Partitioning of print jobs for raster image processing
US7298503B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1232
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various systems and methods for raster image processing employing partitioning of print jobs are described herein. In one representative embodiment, a method is provided that comprises the steps of determining a page count for a print job expressed in a page description language and specifying a number of partitions of the print job. The method also includes the steps of assigning each of the partitions of the print job to one of a number of raster image processing (RIP) engines for raster image processing, and, re-aggregating a number of raster image processed partitions from the RIP engines into a raster image processed output file. Each of the raster image processed partitions is generated by raster image processing a corresponding one of the partitions with a respective one of the RIP engines.
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