Patent ID: 9602694
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for processing a print job in a printing platform, comprising: a) processing printer description language (PDL) image data for a select page of a print job at a raster image processor (RIP) module to form raster image data for the select page in a RIP orientation and storing the raster image data for the select page in the RIP orientation, wherein the RIP orientation for the select page is selected from landscape and portrait orientations to optimize RIP performance for the select page; b) processing the raster image data for the select page at a rotator module to form bitmap image data for the select page, the rotator module transforming the raster image data for the select page from the RIP orientation to bitmap image data for the select page in a print orientation and storing the bitmap image data in the print orientation, wherein the print orientation for the select page is selected from landscape and portrait orientations to optimize print engine performance for the select page; and c) printing the bitmap image data arranged in the print orientation on a target substrate page at a print engine to form a printed substrate page for the select page of the print job; wherein selection of the RIP orientation and selection of the print orientation are based on different criteria and the processing of the select page in the RIP orientation is decoupled from the processing of the select page in the print orientation.