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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Tomohiro Takahashi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Shoji Kojima, Nagano-ken, JP;
Tomohiro Takahashi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Shoji Kojima, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a printing method and the like in which the copying time can be shortened. A printing method for printing a print image on a medium comprises: a step of storing, in a memory area, image data that has been generated by reading an image in an original; a step of determining whether or not the whole image data corresponding to the print image can be stored, in terms of size, in the memory area; and a step of performing printing up to a preset number of sheets based on the image data in the memory area if it is determined that the whole image data can be stored in terms of size.