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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2011
Takenori Kitada, I, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Koyanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takenori Kitada, I, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Koyanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that makes it possible to suppress the scale enlargement of the electric circuit, so as to make the apparatus highly flexible. The apparatus forms an image based on image data acquired by applying a rendering operation to depiction commands and includes: a converting section to convert input data to the depiction commands; a first rendering section to apply the rendering operation to a first depiction command; a second rendering section to apply the rendering operation to a second depiction command; a reading section to read out first information from the storage section; a determining section to determine whether the first rendering section or the second rendering section should apply the rendering operation to each of the depiction commands; and a control, section to make either the first rendering section or the second rendering section apply the rendering operation to each of the depiction commands.