Automatically configuring a raster image processor
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRobert Douglas Christiansen
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Abstract
Systems and methods to configure a Raster Image Processor (RIP) are described. In one aspect, a networked computing environment includes a RIP manager coupled to at least one RIP engine. A print job is received. The RIP engine is requested to dynamically configure its RIPing operations when at least one of the RIP Engine's RIPing parameters is not congruent to a RIP manager supplied processing preference. Such dynamic configuration is requested in consideration of the RIP engine RIPing a particular portion of the print job.
Claims22
In a networked computing environment including a Raster Image Process (RIP) manager coupled to at least one RIP engine, a method for the RIP manager to automatically configure the RIP engine, the method comprising:
- receiving a print job;
- and
- requesting the RIP engine to perform dynamic configuration of at least one RIPing parameter when the RIPing parameter is not congruent to a RIP manager supplied processing preference, the dynamic configuration being requested in consideration of the RIP engine RIPing a particular portion of the print job.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-program instructions executable by a processor for automatically configuring a raster image processor (RIP) engine stored thereon, the computer-program instructions comprising instructions for:
- evaluating a print job to identify a set of RIPing parameters;
- communicating the RIPing parameters to a RIP engine to direct the RIP engine to automatically configure its RIPing operations to conform to the RIPing parameters;
- and,
- requesting the RIP engine to perform dynamic configuration of at least one RIPing parameter when the RIPing parameter is not congruent to a supplied processing preference, the dynamic configuration being requested in consideration of the RIP engine RIPing a particular portion of the print job.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-program instructions executable by a processor for automatically configuring a raster image processor (RIP) engine coupled to a RIP manager, the computer-program instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving, by the RIP engine, a request to configure RIPing operations in accordance with one or more parameters specified by the RIP manager;
- responsive to receiving the request, the RIP engine configuring RIPing operations based on the one or more parameters;
- and,
- receiving by the RIP engine from the RIP manager a request to perform dynamic configuration of at least one RIPing parameter when the RIP parameter is not congruent to a RIP manager supplied processing preference, the dynamic configuration being requested in consideration of the RIP engine RIPing a particular portion of the print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.