Patent ID: 6603570
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus, which during image processing simultaneously performs multiple functions while employing an image memory that is used by a printer and a scanner to perform digital copying, comprising:acquisition means for acquiring, in the image memory, a data storage area for each individual function of the multiple functions that are being performed and a common area that is used in common by the individual functions; determination means for determining, during a printing process performed by the printer, whether, in addition to the data storage area acquired in the image memory, a print buffer area for one page is obtainable in the common area; and control means for, when said determination means ascertain that a print buffer area for one page is not obtainable in the common area, accessing the data storage area for the image memory, and developing print data for one page and employing the printer to print resultant data, and for, when said determination means determines that a print buffer area for one page is obtainable in the common area, accessing the data storage area and the common area in the image memory, and developing print data for one page and employing the printer to print resultant data.