Patent ID: 8045215

Claim:
A controller for a printer, the controller comprising: a processor; a memory having an object display list of objects for a strip to be printed, the list including resolutions associated with the objects, wherein the resolutions include a first resolution and a second, different resolution, and wherein the object display list associates the first resolution with a first number of the objects, and associates the second resolution with a second, different number of the objects, wherein the object display list includes plural resolution opcodes for the respective resolutions, wherein a first of the plural resolution opcodes is placed next to the first number of objects in the object display list, and a second of the plural resolution opcodes is placed next to the second number of the objects in the object display list; and wherein the processor is configured to: identify a largest resolution from among the resolutions in the object display list; and rasterize the objects of the strip for printing using the identified largest resolution.