Patent ID: 9052854
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A parallel Raster Image Processor system comprising: a plurality of Raster Image Processors (RIPs) for parallel processing of a plurality of print jobs into a printer-ready format for printing of the print jobs, wherein at least one print job comprises objects described in a Turing Complete page description language in which programming instructions are interpreted so as to indicate page boundaries of the print job, and wherein at least one of the objects includes a description, in the Turing complete page description language of a font, placement size and font information for one or more characters, a group of one or more graphical commands, or pixel data defining an image in the print job; and a splitter for combining the plurality of print jobs in a print queue into a single print job and splitting the print job, which is comprised of the combined plurality of print jobs, into a plurality of chunks and sending the chunks of the print job to the plurality of the RIPs for processing, wherein the splitter is configured to: wherein the splitter is configured to interpret the print job without relying on comments conforming to Document Structuring Convention (DSC).