Patent · US Expired

Managing poorly compressible images in a resource limited system

US6590672B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1999
Grant dateJul 8, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/1823
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing system includes intelligence for balancing throughput, image quality and memory requirements. The printing system includes intelligence for determining whether to print a page in an interleaved mode or in a single page mode. Color pages containing poorly compressed color separations are printed in a single page mode so as to ensure that all of the color separations of the page may fit into the available memory and that system throughput is sufficient. The pages that are not printed in an interleaved mode are printed in a single page mode. The resolution of color data contained in a page that is to be printed in a single page mode may be reduced to fulfill system throughput and memory requirements.

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