Patent ID: 7108346
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: B41J,G03G,G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A pagewidth printer which comprises a pagewidth printhead; a feed mechanism for feeding print media through the printhead so that the printhead can carry out a pagewidth printing operation on the print media; a printer controller for controlling operation of the printhead, the printer controller having a printed circuit board that includes a central processor that comprises, a bus; a data input interface connected to the bus so that the bus can receive compressed and encoded page data from a computer-based machine connected to the data input interface; a page data expansion and a decoding circuitry connected to the bus and configured to expand and decode the compressed and encoded page data; a printhead interface for communicating print page data to the printhead; and processing circuitry for controlling operation of components of the printer controller.