Patent ID: 6345350
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information processing circuit used for a printing apparatus comprisinga CPU, a ROM which secures one of a storage area for storing a printing-related program executed by the CPU and a working area of the CPU, said printing-related program having a plurality of program modules being recorded in the ROM; a RAM which secures at least part of one of the storage area and the working area at a higher speed than the ROM and to which at least one of the program modules can be transferred from the ROM on a basis of said program module so that a portion of said printing-related program that is less than the entire printing-related program can be transferred from the ROM and address translating means which is capable of translating address of the program space set in the logical memory space of the CPU to any one of a physical address of the program stored in the ROM and a physical address of the RAM to which said at least one of the program modules is transferred.