Patent ID: 6490053
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B41J,D06P,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image output apparatus for receiving image data supplied from external equipment to output the image data, said image output apparatus comprising:storage means for storing multi-valued image data representing a basic image supplied from the external equipment; designation means for designating an output format of the basic image, including a plurality of output parameters, wherein one of the output parameters defines a relative position between neighboring basic images; and output means for repeatedly outputting the image data of the basic image stored in said storage means, a plurality of times, to adjacently arrange a plurality of basic images on a recording medium, in accordance with the output format designated by said designation means, wherein said output means controls the addresses for reading the image data from said storage means in accordance with the output format designated by said designation means, such that the relative position between neighboring basic images periodically changes.