Patent ID: 6049390
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for merging a first page element with a second page element into a merged page for printing, the merging according to a pre-specified order and positioning, the first and second page elements stored in a page element store in a format, said format for each page element including compressed raster image data of the page element, the method comprising the steps of:(a) reading the compressed raster image data of the first and second page elements from the page element store into a memory;(b) merging the compressed raster image data of the first page element with the compressed raster image data of the second page element to form compressed merged raster image data, the comprising merged raster image data describing the printed appearance of the merged page, the merging according to the pre-specified order and relative positioning, the merging merging substantially without decompressing the compressed raster image data of the page elements(c) decompressing the compressed merged raster image data into printing data; and(d) printing the printing data.