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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Michael W. Barry, Duluth, GA (US);
Jack N. Bartholmae, Duluth, GA (US);
Francis A. Rowe, Duluth, GA (US);
E. Neal Tompkins, Atlanta, GA (US);
Peter A. Zuber, Lilburn, GA (US);
Michael W. Barry, Duluth, GA (US);
Jack N. Bartholmae, Duluth, GA (US);
Francis A. Rowe, Duluth, GA (US);
E. Neal Tompkins, Atlanta, GA (US);
Peter A. Zuber, Lilburn, GA (US);
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for routing page data of a print job to printers in a multi-engine printing system based on print job parameters associated with the page data. One or more virtual printers are configured, each with a plurality of individual print engines, each having associated printing characteristics. Page data of the print job are rasterized and stored as bit-mapped images in print buffers associated with the multi-engine printing system. The bit-mapped images are distributed to select ones of the print engines based on matching the print job parameters of each bit-mapped image with the printing characteristics of the print engines to be selected.