Patent ID: 8259330
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printer for receiving a print job to print the job on a recording sheet according to a predetermined print setting, the printer comprising: means for interpreting a resolution-independent rendering information vector data that is obtained from the print job to generate a resolution-dependent rendering information display list based on the print setting; metadata generation means for generating an additional information metadata for the vector data; storage means for storing the vector data in a storage in association with the display list and the metadata; regeneration means for regenerating, when the print setting is changed, a display list from the stored vector data on the basis of the changed setting information; means for storing the regenerated display list in association with the vector data stored in the storage; and means for interpreting the display list stored in the storage to form an image and converting the image into a visible image to output the visible image onto the recording sheet.