to print images based on the encoded image data stored in the buffer, and (,) to store additional encoded image data, including blocks of the encoded image data, in the buffer in place of the encoded image data for which images have been printed.