Patent ID: 8947743
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A print controller for processing a print job in parallel, comprising: multiple parallel Raster Image Processors (RIPs); and a control system operable to receive print data and a job ticket, wherein the print data comprises a plurality of logical pages, to identify a graphic that is associated with one of the logical pages and is defined in the job ticket, and to transmit the logical page to a first parallel RIP for processing; wherein the first parallel RIP is operable to receive the logical page, to determine page dimensions from the logical page, to transmit the page dimensions to the control system, and to initiate rasterization of the logical page to generate a sheet image, and wherein the control system is further operable to determine a location for the graphic on the sheet image based upon the transmitted page dimensions from the first parallel RIP, and to direct a second parallel RIP to rasterize the graphic in parallel with the first parallel RIP rasterizing the logical page, thereby generating the sheet image using parallel processes.