Patent ID: 6166825
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A method for transferring data with feedback control within a printer system, said method comprising the steps of:(a) receiving image data within a computer component of said printer system;(b) processing said image data in a central processing unit in said computer component to create a plurality of packets of printable pixel data for a first image;(c) sending a first packet of said printable pixel data from said central processing unit to a local bus card in said computer component;(d) sending said first packet of said printable pixel data from said local bus card over a high-speed communication pathway to an interface located in a print engine component of said printer system;(e) receiving, from said interface, into a buffer connected to said interface, a first row of said printable pixel data from said first packet of said printable pixel data; and(f) processing, in said print engine component, said first row of said printable pixel data received from said buffer, wherein an output of said print engine component in processing said first row of said printable pixel data is transferred to a medium within said print engine component.