Patent ID: 8749813

Claim:
A method for printing, the method comprising: receiving data for printing, the data for printing comprising one or more graphical elements; processing at least one of the one or more graphical elements to encode the at least one graphical element for processing using an edge pair format, wherein the edge pair format divides the graphical element for processing into a plurality of non-overlapping objects, wherein each object contains a single left edge of the graphical element for processing and a single right edge of the graphical element for processing, wherein the single left edge and the single right edge do not cross or self-intersect each other, wherein the single left edge and the single right edge are different edges of the graphical element and define a region extending from the single left edge to the single right edge that is part of the graphical element to be printed; transmitting the at least one processed graphical element to a component of a printing system; and printing the at least one processed graphical element.