Printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSyunichi Kunihiro
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Abstract
This invention is directed to a printing apparatus capable of simplifying the apparatus arrangement by using a common processing unit to execute different processes. To achieve this, a common processing unit is adopted to execute the first processing to perform multi-value/binary conversion of multi-valued data and the second processing to perform resolution conversion and thinning processing of binary data. In accordance with an instruction input from a user, it is controlled to execute either the first or second processing. An image is printed on a printing medium based on data obtained by executing the common processing unit.
Claims5
A printing apparatus comprising:
- instruction means for inputting an instruction from a user;
- data processing means for executing first processing to perform multi-value/binary conversion of multi-valued data and second processing to perform resolution conversion and thinning processing of binary data;
- control means for controlling to execute either of the first processing and the second processing in accordance with the instruction from said instruction means;
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- printing means for printing an image on a printing medium based on data obtained by executing said data processing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.