Generating high speed variable information printed multiple page documents
US6236463A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0088
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are provided which have the ability to print whole documents at a time, rather than page by page. The data for an entire multi-page document is fed directly to an output device, and then a print engine. The data stream includes a record layout including data field codes which tell the data system and/or raster image processor where to print strings of variable information in a document so that the strings only need be provided once even if printed in multiple places within the document. Data flows in the data stream to the print engine as the raster image processor functions in real time. The system has the capability to manipulate and transfer data at 10 Mbytes per second, which translate into a transfer rate of approximately 92,000 characters per second at up to 1,000 feet per minute print speeds, for up to six controllers. Either fixed or variable graphic elements may also be transferred in this same manner as the data and processed by the RIP in real time and printed at the same speed as the data.
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