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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Thomas P. Szumla, Lockport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) for formatting bitmapped image data for printing. An image data bus section ( ) has an image bus interface ( ) adapted to be coupled to a computer bus to transmit the image data, a front end memory ( ) coupled to the image bus interface ( ) to receive the image data in an unformatted form, a back end memory ( ) for receiving the image data in a formatted form, and a print interface device ( coupled to the back end memory ( ) for transmitting print data based on the image data in a formatted form. A processor bus section ( ) has an image processor ( ) and a processor bus interface ( adapted to be coupled to the computer bus to communicate print processing instructions between the print processor ( ) and the computer. A gateway ( ) couples the print processor ( ) to the front end memory ( ) and the back end memory ( ) whereby the print processor ) receives the image data in an unformatted form from the front end memory ( ), formats the image data, and transmits the image data in a formatted form to the back end memory ( ). The image data signals and the processor instruction signals are separated and transmitted over separate buses and bus interfaces to minimize processor I/O wait states and parasitic capacitance.