Patent ID: 7102767
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of direct printing of an imaged document in a print controller, comprising the steps of: generating document image data representative of document information of an input document in a first data format; communicating the document image data in the first data format to a storage associated with a document processing controller; initiating a formatting module within the document processing controller to format the document image data into a second data format corresponding to a native format of a document rendering device associated with the document processing controller; after completion of the second format of the document image data, storing the document image in the second data format in the associated data storage as a converted document image; receiving, from an associated user, a document output request representative of a selected output for the converted document image; receiving mode data representative of a selected one of an asynchronous mode operation and a synchronous mode operation; communicating the converted document image to a selected document processing device in accordance with a received document output request; and generating, from the converted document image, a document output from the selected document processing device in accordance with received mode data.