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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2001
Perry E. Davenport, Longmont, CO (US);
Richard S. Lucky, Louisville, CO (US);
Kin H. Szeto, Longmont, CO (US);
Perry E. Davenport, Longmont, CO (US);
Richard S. Lucky, Louisville, CO (US);
Kin H. Szeto, Longmont, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method triggers a printer () to receive a signal () from a print engine () indicating the initiation of the transmission of print data; transmits a shorter signal () to a printer ASIC (), in response to receiving a first signal; receives a first line of data to be printed from the printer ASIC (); receives a second signal from the print engine (); transmits a second shorter signal to the printer ASIC (), in response to receiving a signal; receives a second line of data to be printed from the printer ASIC (); and transmits the first line of data to the print engine (). This allows a slower printer ASIC () to be used with a faster print engine ().