Patent ID: 8314961
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for printing a page performed by a host computer in communication with a plurality of peripheral devices including a printer, comprising: allocating, by the host computer, a transfer rate to the printer having a print rate as a function of the host computer bandwidth allocation to the plurality of peripheral devices; generating, by the host computer, a first printable raster page at a first print quality; determining, by the host computer, whether the first printable raster page can be transferred to the printer at the transfer rate and satisfy the print rate of the printer; generating, by the host computer, a second printable raster page at a second print quality that is lower than the first print quality, when the first printable raster page can not be transferred to the printer at the transfer rate and satisfy the print rate of the printer; and transferring, by the host computer, the second printable raster page to the printer.