Apparatus and methods for image processing optimization for variable data printing

A system for enhancing performance in a printing system, the system comprising:

• a typesetter configured to generate a pre-rasterized print job including one or more pre-rasterized objects and instructions for generating a printed page;
• and
• a printing subsystem including a raster image processor and a memory, configured to receive the pre-rasterized print job and the instructions, the printing subsystem being configured to store the pre-rasterized print job in the memory and to execute the instructions on the raster image processor to determine a native resolution and a rotation of a printer in the printing system and a native resolution and rotation of the pre-rasterized print job, the printing subsystem further being configured to:
• perform, using the raster image processor, a comparison by comparing corresponding parameters of the printer and the pre-rasterized print job wherein the corresponding parameters include the native resolution and the rotation of the printer and the native resolution and the rotation of the print job,
• generate a result of the comparison, and
• rasterize, when the comparison result is not a match, objects in the pre-rasterized print job to generate rasterized objects.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code that when executed cause a processor to:

• receive, at a printing system, a pre-rasterized print job including one or more pre-rasterized objects and instructions for generating a printed page;
• store, in a memory in communication with the processor, the pre-rasterized print job;
• execute the instructions to determine a native resolution and a rotation of a printer in the printing system;
• execute the instructions to determine a native resolution and rotation of the pre-rasterized print job;
• perform a comparison by comparing corresponding parameters of the printer and the pre-rasterized print job wherein the corresponding parameters include the native resolution and the rotation of the printer and the native resolution and the rotation of the pre-rasterized print job;
• generate a result of the comparison;
• and
• rasterize, when the comparison result is not a match, objects in the pre-rasterized print job to generate rasterized objects.