Patent ID: 9679231
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. A copier operable in an auto color select mode, the copier comprising: a scanner configured to scan a page and to generate page image data; a storage unit configured to store the page image data generated by the scanner; a determination unit configured in the auto color select mode to determine whether or not the page image data is color image data by analyzing at least a part of the page image data; a processing unit configured to perform an image process for printing, the image process for printing being based on the determination result; and a control unit configured to perform a chase control of starting a print process for the stored page image data before the full page image data is stored, according to at least a condition that image data of a predetermined data size is stored by the scan, wherein, in the auto color select mode, the control unit is further configured not to start performing the chase control until image data of the predetermined data size is stored in the storage unit by the scan and the determination unit determines the page image data is color image data, and to start performing the chase control according to conditions that image data of the predetermined data size is stored in the storage unit by the scan and the determination unit determines the page image data is color image data.