An image processing apparatus includes at least one of one or more processors configured to implement instructions stored in a memory device and an integrated circuit that execute a first acquiring task of acquiring data of a first object from a first memory by designating an address in the first memory, a second acquiring task of acquiring data of a second object from a second memory by a first-in first-out (FIFO) scheme, and a bitmap image generation task of generating a bitmap image including at least the first object and the second object based on the data acquired in the first acquiring task and the data acquired in the second acquiring task.

An image forming apparatus stores raster image data corresponding to a background in a compressed format and generates intermediate data corresponding to a foreground of the background based on obtained print data. A decompressor decompresses the raster image data stored in the memory device and a rasterizer generates new raster image data based on the raster data corresponding to the background obtained by the decompression and the generated intermediate data corresponding to the foreground. When a request is made to stop the generation of the new raster image data in a state of waiting for at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background to be decompressed, the rasterizer stops generation of the new raster image data, and the decompressor continues decompressing the at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background.

An image forming apparatus stores raster image data corresponding to a background in a compressed format and generates intermediate data corresponding to a foreground of the background based on obtained print data. A decompressor decompresses the raster image data stored in the memory device and a rasterizer generates new raster image data based on the raster data corresponding to the background obtained by the decompression and the generated intermediate data corresponding to the foreground. When a request is made to stop the generation of the new raster image data in a state of waiting for at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background to be decompressed, the rasterizer stops generation of the new raster image data, and the decompressor continues decompressing the at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a support program readable by a computer of an information processing device, the support program corresponding to a printer connected to the information processing device and supporting a general-purpose print program pre-installed in an operating system of the information processing device, the support program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform: based on a print instruction being output from an application program installed in the information processing device and transferred to the general-purpose print program to cause the printer to perform printing, receiving intermediate image data according to the print instruction from the operating system; generating rasterized raster data based on the received intermediate image data; compressing the generated raster data; and transmitting print data based on the compressed raster data to the printer.

An image processing apparatus which prevents a printing process from taking long. The image processing apparatus is connected to a printing apparatus having a storage unit and transfers image data to the printing apparatus. A size of predetermined image data when a speed at which the predetermined image data is stored in the storage unit and a speed at which the predetermined image data stored in the storage unit is printed are the same is obtained as a threshold size. A size of the image data stored in the storage unit in a compressed form is estimated. A compression method for use in compressing the transferred image data is selected from a plurality of compression methods based on the threshold size and the estimated size of the image data. The image processing apparatus notifies the printing apparatus of the determined compression method.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for improving the performance of a raster image processor. Smaller objects are identified among a group of larger objects with respect to a job processed via a raster image processor. The smaller objects are merged with one or more larger objects among the group of larger objects. The smaller objects that are merged with the larger object are treated as a single object without losing the perceptual quality of the job and while reducing memory requirements to thereby enhance productivity during processing of the job via the raster image processor. RIP performance improvement results by pre-flattening complicatedly designed backgrounds with multiple objects of significantly low relative occupancy.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for improving the performance of a raster image processor. Smaller objects are identified among a group of larger objects with respect to a job processed via a raster image processor. The smaller objects are merged with one or more larger objects among the group of larger objects. The smaller objects that are merged with the larger object are treated as a single object without losing the perceptual quality of the job and while reducing memory requirements to thereby enhance productivity during processing of the job via the raster image processor. RIP performance improvement results by pre-flattening complicatedly designed backgrounds with multiple objects of significantly low relative occupancy.

An image processing apparatus which prevents a printing process from taking long. The image processing apparatus is connected to a printing apparatus having a storage unit and transfers image data to the printing apparatus. A size of predetermined image data when a speed at which the predetermined image data is stored in the storage unit and a speed at which the predetermined image data stored in the storage unit is printed are the same is obtained as a threshold size. A size of the image data stored in the storage unit in a compressed form is estimated. A compression method for use in compressing the transferred image data is selected from a plurality of compression methods based on the threshold size and the estimated size of the image data. The image processing apparatus notifies the printing apparatus of the determined compression method.

In a host computer, a print processor generates, in a drawing region of a memory device context, additional raster data for drawing an additional drawing in addition to drawing information regarding a logical page included in an Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) spool file, and a graphics driver (GD) module of a printer driver combines document raster data generated in a drawing region of a printer device context with the additional raster data, and generates print data based on post-combination raster data.