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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Kuronuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichi Omo, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiko Umezawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/205 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/205 ;
Abstract
A printer and printing control method for improving throughput by performing efficient smoothing processing. The printer adopting the method monitors print data while it is transmitted from a receiving buffer,to a print buffer,analyses the print data by a unit of one scanning area of a printhead whether the print data causes printing operation of the printhead, and, if no print data which causes printing operation is included in the print data corresponding to the one scanning area, controls to skip execution of row-column conversion and/or smoothing processing.