Patent ID: 8169667
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a controller to receive a halftoning job having a plurality of pages, the controller to divide each page into a plurality of sections; and a plurality of halftoning mechanisms corresponding in number to the plurality of sections into which each page is to be divided such that each halftoning mechanism to perform halftoning on a different section of each page and no halftoning mechanism is to perform halftoning on a same page on which any other halftoning mechanism is to currently perform halftoning, the sections into which each page are divided are ordered from a first section to have halftoning performed thereon to a last section to have halftoning performed thereon; and wherein the halftoning mechanisms are correspondingly ordered from a first halftoning mechanism to perform halftoning on the first section of each page to a last halftoning mechanism to perform halftoning on the last section of each page such that each halftoning mechanism except the first halftoning mechanism is to perform halftoning on a corresponding section of each page after an immediately preceding halftoning mechanism has performed halftoning on an immediately preceding section of the page.