Patent ID: 9025189
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive print data including a plurality of objects; a determination unit configured to determine, for each of the plurality of the objects, whether or not an object is a part of a specific series of objects; a storage control unit configured to store an object of the plurality of the objects which is determined not to be a part of the specific series into a first memory area, and to store an object of the plurality of the objects which is determined to be a part of the specific series into a second memory area and a processing unit configured to check an amount of objects stored in the first memory area, and to generate a single bitmap by rendering the objects stored in the first memory area to compress the generated single bitmap in a lossy manner if the checked amount reaches a predetermined condition, wherein the storage control unit checks a series of objects being stored in the second memory area and a current object of the plurality of the objects, and stores the objects having been stored in the second memory area and the current object into the first memory area if the checked series matches the specific series.