Patent ID: 6031976
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A printing apparatus, comprising:a storage unit to store print image data based on print data received from a host device;a print controller in communication with said storage unit to develop an image on a recording medium based on the print image data stored in the storage unit in response to one of a first predetermined control command and a second predetermined control command received from the host device; anda first erasure unit in communication with said storage unit and said print controller to selectively flush the print image data stored in said storage unit after said print controller has developed the image on the recording medium based on the print image data, wherein said first erasure unit is one of:(1) enabled, in response to said first predetermined control command, to flush the print image data; and(2) disabled, in response to said second predetermined control command, to not flush the print image data.