Accurately scheduling rendering of bands in a printer
US6621586B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/1856
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printer controller which renders the bands in a plane of a page to measure the resources required to render each band of the plane. The measured parameters are used to estimate the resources required to render bands in the other planes. As a strong correlation may exist in the complexity of the same relative band in different planes, the estimation may also be accurate. As a result, complex bands may be accurately pre-scheduled for rendering, and a printer may thus ensure that bits maps of even complex bands are timely available for printing.
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