Methods and printing system for configuring raster image processing for printing operations
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorJavier A. MORALES
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Abstract
A printing system includes a printing device having a raster image processing (RIP) system having an allocated amount of memory to support a plurality of RIP instances. The printing device includes a controller to implement the RIP system. A manager of the RIP system configures RIP instances to process different levels of page complexity of a job. The RIP system evaluates the pages in the job to determine one or more pages that are complex. A complexity level is determined for the complex page. The RIP system assigns the complex page to a RIP instance corresponding to the complexity level. The RIP system may configure the number and types of RIPs based on the allocated amount of memory.
Claims20
A method for performing printing operations, the method comprising:
- evaluating a plurality of pages in a print job;
- determining at least one page is complex of the plurality of pages;
- determining a complexity level for the at least one page;
- assigning the at least one page to a raster image processing (RIP) instance corresponding to the complexity level;
- and
- processing the at least one page at the assigned RIP instance.
A method for rendering a print job received at a printing device, the method comprising:
- determining a plurality of complex pages within the print job at a raster image processing (RIP) system associated with the printing device;
- assigning a complexity level of a plurality of complexity levels to each of the plurality of complex pages within the print job;
- reconfiguring a RIP instance of a plurality of RIP instances for each complexity level of the plurality of complexity levels;
- assigning each of the complex pages to the associated RIP instance based on the complexity level of the respective complex page;
- and
- processing the complex pages at the plurality of RIP instances.
A printing system comprising:
- a printing device having a raster image processing (RIP) system, wherein the RIP system is allocated an amount of memory to support a plurality of RIP instances,
- wherein the printing device includes a processor and a memory, such that instructions stored in the memory, when executed on the processor, configure the RIP system to
- evaluate a plurality of pages in a print job;
- determine at least one page is complex of the plurality of pages;
- determine a complexity level for the at least one page;
- assign the at least one page to a RIP of the plurality of RIP instances corresponding to the complexity level;
- and
- process the at least one page at the assigned RIP instance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.