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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2004
Senichi Mokuya, Suwa, JP;
Toru Takahashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Senichi Mokuya, Suwa, JP;
Toru Takahashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A printer is provided that stores raw data. Printing is performed with the material data merged together in accordance with a print instruction from a print instruction terminal. The material data is rendered in advance and then stored in a compressed form. However, part of the material data stored in the compressed form is decompressed to its original size and stored in a decompressed form. This allows a large amount of material data to be stored in a compressed form while also allowing the stored decompressed material data to be immediately used. As such, the time required to decompress frequently used material data is eliminated. This advances the printing start time to allow high-speed printing.