IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR GENERATING PIXEL INFORMATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

In generating pixel information to be used for printing an image, an apparatus generates command data for executing configuration to a figure in the image so as to include area information indicating a configuration target area of the image. When generating pixel information, the apparatus reads actual data indicating the content of the configuration, only when a range indicated by the area information of the command data is included at least partially in a target divided area of the printing target image.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a figure information generator to generate figure information in which items of information are grouped for each figure to be drawn in a printing target image based on a print execution command, the figure information including:
drawing information of the figure including command data for executing drawing and actual data indicating the content of the drawing; andconfiguration information of the figure including command data for executing configuration and actual data indicating the content of the configuration, the command data of the configuration information including area information indicating a configuration target area of the printing target image to which the configuration is applied; and a pixel information generator to read the actual data only when a range indicated by the area information of the command data is included at least partially in a target divided area of the printing target image, and generate pixel information of each pixel forming the printing target image based on the figure information using the read actual data, for each one of a plurality of divided areas of the printing target image.