Patent ID: 8086069

Claim:
A data-generating apparatus configured to generate image-forming data for forming an image of a figure, comprising: an input unit configured to receive figure-describing data, wherein the figure describing data received includes figure information, pattern information, and modifying information or figure information, pattern information and excluding modifying information; a bitmap data-generating unit that generates binary bitmap data representing the figure and indicating an image-formed area and an image-excluding area based on the figure information, wherein the image-formed area comprises an area wherein the figure is filled with dots and the image-excluding area comprises an area wherein no figure is filled with dots; a judging unit that judges whether modifying information is included in the figure-describing data in response to the binary bitmap data being generated, the modifying information including information used to modify the figure; a modifying unit that modifies the binary bitmap data based on the modifying information in response to the modifying information being determined to be included in the figure-describing data by the judging unit; and an image-forming data-generating unit that generates the image-forming data based on the binary bitmap data modified by the modifying unit and the pattern information in response to the judging unit determining that the modifying information is included in the figure-describing data and generates the image-forming data in response to the judging unit determining that no modifying information is included in the figure-describing data, wherein the figure information indicates properties of the figure including a shape, a size, and a position of the figure with respect to a recording medium on which the figure is formed, and wherein the pattern information indicates design properties of the figure including a color and a pattern of the dots to fill the figure.