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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Hendricus M. J. C. van Kuringen, Geldrop, NL;
Océ-Technologies B.V., Ma Venlo, NL;
Abstract
A controller for a printing unit has a standard hardware board provided with a central processing unit, an I/O-unit and a central bus system connected to the central processing unit and the I/O-unit. The I/O-unit has a connector for connecting the central bus system to a memory board that comprises one or more memory chips for storing bitmap data or compressed bitmap data of a page to be printed. The memory board has a second bus system and a memory reader connected to the memory chips via the second bus system for reading the data and transmitting them to a printer. The second bus system unloads the data read process from the central bus system, freeing it to be available more of the time for use by the CPU.