Patent ID: 6943914

Claim:
A method for a printer to print on a page comprising: defining a plurality of raster scan lines on the page; then setting a marking device of the printer according to a first raster control block of data; then the marking device marking on the page according to a first one of the raster scan lines; then, before reaching a second one of the raster scan lines, resetting the marking device according to a second raster control block of data; then the marking device marking on the page according to a second raster scan line; starting to mark on the page according to a third one of the raster scan lines; then, before reaching a remainder of the third scan line, resetting the marking device according to a third raster control block of data; and then the marking device marking on the page according to the remainder of the third raster scan line; where the third raster control block of data is received by the printer while the marking device is marking on the page according to a third one of the raster scan lines.