Patent ID: 8767240

Claim:
A system, comprising: an input module configured to receive a data stream of encoded print data, wherein (i) the data stream includes image file data and a plurality of command operations, (ii) the encoded print data corresponds to a page of print data, and (iii) each of the command operations corresponds to at least one pixel in a line on the page of print data; an image file decoding module configured to (i) decode the image file data, (ii) store the decoded image file data in a first memory, and (iii) store, in the first memory, first identifiers identifying where the decoded image file data is stored; and a print data decoding module configured to (i) receive the command operations and the identifiers, and (ii) generate decoded print data based on the command operations, the first identifiers, and the decoded image file data, wherein the image file decoding module is configured to decode the image file data and store the decoded image file data in the first memory prior to the print data decoding module performing decoding on command operations corresponding to the image file data.