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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1992
Lawrence R Bonk, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Thomas B Zell, Victor, NY (US);
David A Catapano, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard E Bryant, Penfield, NY (US);
Peter M Krist, Rochester, NY (US);
Ernest L Legg, Fairport, NY (US);
Irene M Allen, Pittsford, NY (US);
Paul A Rulli, Webster, NY (US);
Steven J Harrington, Holley, NY (US);
Lillian-Liu Hsu, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A decomposing apparatus is provided for use in a printing machine of the type adapted to receive a first set of information written in a printer page description language and a second set of information written in a printer page description language. The decomposing apparatus preferably includes: an arrangement for parsing the first set of information into a first set of image related components during a first time interval and the second set of information into a second set of image related components during a second time interval; and, an arrangement for performing image related operations on selected components of the first set of image related components, the image related operations being performed on the first set of image related components during the second interval so that the image related operations can be performed on the first set of image related components substantially concurrently with the second set of information being parsed.