Patent ID: 9336468
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a processor and a memory; an edge enhancement unit configured to enhance an edge portion of image data included in page description language data; and a rendering unit configured to perform rendering of data generated based on image data that has been subjected to edge enhancement processing by the edge enhancement unit and an analyzing result of the page description language data, wherein, in a case where the page description language data includes a rendering command of an image using a raster operation with a destination image, edge enhancement for the image data by the edge enhancement unit is reduced compared to the case where the page description language data does not include the rendering command of an image or the edge enhancement processing is not performed by the edge enhancement unit, wherein, in a case where the page description language data does not include the rendering command of an image using a raster operation with a destination image, the edge enhancement processing is performed on the image data by the edge enhancement unit, and wherein at least one of the edge enhancement unit and the rendering unit is implemented by the processor and the memory.