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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2010
Takahisa Matsunaga, Hino, JP;
Fumihito Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Ozawa, Hino, JP;
Jun Kuroki, Superior, CO (US);
Hiroshi Nogawa, Hachioji, JP;
Yasufumi Aoyama, Hino, JP;
Kunikazu Satou, Tama, JP;
Yasutaka Shimohara, Hachioji, JP;
Takahisa Matsunaga, Hino, JP;
Fumihito Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Ozawa, Hino, JP;
Jun Kuroki, Superior, CO (US);
Hiroshi Nogawa, Hachioji, JP;
Yasufumi Aoyama, Hino, JP;
Kunikazu Satou, Tama, JP;
Yasutaka Shimohara, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image formation apparatus, comprising: a reception section to receive PDL data; an image processing section including a plurality of operation sections, each of which executing a task performing processing by a page or a task performing processing by a band to generate printing data based on the PDL data; a control section to analyze the PDL data to obtain the number of printing pages, the control section dynamically setting the number of the operation sections assigned to each of the task performing the processing by the page and the task performing the processing by the band in accordance with the obtained number of the printing pages; and a printing section to form an image on a printing medium based on the generated printing data.