Image forming apparatus capable of speeding up drawing process, an image forming method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

An image forming method, comprising:

• counting a drawing command for a vector object, wherein the drawing command is one of a plurality of commands received in incoming printable data;
• determining whether or not a count of the drawing commands for the vector objects is equal to or larger than a threshold value;
• executing, when the count is determined to be equal to or larger than the threshold value, all the drawing commands for the vector objects counted prior to the count being equal to or larger than the threshold value;
• resetting the count when the drawing command is executed;
• and
• executing, when a command different from the drawing command for the vector object is received, all the drawing commands for the vector objects counted before the different command is received.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to function as:

• a count unit that counts a drawing command for a vector object, wherein the drawing command is one of a plurality of commands received in incoming printable data;
• a count determination unit that determines whether or not a count of the drawing commands obtained by the count unit is equal to or larger than a threshold value;
• a drawing process execution unit that executes, when the count determination unit determines that the count is equal to or larger than the threshold value all the drawing commands for the vector objects counted by the count unit prior to the count being equal to or larger than the threshold value;
• and
• a count resetting unit that resets the count obtained by the count unit when the drawing process execution unit executes the drawing command,
• wherein the drawing process execution unit executes, when a command different from the drawing command for the vector object is received, all the drawing commands for the vector objects counted before the different command is received.