Patent ID: 8230197

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a communication interface configured to receive data, wherein the data that is received is to be output onto a print media; a memory configured to, prior to the data that is received being output onto the print media, store the data that is received, wherein the memory is divided into (i) a first retention region and (ii) a second retention region, wherein the first retention region is configured to store data for a first predetermined period of time, wherein the second retention region is configured to store data for a second predetermined period of time, and wherein the first predetermined period of time is shorter than the second predetermined period of time; and a processor configured to initially store the data that is received within the first retention region of the memory, and in response to the data that is received having been stored in the first retention region of the memory for a time limit that exceeds the first predetermined period of time, transfer the data that is received from the first retention region of the memory to the second retention region of the memory.