Apparatus and method for printing partially repetitive data

摘要

In order to offer a printer capable of high throughput printing even when printing of the same or only partially different data is repeated, the printing apparatus of present invention equipped with a storage means for storing print image data based on print data received from a host device in a designated position and printing means that performs printing on a recording medium based on the print image data stored in the storage means in accordance with control data received from said host device, comprises first erasure means for selectively deleting print image data that have been printed in accordance with control data received from the host device. <IMAGE>