Patent ID: 8503019
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A print document conversion apparatus comprising: a plurality of software-based conversion units that perform a software-based conversion process for converting print document data described in a page description language into page image data having a bitmap image format, each of the plurality of software-based conversion units requesting a hardware-based image processing apparatus to execute specific image processing in the software-based conversion process and generating the page image data including a result of the specific image processing executed by the hardware-based image processing apparatus in response to the request; and a controller that activates an additional software-based conversion unit that performs the software-based conversion process when there is a possibility that a state where at least one of the plurality of software-based conversion units waits for the hardware-based image processing apparatus to complete the specific image processing occurs, wherein the controller controls a number of additional software-based conversion units not to exceed a predetermined upper limit.