Parallel rip processing for sheet images that include graphics defined by a job ticket

A method for processing a print job in parallel, comprising:

• receiving print data and a job ticket, wherein the print data comprises a plurality of logical pages;
• identifying a graphic that is associated with one of the logical pages and is defined in the job ticket;
• determining, with a first parallel Raster Image Processor (RIP), page dimensions from the logical page;
• determining a location for the graphic on a sheet image based upon the page dimensions determined by the first parallel RIP;
• and
• rasterizing the logical page at the first parallel RIP in parallel with rasterizing the graphic at the location at a second parallel RIP, thereby generating the sheet image using parallel processes.

A method for processing a print job in parallel, comprising:

• receiving print data and a job ticket, wherein the print data comprises a plurality of logical pages;
• identifying a graphic that is associated with one of the logical pages and is defined in the job ticket;
• determining, with a first parallel Raster Image Processor (RIP), page dimensions from the logical page;
• determining a location for the graphic on a sheet image based upon the page dimensions determined by the first parallel RIP;
• and
• rasterizing the logical page at the first parallel RIP in parallel with rasterizing the graphic at the location at a second parallel RIP, thereby generating the sheet image using parallel processes.