Patent ID: 7099036
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising: an image generation apparatus; and an image forming apparatus, wherein the image generation apparatus has: a generating section for generating image data at a first data rate; and a transmitting section for transmitting first data rate information indicating the first data rate and the generated image data to the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus has: a receiving section for receiving the transmitted first data rate information and the transmitted image data; a storing section for storing the received image data; an image forming section for forming an image from the stored image data at a second data rate; and a calculating section for calculating a data amount of image data which should be stored from a time when the reception of the image data is started to a time when the formation of the image is started based on the received first data rate information and the second data rate, and wherein the image forming section of the image forming apparatus starts the formation of the image from the stored image data when the calculated data amount of image data is stored.