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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Hiromi Yamagami, Osaka, JP;
Katsuji Furushige, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hiromi Yamagami, Osaka, JP;
Katsuji Furushige, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a print engine configured to print an image based on raster image data, a main controller configured to execute a process that depends on the print engine, and a relay unit configured to receive the raster image data from an option controller that generates the raster image data, store the raster image data in a memory, receive a control command based on a result of the process that depends on the print engine from the main controller, read the raster image data from the memory in accordance with the control command, and supply the read raster image data to the print engine.