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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiro Goto, Yoji Serizawa, Toshio Miyamoto, Yuko Ohkama, Saturo Izawa, Yozo Hotta, Koichi Tanigawa
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Abstract
An image output control apparatus is constructed by a converter for converting first information to second information, a controller for starting an output preparing operation before the conversion of the first information of one page to the second information, a memory for holding a control value determined during the output preparing operation, a unit for temporarily stopping the output preparing operation, and a unit for restarting the output preparing operation, wherein the output preparing operation to be restarted is executed on the basis of the control value held in the memory.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- means for converting first information to second information;
- control means for starting an output preparing operation before the conversion of the first information of one page to the second information is finished;
- means for predicting a time which is required for conversion of the first information of one page to the second information;
- and
- means for stopping the output preparing operation which has already been started on the basis of the prediction of said predicting means.
An image output control apparatus comprising:
- means for converting first information to second information;
- means for recording on the basis of the second information by an electrophotography method;
- control means for starting an output preparing operation before the conversion of the first information of one page to the second information;
- means for holding a control value determined during said output preparing operation;
- means for temporarily stopping the output preparing operation;
- and
- means for restarting the output preparing operation, wherein said output preparing operation to be restarted is executed on the basis of the control value held in said holding means.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for inputting first information from an external apparatus;
- means for converting the first information to second information;
- image formation control means for controlling image forming means for forming an image onto a recording medium on the basis of the second information;
- and
- fixing control means for controlling a fixing device to fix the image formed on said recording medium,
- wherein said fixing control means executes a preparing operation including activating the fixing device from a non-activated state in response to an input of the first information, and said image formation control means allows said image forming means to execute another preparing operation on the basis of a temperature of said fixing device.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for converting first information to second information;
- detecting means for detecting a conversion situation of first information of one page to second information;
- and
- means for controlling a rotation of a polygon mirror to scan onto a photosensitive material by a light beam modulated on the basis of the second information,
- wherein said control means has means for starting the rotation of said polygon mirror in accordance with the detected conversion situation of the first information of one page to the second information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.