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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2000
Ikken So, Nakai-machi, JP;
Shunichi Kimura, Nakai-machi, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a tandem-type full color printer, to print monochromatic image data the resolution of which is high and the processing load of which is high at high speed and at a low cost, the operation of each component is required as follows. If a monochromatic image is printed, MB images acquired by dividing the monochromatic image by an image processor are sequentially sent to the respective image compressors for YMCK. Four image compressors are operated in parallel and the compressed data of MB images is stored in an image storage. After the data of all MB images required for an output image is stored, an MB image controller operates the respective image decompressors for YMCK in parallel and sends the stored data to the image decompressors. The decompressed MB images are coupled to one image data in an image coupler and are sent to a print unit. The MB image controller enhances process speed for carrying paper in the print unit based upon a situation in which MB images are decoded by amount in which the processing speed of a monochromatic image is enhanced.