Patent ID: 6657741
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B41J,G03G,G06F,G06K,Y02D

Abstract:
A multiple print engine system, comprising:at least one work station for generating a print job having a plurality of pages associated therewith; a RIP engine for receiving said print job from said workstation and RIPing said print job to provide a RIPed print job; a parsing device operating in conjunction with said RIP engine for parsing the RIPed print job to defined pages, the pages associated with the print job; a page buffer for storing the RIPed pages in association with the printjob that they were generated in; a plurality of printers for receiving one of the RIPed pages and printing the received RIPed pages and outputting them in an associated output bin; and a processor for selectively distributing after RIPing all or a portion of said RIPed print job by outputting select RIPed pages from said RIPed print job stored in said page buffer for printing by select ones of said printers in a predetermined order for output as sheets in the associated output bin.