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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Sadaaki Miyazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Koshi Fukazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Sadaaki Miyazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Koshi Fukazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a file stored in a storage medium, an expansion unit that expands the acquired file, an expansion control unit that controls the expansion unit to skip expanding of unexpanded data that is found to be impossible to expand from the file and to continue the expanding of the file, and a print unit that executes printing in accordance with expanded data from the file.