Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

A method for controlling an image processing apparatus that uses a data generator to generate intermediate data for each page based on print data, a first rendering processor that performs rendering of a first area within a page based on the intermediate data, and a second rendering processor that performs rendering of a second area within the page based on the intermediate data, the method comprising the steps of:

• causing the data generator to generate intermediate data of a page including compressed image data across the first area and the second area based on the print data;
• causing the first rendering processor having accessed the image data to perform rendering with pixels within the first area of all the pixels of the image data obtained by decompressing the compressed image data, wherein the image data in the first area is specified based on a memory address of an image data memory which stores the image data;
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• causing the second rendering processor having accessed the image data to perform rendering with pixels within the second area of all the pixels of the image data obtained by decompressing the compressed image data, wherein the image data in the second area is specified based on a memory address of the image data memory which stores the image data.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method for controlling an image processing apparatus that uses a data generator to generate intermediate data for each page based on print data, a first rendering processor that performs rendering of a first area within a page based on the intermediate data, and a second rendering processor that performs rendering of a second area within the page based on the intermediate data, the method comprising the steps of:

• causing the data to generate intermediate data of a page including compressed image data across the first area and the second area based on the print data;
• causing the first rendering processor having accessed the image data to perform rendering with pixels within the first area of all pixels of the image data obtained by decompressing the compressed image data, wherein the image data in the first area is specified based on a memory address of an image data memory which stores the image data;
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• causing the second rendering processor having accessed the image data to perform rendering with pixels within the second area of all the pixels of the image data obtained by decompressing the compressed image data, wherein the image data in the second area is specified based on a memory address of the image data memory which stores the image data.

An image processing apparatus that performs rendering of a first area and a second area of a page based on print data, the image processing apparatus comprising:

• a memory storing image data arranged across the first area and the second area;
• a first rendering processor acquiring all pixels of the image data and performing rendering by using pixels within the first area of all the pixels of the image data, wherein the image data in the first area is specified based on a memory address of an image data memory which stores the image data;
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• a second rendering processor acquiring all the pixels of the image data and performing rendering by using pixels within the second area of all the pixels of the image data, wherein the image data in the second area is specified based on a memory address of an image data memory which stores the image data.