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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1997
Masaaki Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pattern output apparatus and a pattern output method, in which data received from an external apparatus such as a host computer is developed to bit map pattern data on a page unit basis as output information and the bit map pattern data is output. The pattern output apparatus comprises a converter for converting form data to intermediate data, a memory to store the form data converted to the intermediate data by the converter, and an output controller for converting input data which is input from an external apparatus to intermediate data, for producing a pattern based on the input data converted to the intermediate data and the form data stored in the memory, and for outputting the pattern. The input data and the form data are expressed by different command systems. The intermediate data has a data format peculiar to the pattern output apparatus.