Patent ID: 6076120
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for obtaining printing data for printed matter by compositing a plurality of pages with each other,said plurality of pages being classified into:a first part to be composed in a page description data format,a second part to be composed in an intermediate data format, anda third part to be composed in a raster data format, said apparatus comprising:a) data format conversion means comprising:a-1) first conversion means for converting said page description data format to said intermediate data format, anda-2) second conversion means for converting said intermediate data format to said raster data format;b) control means comprising:b-1) first control means for acquiring a first page group being expressed in said page description format from said first part of said plurality of pages,b-2) second control means for controlling said data format conversion means thereby converting said second part of said plurality of pages to a second page group being expressed in said intermediate data format, andb-3) third control means for controlling said data format conversion means thereby converting said third part of said plurality of pages to a third page group being expressed in said raster data format; andc) data composition means for obtaining said printing data from said first to third page groups comprising:c-1) first composition means for compositing said first page group,c-2) second composition means for compositing said second page group, andc-3) third composition means for compositing said third group, wherein said first to third composition means are operable independently of each other.