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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Applicant:
Hiroshi Chihara, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Chihara, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus in which a memory has a first storage area for storing information related to image formation as predetermined unit data and a second storage area (back-up memory) for storing the information as bit-unit data. A printer control unit, which controls writing/reading of the information related to image formation to/from the memory, stores the information related to image formation, stored in the first storage area as the predetermined unit data as the bit-unit data, into said second storage area.