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Apparatus for line imaging

US4998214A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 1989
Grant dateMar 5, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/128
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high speed real time print head controller is provided for supporting a high resolution vector graphics command set which is employed to perform flexible high speed generation of textured line effects. Rows of continuous graphics line information are generated by a print head controller and modified by novel texture control means and style control means so that the bit information supplied to a shift alignment means under control of the style logic means is loaded into a bit map memory one parallel word at a time to completely load a page of information in the bit map memory in the desired styled and textured pixel format for presentation to a write head buffer for printout.

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