Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, when a hard copy of image data displayed on a display with reduced gradation and non-image data displayed on the display is simultaneously produced, the image data are automatically printed as data having original high gradation while being synthesized with the non-image data. When a hard copy of image data and non-image data displayed on a bit-map display having low gradation is produced, the image data having high gradation is printed by a full-color printer by reading original-image data having the high gradation from a hard disk and synthesizing the read data with the non-image data in an image memory by a printer control unit according to image control information stored in an image control table.

Abstract: In a graphic editor, a graphic pattern is entered by a pointer with the aid of grid points. The size of the grid points is varied over the entire display image or over a portion of the display image according to the type of entering operation.

Abstract: An information processing device which operates under a multiprogramming system stores instruction words and an execution condition word for each of those instruction words as a pair in program memories, judges whether or not an instruction can be executed on the basis of its execution condition word and executes the instruction when it is judged to be executable. An information processing device which operates under a multi-CPU system connects a plurality of memories to a plurality of CPUs. The plurality of memories store the global variables accessed most frequently by the CPU with which their own memories are connected.