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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Shuji Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuji Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention increases output throughput and enhances user-friendliness by subjecting image data to magnification processing by an optimal image processing means, with an optimal magnification ratio, in accordance with a service provided to a user. When a service provided to the user is selected and a magnification ratio is set, a CPU of a MFP determines the distribution of respective magnification ratios of a first image data processor and a second image data processor. For instance, when the selected service is a 'service relating to the output of image data' the distribution of respective magnification ratios is determined so that magnification processing with the set magnification ratio is carried out in the first image data processor. When the selected service is 'a plurality of services relating to the output of image data', and the set magnification ratios are all identical for each service, the distribution of respective magnification ratios is determined so that magnification processing with the respective magnification ratios is carried out in the first image data processor. When the set magnification ratios are different for each service, the distribution of respective magnification ratios is determined so that magnification processing with the respective magnification ratios is carried out in the second image data processor.