Storage control system for print image data

A print image data storage system comprising:

• means for generating digital print image data representing a plurality of dots to be printed on a sheet of paper, each of the dots being represented by one bit of the digital print image data and having a two-dimensional address associated therewith, the two-dimensional address including an x-address representing an abscissa of the dot on the sheet of paper and a y-address representing an ordinate of the dot on the sheet of paper;
• a first register for designating y-addresses of the dots to be printed on the sheet of paper;
• a second register for designating x-addresses of the dots to be printed on the sheet of paper;
• a third register for designating information about the sheet of paper;
• address conversion means responsive to the first register, the second register, and the third register for converting two-dimensional addresses specified by the y-addresses designated by the first register and the x-addresses designated by the second register to one-dimensional addresses based on the y-addresses designated by the first register, the x-addresses designated by the second register, and the information about the sheet of paper designated by the third register;
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• a one-dimensional full-dot memory receiving the digital print image data from the digital print image data generating means and responsive to the one-dimensional addresses from the address conversion means for storing the digital input image data at the one-dimensional addresses.