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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Margaret Motamed, Foster City, CA (US);
Ravi Someshwar, Foster City, CA (US);
Chew Yan Kong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ravindranath Gunturu, Newark, CA (US);
Margaret Motamed, Foster City, CA (US);
Ravi Someshwar, Foster City, CA (US);
Chew Yan Kong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ravindranath Gunturu, Newark, CA (US);
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a printing method and apparatus, comprising a software application that works with proprietary printing utilities, and that may include one or more additional software components for adding additional printing technology. The invention also comprises an automatic print load-balancing component in a centralized or distributed raster image processing (RIP) printing environment that enables faster system performance over single or multiple processors.