Patent ID: 7199896
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for printing a plurality of images in tandem using a number n of print engines, comprising: inputting color image data to be printed using at least two of the number n of the print engines, the color image data organized into a plurality of input data strips, a number of the input data strips combining to form a single image; selecting a first input data strip; generating at least one color separation layer strip from the selected input data strip; converting at least one of the at least one color separation layer strip into raster data usable by a corresponding one of the n print engines to form an image strip on a substrate; and storing, for each converted at least one color separation layer strip, the raster data for that color separation layer strip into a memory associated with the corresponding one of the n print engines.