Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable recording medium stored with image processing program
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorShigeru Sakamoto
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Abstract
The printer controller divides the image data within each page, compare the divided areas of various pages to identify separately the common areas that can be used in a plurality of pages from the unique areas that do not belong to said common areas, applies RIP as an image process for printing to the unique areas and the common areas for one of the plurality of pages containing the common areas, synthesizes the common areas and the unique areas to which RIP was applied, and outputs the synthesized image data to the printer.
Claims11
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- an image analyzing unit for dividing image data into a plurality of areas of equal sizes within a page, comparing the equally divided areas between pages, and identifying a common area that can be used in a plurality of pages and a unique area that does not belong to said common area;
- an image processing unit for applying an image process for printing to said unique area and said common area for one of the plurality of pages containing said common area;
- an image synthesizing unit for synthesizing said common area and said unique area to which said image process has been applied;
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- an output unit for outputting the synthesized image data to a printing unit.
An image processing method, comprising:
- dividing image data into a plurality of areas of equal sizes within a page, comparing the equally divided areas between pages, and identifying a common area that can be used in a plurality of pages and a unique area that does not belong to said common area;
- applying an image process for printing to said unique area and said common area for one of the plurality of pages containing said common area;
- synthesizing said common area and said unique area to which said image process has been applied;
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- outputting the synthesized image data to a printing unit.
A computer readable recording medium stored with an image processing program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
- dividing image data into a plurality of areas of equal sizes within a page, comparing the equally divided areas between pages, and identifying a common area that can be used in a plurality of pages and a unique area that does not belong to said common area;
- applying an image process for printing to said unique area and said common area for one of the plurality of pages containing said common area;
- synthesizing said common area and said unique area to which said image process has been applied;
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- outputting the synthesized image data to a printing unit.
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- an image analyzing unit for dividing image data into a plurality of areas of equal sizes within a page, comparing the equally divided areas between areas, and identifying a common area that can be used in a plurality of areas and unique area that does not belong to said common area;
- an image processing unit for applying an image process for printing to said unique area and said common area as one area common to the plurality of areas and;
- an image synthesizing unit for synthesizing said common area and said unique area to which said image process has been applied;
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- an output unit for outputting the synthesized image data to a printing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.