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Methods and apparatus for parallel processing page description language data

US7861156B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. · US

Inventors

Patrick H. Wood · Lake Hopatcong, US
Boris Aronshtam · Redwood City, US
Sol Goldenberg · Rockaway, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 29, 2003
Grant date	Dec 28, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K15/1857
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for processing a page description language (“PDL”) data stream are provided. The methods and apparatus divide the PDL data stream to provide a plurality of PDL segments, create associated first and second data files for each of the PDL segments, and assign the first data file or the second data file associated with each of the PDL segments to at least one of a plurality of PDL processors.

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