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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vadlamannati Venkateswar, Plano, TX (US);
Praveen K. Ganapathy, Karnataka, IN;
Ralph E. Payne, Dallas, TX (US);
Arunabha Ghose, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A method of processing print data allowing for rendering bands of print data in parallel. A main processor ( ) of a single-chip multiprocessor converts an incoming page of print data into paths. The paths are then converted to primitives and the primitives are rasterized using parallel processor ( ). The parallel processors ( ) work in concert with the main processor ( ) such that bands of the final print image are rendered into a frame buffer ( ) in parallel, allowing for faster and more efficient processing of print data.