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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Hirokazu Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Hachiro, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuya Imafuku, Kawasaki, JP;
Naomi Nakamura, Abiko, JP;
Hirokazu Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Hachiro, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuya Imafuku, Kawasaki, JP;
Naomi Nakamura, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates an image printing apparatus capable of copying by executing enlargement/reduction (E/R) processing optimum to an instructed mode. According to the apparatus, a copy mode and an enlargement rate are input. The use priority order of each enlargement/reduction (E/R) unit of the apparatus is decided. The enlargement rate is distributed to each E/R unit in accordance with the copy mode, decided use priority order, and the E/R rate upper limit value of each E/R unit. An image is copied by causing each E/R unit to sequentially execute E/R processing in accordance with the distributed enlargement rate and the decided use priority order and causing a printing unit to print based on the image data that has undergone the E/R processing.