Patent ID: 8482755

Claim:
A print controller for a printing system, comprising: a raw job handling system adapted to receive and queue raw print jobs; an interpreter adapted to receive the raw print jobs from the raw job handling system, and process the raw print jobs to generate rasterized print jobs; a rasterized job handling system that includes a rasterized job spool, wherein the rasterized job handling system is adapted to receive the rasterized print jobs from the interpreter, and store at least one of the rasterized print jobs in a rasterized job spool; and a control system adapted to process an algorithm to determine a sequence to release a rasterized print job stored in the rasterized job spool, generate a job despool token instructing the rasterized job handling system to release the rasterized print job from the rasterized job spool to a print queue, and transmit the job despool token to the rasterized job handling system through the interpreter in the data stream of the raw print jobs; wherein the rasterized job handling system is adapted to release the rasterized print job from the rasterized job spool to the print queue responsive to receiving the job despool token.