Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer readable medium storing program

An image forming method comprising:

• forming an image on an image formation material;
• generating bitmap image data of the image;
• providing a plurality of reconfigurable processing circuits capable of performing any of first image processing and second image processing that is different from the first image processing, the first image processing generating bitmap image data that is to be used for image formation;
• controlling the plurality of reconfigurable processing circuits;
• and
• changing a reconfigurable processing circuit among the plurality of reconfigurable processing circuits from a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the first image processing to a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the second image processing, or changing the reconfigurable processing circuit from a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the second image processing to a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the first image processing, in accordance with an amount of the first image processing.

A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

• forming an image on an image formation material;
• generating bitmap image data of the image;
• providing a plurality of reconfigurable processing circuits capable of performing any of first image processing and second image processing that is different from the first image processing, the first image processing generating bitmap image data that is to be used for image formation;
• controlling the plurality of reconfigurable processing circuits;
• and
• changing a reconfigurable processing circuit among the plurality of reconfigurable processing circuits from a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the first image processing to a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the second image processing, or changing the reconfigurable processing circuit from a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the second image processing to a reconfigurable processing circuit that performs the first image processing, in accordance with an amount of the first image processing.