Patent ID: 8139252
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming system, comprising: a printer controller to parse a print job described in a Page Description Language so as to generate image data; and an image forming apparatus, configured separately from the printer controller, to implement a printing operation based on the image data; wherein the printer controller is provided with: wherein the image forming apparatus is provided with: wherein the printer controller is further provided with: wherein, when determining that the reapplication of the first processing is not necessary, the control section reads out the multi-value image data from the second storage section, makes the second processing section apply the second processing to the multi-value image data, and then, makes the image outputting section implement the printing operation based on the processed image data generated by the second processing section; and wherein, when determining that the reapplication of the first processing is necessary, the control section sends a request for retransmitting multi-value image data, regenerated corresponding to the changed content of the job ticket, to the printer controller.