US 12,229,606 B2Granted

Methods and printing system using raster image processors (RIPs) configured for processing a preview job

AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

InventorsJayant Bhatt, Arturo Becerra, Robert T. Cunningham, Edwin Philip Lockwood, Javier A. Morales

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Abstract

A raster image processor (RIP) system is used in a printing system to process a variety of different jobs. A front end receives the jobs and determines the job type. The job types include a print job, a preview job, and an estimation job. Depending on the type of job, the front end configures the RIPs within RIP system accordingly to process the job. The RIPs may process the job in parallel, with a high performance RIP processing the first page of the job. If the job is not processed in parallel, then the front end assigns the job to a very high performance RIP. The front end also assigns the preview job to a preview RIP and the estimation job to an estimation RIP. The front end configures RIPs as needed.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method for performing printing operations, the method comprising:

receiving a preview job at a raster image processor (RIP) system of a print management server,
wherein the RIP system is a separate component from a controller of a printing device;
storing the preview job at a spool drive of the RIP system by the RIP system, wherein the preview job is not rendered;
assigning the preview job to at least one RIP within the RIP system;
activating a preview RIP from the at least one RIP by the RIP system,
wherein the preview RIP is configured from a first standard RIP of a plurality of RIPs by the RIP system to generate a lower resolution and downscaled output than a second standard RIP of the plurality of RIPs within the RIP system;
processing at least one segment of the preview job at the preview RIP;
and
deactivating the preview RIP by the RIP system upon completion of the processing of the at least one segment.

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Facts

Application: 18/121,954Filed 15 Mar 2023
Published: US 2024/0311598 A119 Sep 2024
Granted: 18 Feb 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06K 15/1857
Characterized by its workflow: involving parallel processing in the same printing apparatus
G06F 3/1215
Improving printing performance: achieving increased printing speed, i.e. reducing the time between printing start and printing end
G06F 3/124
Print job management: parallel printing or parallel ripping
G06F 3/1256
Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client: user feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks